BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

The City University of New York

Integrating Technology Into The Classroom

AGENDA      

June 4 - 8, 2007

 

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MONDAY, JUNE 4


    Theme: Who are we? Why are we here? Why use technology in teaching?

9:00 am -- 9:30 am

  Light Breakfast

9:30 am --10:00 am

  Introductions/ Review of Goals/ Schedule/ Main Themes - Chris Stein

10:00 am --11:00 am

 

Blackboard Electronic Discussion: Dreams, Nightmares and Visions

Click here for instructions for writing activity and then go to Blackboard to complete the activity.

11:00 am --11:15 am

  Break

11:15 am --12:30 pm

  Keynote: "Teaching with Technology" -- Dennis Robbins

12:30 pm --1:30 pm

   Lunch -- Faculty Cafeteria

1:30 pm -- 2:30 pm

  Basic and Advanced Techniques for Searching the Web - Donna Dickinson 
2:30 pm -- 3:15 pm  

Creating a Web-based Inquiry - Donna Dickinson

Examples:

3:15 pm -- 4:00 pm

 

Surveying Electronic Resources

►Use the search techniques previously discussed to find some electronic resources that will be useful for your own classes.

4:00 pm -- 4:30 pm

   Group Blog:
  • Please write a brief reflection about today's experience:
    • What are the positives and negatives you found in the online activities you saw today?
    • In what ways do you wish to improve your teaching?

TUESDAY, JUNE 5


    Theme: Tools You Can Use Right Now in Your Teaching

9:00 am -- 9:30 am

   Light Breakfast

9:30 am -- 10:15 am

   Clickers and Tablet PCs -- Donna Dickinson

10:15 am -- 11:15 am

   Blackboard Basics -- Donna Dickinson

11:15 am -- 11:30 am

   Break
11:30 am -- 12:30 pm   PowerPoint Basics and Impatica -- Donna Dickinson

12:30 pm -- 1:30 pm

   Lunch -- Faculty Cafeteria

1:30 am -- 2:30 am

  Using Blackboard Creatively - Mahatapa Palit and Peter DeNegre
2:30 pm -- 3:15 pm   Resource Tour: Faculty Lab (S-501A) and Media Center -- John Gallagher
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm   Library Resources -- Robert Farrell and Flor Hernandez

4:00 pm -- 4:30 pm

 

Group Blog:

  • Please write a brief reflection about today's experience:
    • Did you see something you could use in your teaching?
    • Do you have a better understanding of the resources available at BMCC?

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6


    Theme: Getting Creative, Constructing Multimedia Resources

9:00 am -- 9:30 am

   Light Breakfast

9:30 am -- 10:00 am

  

Midpoint Review: Group Discussion

10:00 am -- 11:30 am

   Web Authoring -- Chris Stein and Donna Dickinson
11:30 am - 11:45 am   Break

11:45 am -- 1:00 pm

   Camera Basics and Digital Photography Techniques - Chris Stein and Jody Culkin

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

   Field Trip:  Picnic lunch and taking digital photos (Bring your own digital camera or we will provide one)
2:00 pm -- 3:00 pm   Digital Images: Organization and Libraries (Picasa, Flickr) and Editing Images -- Chris Stein
3:00 pm -- 4:00 pm   Podcasting Part I: iTunes and iTunes U (how the iPod works, finding podcasts and how other schools are using them) and recording with the Belkin microphone -- Chris Stein and Donna Dickinson
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm  

Group Blog:

  • Please write a brief reflection about today's experience:
    • Did you learn something new?
    • Did it go as you expected?
    • Were you inspired or intimidated? Both?

THURSDAY, JUNE 7


    Theme: Online Communication and Collaboration

9:00 am -- 9:30 am

   Light Breakfast
9:30 am -- 10:30 am   Blogs and Wikis -- Donna Dickinson

10:30 am -- 12:00 pm

  

Podcasting Part II: Editing with Audacity, Publishing with Wordpress plugin -- Chris Stein

12:00 pm -- 1:00 pm

  Lunch -- Faculty Cafeteria
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm   Web 2.0 Tools -- Chris Stein and Zhanna Yablokova
3:00 pm -- 4:00 pm   Work on Projects: individual or group
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm  

Group Blog:

  • Please write a brief reflection about today's experience:
    • Do you see ways in which you could use online posting and collaboration tools in your teaching?

FRIDAY, JUNE 8


    Theme: Where Do We Go From Here?

9:00 am -- 9:30 am

   Light Breakfast

9:30 am -- 10:30 am

  Computer Screen and Video Capture -- Donna Dickinson
10:30 am -- 12:00 pm   Work on Projects

12: 00 pm - 1:00 pm

  Working Lunch

1:00 pm -- 2:00 pm

   Work on Projects, Share Plans and Materials on Blackboard

2:00 pm -- 3:00 pm

 

Project Presentations
3:00 pm -- 4:00 pm   ePortfolios and Scholarship of Teaching -- Rachel Theilheimer and Takiema Bunche-Smith

4:00 pm -- 4:30 pm

 

Wrap-up / Evaluations / Final Blackboard Discussion Board / Final Blog Post

  • Please write a brief reflection about your experience this week:
    • How has your understanding of and attitude towards teaching with technology changed this week?
    • What challenges and possibilities do you see to using technology to improve the student learning in your classes?

 

 

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