BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

The City University of New York

AGENDA      January 10-14, 2000

AGENDA | PARTICIPANTS | LINKS | FRIDAYS

8:30 AM:  Coffee and Tea

9 AM: Introductions/ Review of goals/ schedule/ main themes

10:30 AM:  Break

10:45 AM:  Teaching, Classroom Interaction and the New Technology - An Overview -- Bret Eynon

11:15 AM:  Speakeasy Cafe: An Electronic Discussion of Pedagogical Goals (event1.1, table 1)

• Go to the Speakeasy Cafe <http://morrison.wsu.edu/studio/>  

12:30 PM:  Lunch

1:30 PM:  Presentations and Discussion: The Classroom Possibilities of the New Technology

Jane Paznik-Bondarin, English, BMCC

Larry Sher, Math, BMCC

Tony Tinker, Accounting, Baruch

Melinda Weil, Science, BMCC

4:30 PM:  Speakeasy Cafe: Reflective Writing (event 1.2, table 1)

• Go to the Speakeasy Cafe <http://morrison.wsu.edu/studio/>  

8:30 AM:  Coffee and Tea

9 AM: Student Inquiry and Digital Resources (Bret Eynon)

• Group A: Exploring Ancient Egypt
• Group B: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
• Group C: Two Photos/ Many Stories
• Group D: The Holocaust -- Images of Victimization and Resistance

12 PM:  Lunch

1 PM:  Surveying Electronic Resources/ Creating Inquiry Activities (Bill Friedheim)

• Go to Electronic Resources

3:30 PM:  Enriching Presentations with PowerPoint

Gloria Dickinson, African American Studies, College of New Jersey

8:30 AM:  Coffee and Tea

9 AM:  Finding and Evaluating Information on the World Wide Web (Search Engines/ Library Sites on Evaluating Information on the Web)

Geoffrey Akst, Math, BMCC

10:15 AM:  Break

10:30 AM:  Writing Across the Curriculum:  The Collaborative Classroom in Old and New Media 

Jane Paznik-Bondarin, English, BMCC

• Go to Hands-On Activity

12:30 PM:  Lunch

1:30 PM:  What Makes a Good Web Syllabus? (Bill Friedheim)

2:00 PM:  Go To -- Examining and Evaluating Web Syllabi

4:30 PM:  Speakeasy Cafe: Reflective Writing about Developing Your Course (event 3.1, table 1)

• Go to the Speakeasy Cafe <http://morrison.wsu.edu/studio/>

8:30 AM:  Coffee and Tea

9 AM:  Web Basics Using Front Page 2000  

Tutorial in Front Page -- David Jaffee, History, CCNY

Creating Web-based Syllabi and/or Course Material

12 PM: Lunch

1 PM:  Planning Time

8:30 AM:  Coffee and Tea

9 AM: Using Interactive Video as a Classroom Tool

Sandra Poster, Speech, BMCC

10 AM: Planning Time

11:30 AM:  Discussion -- What's Next?

• Friday Meetings During the Spring (What issues and software do we need to explore?)
• Reality Check
• Ecology of the Classroom

12:30 PM:  Lunch

1:30 PM: Planning Time (Including posting of tentative plans on Speakeasy Cafe)

Speakeasy Cafe: Sharing Plan and Materials (event 4.1, table 1)

• Go to the Speakeasy Cafe <http://morrison.wsu.edu/studio/>

3 PM: Final Face-to-Face and Online Reflections/ Sharing of Projects/ Evaluation of Weeklong Institute