iTEC: Grade Center

G-604

This workshop will cover how to create tests and set up Blackboard’s grade center for quizzes and assignments. To register, email: itec@citytech.cuny.edu

OpenLab: Getting Started on the OpenLab

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Date: Wednesday, February 10th, 2016 Time: 5:30pm-7:00pm Venue: G604 Ready to get started using the OpenLab? This workshop introduces some of the exciting features of the OpenLab and helps you sign up for your OpenLab account and create your OpenLab profile. You will need access to your City Tech email account to get started. Workshops

CST Colloquium: Alberto Pepe presents Data-driven, Interactive Scientific Articles in a Collaborative Environment with Authorea

N-928

Date: February 11th, 2016 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm  Location: Namm 928 Abstract: Most tools that scientists use for the preparation of scholarly manuscripts, such as Microsoft Word and LaTeX, function offline and do not account for the born-digital nature of research objects. Also, most authoring tools in use today are not designed for collaboration, and, as scientific

Blackboard Fundamentals

G-604

Bring your syllabus and course materials to prepare your actual course on Blackboard for Web-enhanced instruction. All faculty must have a CUNY portal ID before attending this workshop. You should also check to make sure your course is listed on Blackboard. To register, email: itec@citytech.cuny.edu

iTEC: Blogs & Wikis

G-604

Learn how to create group Web sites and blogs or private journal assignments for students using Blog or Wiki tools. To register, email: itec@citytech.cuny.edu

Initiative for Interstellar Studies, UK: Kevin F. Long presents Interstellar Flight: The Perspective of Theoretical Physics

N-816 NY

The quest for the stars is an inspiring one that promises discoveries and new knowledge that has profound implications for our view of the Universe. Yet, to travel to the stars apparently requires breakthroughs in our physics and engineering knowhow. In this presentation, we examine the problem from the stand point of theoretical physics and

iTEC: MS Office PowerPoint 2013

G-604

This workshop will cover the basic fundamentals of Microsoft PowerPoint 2013. To register, email: itec@citytech.cuny.edu

OpenLab: OpenPedagogy – Knowing Brooklyn through Place-Based Open Digital Pedagogy

N-227 NY

Date: Thursday, February 18, 2016 Time: 5:00pm-6:30pm Venue: N227 Interested in using the OpenLab to engage with the college’s current City Tech GenEdge theme, Knowing Brooklyn? A companion event to this college-wide effort, this session takes a place-based approach to open digital pedagogy. Together we will think through ways to integrate place-based learning around City

BWRC Breakfast Talk: Brooklyn’s Urban Farms: Production and Education

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Although the current urban farming movement predates its arrival in Brooklyn, some of the most innovative and dynamic urban farming is being done in that borough.  While urban farms address issues of sustainability, nutrition, and “food deserts,” they have always had an educational component to them.    BWRC’s first breakfast event of the new semester will be a