BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

The City University of New York

AGENDA      June 4-8, 2001

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8:30 AM:  Coffee and Tea

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

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

10:30 AM:  Break

10:45 AM:  Blackboard Electronic Discussion: Dreams, Nightmares, Visions

click here for instructions for writing activity

go to blackboard

12 PM:  Lunch

1:00 PM: Student Inquiry and Digital Resources, Bret Eynon

• Group A:  Discovering the Universe
• Group B: The West Nile Virus
• Group C: Two Photos/ Many Stories

3:30 PM: PowerPoint and other Digital Tools in the Science Classroom -- Melinda Weil, Science

8:30 AM:  Coffee and Tea

9 AM:  Enriching Presentations with PowerPoint -- Fran Campos, Office Administration

10 AM:  Using PowerPoint for Patient Simulations -- Sindee Karpel, Allied Health

10:30 - 10:45 AM:  Break

10:45:  Integrating Technology into the Math Classroom  -- Kamal Hajallie, Laguardia CC

11:30:  The Lessons of Distance Learning for the Non-distance Classroom -- Rhea Parsons, Social Science

12:15  PM:  Lunch

1:15 PM:  Enriching Classroom Interaction with PowerPoint -- Rafael Corbalon

1:45 PM:  Surveying Electronic Resources/ Creating Inquiry Activities, Bill Friedheim

• Go to Electronic Resources

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, Title 3 

10:15 AM:  Writing, Reading and Learning  Across the Curriculum

Gay Brookes and Sharona Levy, Developmental Skills, BMCC

• Go to Hands-On Activities

11:15 AM:  Break

11:30 AM:  Writing, Reading and Learning  Across the Curriculum (Continued)

12:30 PM:  Lunch

1:30 PM:  What Makes a Good Web Syllabus? -- Bill Friedheim, Title 3

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

4:30 PM:  Blackboard: Reflective Writing about Developing Your Course 

go to blackboard

8:30 AM:  Coffee and Tea

9 AM:  Creating Syllabi Using BlackBoard:  Bill Friedheim, Harry Lutrin, English, Rachel Theilheimer, ECE, Joe Ugoretz, English

12 PM: Enriching Lectures with PowerPoint -- Elora Orcajada, Nursing

12:30 PM:  Lunch

1:30  PM:  Planning Time

3:30 PM:  Reality Check

8:30 AM:  Coffee and Tea

9 AM: Planning Time

11:30 AM:  Discussion -- What's Next?

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

12:30 PM:  Lunch

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

Blackboard: Sharing Plans and Materials 

go to blackboard

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

3:45 PM  Online evaluation of the institute:

go to:  http://198.83.126.102/titleIII-weeklong.institute.htm 

4PM: Institute Concludes

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