ENGAGING STUDENTS THROUGH REFLECTION AND INTERACTION: RESHAPING CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS

The College is committed to promoting oral skills development for all LaGuardia students. This presentation will focus on the use of reflection and dialogue to strengthen students’ abilities to problem solve, communicate ideas, and reflect on their learning process through hands-on activities. Participants will learn to design tasks that they can incorporate in content and language-based courses as well as in learning communities.

• Learning Tasks (PowerPoint Presentation)
• Group Tasks (PDF Document)
• Reflective Essay (PDF Document)
• Community Activity (PDF Document)

Presenters: Carol Montgomery and Max Rodriguez (Humanities)

Room: E229

AN EVOLVING GOVERNANCE MODEL FOR AN EVOLVING EDUCATIONAL ECOLOGY

This workshop will explore the issues at the core of LaGuardia’s on-going process of seeking a governance plan that can best respond to the evolving realities of the College. Members of the Senate’s Ad Hoc Committee on Governance Review will frame the discussion and will ask the audience to pilot a questionnaire to be used in gathering college-wide feedback.

Presenters: Michael Frank (Cooperative Education), Carlos Hiraldo (English), Jerry Ianni (Mathematics), William Kurzyna (Communication Skills) and Sally Mettler (Humanities)

Room: E264

11:30 a.m. 12:45 p.m.

EVOLVING NEW PROGRAMS AND COURSES

New programs and courses help colleges stay current and assist in the recruitment and retention of students. This workshop will review both the practical and innovative side of creating new programs and courses.

• Opening Sessions PowerPoint Presentation

Presenters: Marcia T. Caton (Vice President’s Office, Academic Affairs), Cecilia Macheski (English), and Sandra Watson (Vice President’s Office, ACE)

Room: E258

11:30 a.m. 12:45 p.m.

EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION IN THE DISCIPLINES

As the College community evolves and grows, how can faculty take
advantage of experiential education pedagogy to enhance learning
within the classroom and beyond, and to prepare students for internships and the world of work? Participants in the Experiential Education in the Disciplines Faculty Seminar will share their insights in the following areas:

1. structuring student experiences in the classroom
2. the importance of reflective practices
3. using field trips to enrich course content
4. using career research paper assignments to prepare students for internships, educational advancement, and the world of work and
5. innovative ways to link classroom learning with cooperative education.

For additional information about this workshop, please review the following documents:

• Career Research (PDF Document)

Presenters: Diane Ducat (Cooperative Education),
Janet Michello (Social Science), Max Rodriguez (Humanities), Renan Sezer (Mathematics), and Ting Man Tsao (English)

Room: E256

11:30 a.m. 12:45 p.m.

FROM WRITING TO SPEAKING: THE ROLE OF BLACKBOARD IN PROMOTING CONTEXTUALIZED LEARNING AND MEANINGFUL COMMUNICATION

The presenters will demonstrate how Blackboard can be used to
enhance the writing, reading, and critical thinking skills of ESL students. In addition, they will discuss Blackboard’s potential to improve the “silent” student’s verbal skills in the regular classroom by referring to a case study that is currently being conducted. The presenters will also demonstrate how they are using Blackboard to promote communication among students, faculty and staff.

Presenters: Florence Diallo (Academic ESL Program) and Sonja Tanner (Humanities)

Room: E228

11:30 a.m. 12:45 p.m.

INFORMATION ECOLOGY: CREATING A SUSTAINABLE HABITAT
FOR INFORMATION LITERACY--INFORMATION ENCOUNTERS ON
THE INFORMATION COMMONS

Commons that foster information access and profound academic information literacy is a developing concept in academia. Faculty, Librarians and Information Technologists join with space planners to create a new sense of place where access to information through technology encourages student success. The presenters will discuss information ecology, “a system of people, practices, values and technologies in the academic environment,”
and the institutional role in creating and fostering an environment that provides communication across diverse academic and cultural populations.

Download Presenation File: PowerPoint

Download Bibliography File: Word Document

Presenters: Marie Cimino Spina and Jane Devine (Library Media
Resources Center)

Room: E101B

11:30 a.m. 12:45 p.m.

THE LARAMIE PROJECT: DIALOGUE, DISCUSSION AND FOSTERING A COMMITMENT TO DIFFERENCE THROUGH THE COLLEGE’S COMMON READING


Each year, the College’s Common Reading for First Year Students serves as an opportunity to create a core conversation across the curriculum. This year’s selection, The Laramie Project, offers the College an opportunity to engage in a sustained discussion about difference and inclusion in a multicultural society. This session will offer concrete strategies for teaching the book and for addressing homophobia and conflict in the classroom.

Presenters: J. Elizabeth Clark, Leonard Vogt (English) and Students from SAGA

Room: E230
 

11:30 a.m. 12:45 p.m.

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: THE NEW ENGINEERING SCIENCE PROGRAM

The new dual/joint Engineering Science Program, articulated between LaGuardia Community College and City College, represents an unprecedented opportunity to bring together various departments, capabilities, and competencies to make it a real success. The presenters will discuss the curriculum in detail and explain how it aligns with City College’s curriculum.

Presenters: Abderrazak Belkharraz, Hendrick Delcham and Kamal Hajallie (Mathematics)

Room: E225
 

11:30 a.m. 12:45 p.m.

MOVING EXPERIENCES: USING VIDEO TO DOCUMENT STUDENT PROJECTS

In this presentation, participants will be introduced to video-based projects created by students in The English Language Center’s Communication Skills classes. The presenter will demonstrate how students prepared for this project, show samples of student videos, and illustrate how video is an effective and current tool for documenting student work.

Presenter: Monica Courtney (The English Language Center, ACE)

Room: E234

11:30 a.m. 12:45 p.m.

NEW DIRECTIONS: DESIGNED FOR LEARNING

The Center for Teaching and Learning is offering a workshop exploring
how the integration of digital technology in course curricula is changing
our pedagogy and helping the College to move in new directions. The workshop will give a brief review of the progress in expanding pedagogical uses of technology since the inception of the Center, and highlight new initiatives such as: developments with the ePortfolio project, with a particular focus on how it will be used in assessing students’ work; progress towards implementing the eCareer Plan; and plans for piloting more fully
online courses.

• OpSessions (PowerPoint Presentation)