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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

Dec 01, 2011

Music and Study

While research suggests that alternating your study location (e.g. home, library, coffee shop) aids in memory retention, adjusting the auditory environment in order to concentrate is a personal issue that varies from individual to individual. Some apply ear plugs or noise cancelling headphones, while others prefer to loop a favorite track. There are also a number of websites providing different types of ambient noise, ranging from natural sounds to simple white noise. The NYIT Library subscribes to Naxos Music Library (NML). A collection of close to 1 million tracks and 70,000 discs, NML is the world´s largest online classical music library,… More

Author: sebastien_marion

Nov 30, 2011

Good Luck on Finals! Join the SSC for Milk and Cookies!

Wishing you well for the Final Exams and the Holiday Seasons, the Student Solutions Center would like to offer Milk & Cookies as a snack during Finals. Please stop by for a study break! Manhattan Campus: Dec 12,13,14,19, 20 from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. at 16W 61st Street, First Floor. Old Westbury Campus: Dec 14,15,16 from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. at Harry Schure Hall. More

Author: anna_ye

Nov 29, 2011

More on Student Collaboration and Google Apps

As you know, Google Apps were made available to NYIT faculty and students this past summer. Many schools in the US and around the world are using Google Apps for Education to support student learning and provide opportunities for student engagement and collaboration. You might ask: “What’s in it for me?” A simple answer is: 1) It will save you a lot of time 2) It will make you a very interesting teacher who uses technology innovatively (students love Google Apps’ user-friendly interface!) You might also ask: “What’s in it for my students?” A simple answer is: 1) Easy collaboration: no more multiple… More

Author: francine_glazer

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