Faculty Commons, A Center for Teaching, Learning, Scholarship and Service coordinates all professional development, grants and assessment activities of faculty at New York City College of Technology. Faculty Commons adopts a programmatic approach to professional development and operates as a faculty resource and think tank where members collaborate on a variety of projects to shape curriculum, pedagogy and assessment.
The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) helps faculty and administrators compete for and win grants that strengthen the intellectual climate and improve the learning environment at City Tech. The office provides notices of grant opportunities and works with faculty and administrators over the life-cycle of a grant – from concept development through close-out.
The Professional Activity Report and Self-Evaluation (PARSE) is the documentation of a faculty member’s accomplishments during each academic year and cumulatively, in the three principal areas of teaching, scholarly and professional growth, and service. The PARSE serves as the basis for the annual evaluation. It is also provides faculty with an instrument to present to departmental and college review committees for reappointment, tenure, and promotion.
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 Time: 5pm-6pm Location: G-604 Online videoconferencing is available to all professors and their students using Blackboard. Use a video and voice chat tool to have live conversations with online students. In addition, use push technologies to share your applications and materials with any student using an Internet connection. Guest speakers
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Time: 6pm-7:30pm Location: 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 obtain a CUNY
Date: Thursday, September 3, 2015 Time: 2:30pm-4:00pm Venue: G604 Ready to get started using the OpenLab? This workshop introduces you to 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
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2015 Time: 11am-12:30pm Location: 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 obtain a CUNY
*OpenLab Account Required Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2015 Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm Venue: G604 Ready to learn more about setting up your course on the OpenLab? This workshop helps you create your course profile and course site with an emphasis on using OpenLab features to enhance your course syllabus. Please bring your syllabus and other course materials
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Time: 11am-12pm Location: G-604 Online videoconferencing is available to all professors and their students using Blackboard. Use a video and voice chat tool to have live conversations with online students. In addition, use push technologies to share your applications and materials with any student using an Internet connection. Guest speakers
This Thursday follows a Monday schedule Date: September 10th, 2015 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Location: Namm 922A Speaker: Jonathan Bell Abstract: With the proliferation of testing culture, many developers are facing new challenges. As projects are getting started, the focus may be on developing enough tests to maintain confidence that the code is
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2015 Time: 1pm-2pm Location: 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
Ms. Hope Reiser presenter. Date: Friday, September 11, 2015 Time: 1pm - 2pm Goal: Help faculty master CUNYfirst Travel and Expense process Room: Atrium Learning Center Computer Room, AG 18 Please RSVP to Ms. Amoy Ansell at AAnsell@citytech.cuny.edu Other dates: Date: Thursday, September 17, 2015 Time: 1pm - 2pm
Date: Saturday, September 12, 2015 Time: 1pm - 2:30pm Location: G-604 This is not an eFolders workshop. However, this workshop will cover how to use Microsoft Excel 2013 for eFolders, as well as for grading, formulas, logical tests, and other topics. Some basics of Excel will also be reviewed, such as printing to fit on
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Time: 5pm - 6pm Location: G-604 Learn how to create group or private assignments for students using Blog or Wiki tools. To register, email itec@citytech.cuny.edu
FULLY ONLINE: Thursday, September 17th - Tuesday, October 20th This online seminar includes only one face-to-face meeting on Thursday, September 17th, from 1:00pm to 2:00pm. If you cannot attend the face-to-face meeting, you can still participate. Learn how to design your online course syllabus, communicate with students online, and assess students. Participation is required for
Date: September 17th, 2015 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Location: Namm 923 Speaker: Subash Shankar Abstract: Department of Computer Science, Hunter College, City University of New York Recent years have seen the emergence of several static analysis techniques for reasoning about programs. This talk presents several major classes of techniques and tools that implement
Place: Namm 823 Thursday, September 17 at 12:00 PM Presented by Jim Talbert Faculty and students are welcome, light refreshments will be served. Abstract: I will present an updated prediction of the flux of neutrinos arising from the prompt decay of charmed hadrons formed in collisions of cosmic rays on the upper atmosphere. This 'prompt'
Ms. Hope Reiser presenter. Date: Thursday, September 17, 2015 Time: 1pm - 2pm Goal: Help faculty master CUNYfirst Travel and Expense process Room: Atrium Learning Center Computer Room, AG 18 Please RSVP to Ms. Amoy Ansell at AAnsell@citytech.cuny.edu
Date: Friday, September 18, 2015 Time: 10 AM - 6 PM Venue: Medgar Ever College 1650 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn New York, 11225 For more information visit: mec-cuny.digication.com
Place: Namm 823 Thursday, September 24 at 12:00 PM Presented by Prof. Dmitry Garanin Faculty and students are welcome, light refreshments will be served. Abstract: Talk reports on recent numerical investigation of the glassy behavior of random-field exchange models in three dimensions. Correlation of energy with the magnetization for different numbers of spin components has
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2015 Time: 1pm - 2:30pm Location: G-604 This is not an eFolders workshop. However, this workshop will cover how to use Microsoft Excel 2013 for eFolders, as well as for grading, formulas, logical tests, and other topics. Some basics of Excel will also be reviewed, such as printing to fit on
Place: A631 Date: Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 1 pm As Dr. Granados writes "This talk will discuss an allegorical poem by Spanish Renaissance author and mystic San Juan de la Cruz (1542-1591). I will explain the literary devices used by the poet to communicate his otherwise ineffable mystical experience. 'Noche oscura' describes the poet's
Date: September 24, 2015 1pm - 2:15pm Room: N 521 Light refreshments will be served! All faculty and staff are welcome! Developing effective reading and writing assignments helps students retain and critically think about course content. This workshop will cover a number of assignment design strategies that emphasize active learning through student writing. Faculty are
This Friday follows a Tuesday schedule Date: Friday, September 25, 2015 Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm Location: N227 Conducted by: Olga Batyr To RSVP, email AIR@citytech.cuny.edu Click to view poster.
Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 Time: 10am - 11am Location: G-604 A faculty workshop introducing the ePortfolio project on OpenLab's Wordpress software. Discover a simple, effective way to bring ePortfolios into your classroom to support your students' academic progress. To register, email: itec@citytech.cuny.edu
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 Time: 6pm - 7pm Location: G-604 Websupport1 is the faculty Web server for educational and class materials that you wish to share with your students. Learn how to create basic Web page(s) and your own site, as well as how to upload files to the server. To register, email: itec@citytech.cuny.edu
Date: Wednesday, 30 September 2015 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm Room: Library A441 For students, staff, and faculty. RSVP to Prof. Keith Muchowski: kmuchowski@citytech.cuny.edu Ursula C. Schwerin Library Website: library.citytech.cuny.edu Click to view poster.
Date: Thursday, October 1, 2015 Time: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Room: N-1123 The exhibit has been arranged through the collaboration of English Professor Mary Nilles and students, and Communication Design Professor Lynn Cole and students in an Information Design class. It features an array of student productions, including their photographs, posters, an architectural model,
Date: October 1st, 2015 Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Location: Namm 923 Speaker: Rick Minerich Abstract: Bayard Rock, LLC, is a private research and software development company with headquarters in the Empire State Building. It is a leader in the filed in the research and development of tools for improving the state of the
*OpenLab Account Required Date: Thursday, October 1, 2015 Time: 3:00pm-4:30pm Venue: G604 Ready to bring more online discussion into your course? This workshop shares useful OpenLab tools for blogging and interacting with your students online, and helps you to brainstorm assignment design for your OpenLab course. You will need an account on the OpenLab –