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Feb 08, 2012
Don’t Take Your Water for Granted by Marty Magaan
This morning, as I woke up and began my usual routine, I paused for a second to break free from whatever thoughts my brain had been feeding into while on autopilot. I gazed contently at my bathroom sink as I felt its warm water running relentlessly over my hands. And then I did something that might have landed me in the loony bin had someone been there to witness it. I apologized to my bathroom sink. “But what would compel you to do such a thing?” one might inquire with a tone of ridicule and utter bewilderment. Well, I had… More
Author: amy_bravo
Feb 08, 2012
Grade Mechanics Quickly, While Helping Students Learn
When you give your students a writing assignment, tell them that you will be grading them on mechanics by choosing only one page (but you don't tell them which page) from the assignment to note their mechanical errors. On that page, you will be putting a check in the left (or right) margin in line for each error without identifying what the error is or correcting it. You set the standard in your rubric of how many errors on the page will affect the grade in what ways (e.g., 0-5 errors = 20 points gained for mechanics, 5-10errors = 15 pts.… More
Author: francine_glazer
Feb 07, 2012
How to search every library catalog in New York State at once
Scenario 1 I would like to know if any books have been written about a topic, or, say, by a specific person. More so, I am not interested in whether the NYIT Library owns a particular book, as I understand that I can either request it through interlibrary loan, or recommend that it be purchased and added to the collection. Scenario 2 I would like to locate a library in the city, state or country, that subscribes to a particular journal, or magazine, or that has a specific title in its holdings. I have an International Standard Book Number (ISBN), and/or… More
Author: sebastien_marion
Feb 01, 2012
Tips for Gathering and Responding to Student Feedback
“Students say that the experience of having their opinions, reactions, and feelings solicited regularly, and addressed publicly, is one crucial reason for their coming to trust a teacher.” – Stephen Brookfield, The Skillful Teacher, pg. 49. One of the best ways to find out if students are learning is to ask them. Whether you use an in-class activity or an out-of-class assignment, there are several efficient and effective ways to gather student feedback in order to gauge their learning. Check out a few options below: Option # 1: The Minute Paper At the beginning or the end of class, ask students… More
Author: francine_glazer
Jan 24, 2012
Use an Annotated Syllabus to Track Your Thinking about Course Design
Annotated syllabi are artifacts that begin with a simple course syllabus and then grow in scope and in depth as instructors add annotations and links to additional materials. How can they be useful to us? The annotated syllabus is an ideal format for prompting and tracking the reflection that is part of course design, and it can be used as well to make public the intellectual work that goes into teaching, just as a course portfolio does. But there are also more immediate and tangible benefits that come from keeping an annotated syllabus. It is not uncommon during the middle… More
Author: francine_glazer
Jan 24, 2012
FAFSA Assistance Hotline
FAFSA is now offering assistance for students and parents Tuesday and Thursdays from noon - 5pm until February 28th. Live help is available to answer questions about completing the FAFSA. Students can take advantage of this help now! More
Author: anna_ye
Jan 17, 2012
Turnitin is now available within Blackboard
At the end of the Fall semester, SafeAssign had some technical issues that caused long delays in generating originality reports on student work. In order to enable faculty members to respond to student work in a timely manner, TurnItIn has also been integrated into Blackboard and assignments can be created and managed from within each course's Blackboard shell. In order to use either tool—Turnitin or SafeAssign—faculty must first turn on that tool within the course's Blackboard shell. For a demonstration of how to do this, please see the short video at http://goo.gl/zcFgl To replace an existing Assignment or… More
Author: francine_glazer
Jan 05, 2012
Welcome Back, It’s 2012!
Welcome back to a new year and a new semester! Classes begin on January 23rd and we’re looking forward to seeing you back on campus. As a reminder the add/drop period to change classes ends on February 5th. Be sure to make any changes to your schedule before then. Calling all second semester FRESHMAN! You will be required to meet with your SSC Manager to discuss first semester academic progress. Look for an email from your SSC Manager once classes begin. The Student Solutions Center is now open – please contact us if you have any questions regarding registration,… More
Author: anna_ye
Dec 14, 2011
Grading, Like It or Not!
Grading is generally the least favorite part of teaching for most faculty. A quick Google search turned up a site called “5 things I hate more than grading.” Some folks couldn’t come up with five things worse than grading; most mentioned life-threatening illnesses or surgery without anesthesia. Why is it so awful? What can we do to make it better? I think there are four main reasons why most of us hate grading: 1. We don’t like to judge people. As instructors, we are both coaches and judges, and most of us got into teaching for the coaching part, not thejudging part.… More
Author: francine_glazer
Dec 07, 2011
What’s the Right Tool for the Job?
“Great strategy! Do you have a "how to" packet on Google Apps? How and where does use of Blackboard fit in?” “Isn’t Blackboard a comparable resource or perhaps it doesn't have the large variety of capabilities?” “Do we do this in addition to the Blackboard site for each live class?” Great questions! A number of you have written to me in response to the Weekly Teaching Notes on Google Apps, asking about the advantages of Blackboard as compared to Google Apps, how to decide which one to use, and requesting more information. In this week’s note, I’ll try… More
Author: francine_glazer
William J. Rockwell Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department: School of Architecture and Design
Campus: Manhattan
