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.
Dates: Monday, November 2, 2015 Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM Room: Faculty Commons Conference Room in N227 The Office of Sponsored Programs will be hosting several open hour sessions about COS PIVOT, a comprehensive source of funding opportunities that allow you to track and receive alerts about funding related to your research interests. Other Dates: November
*OpenLab Account Required Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Time: 11:00am-12:30pm Venue: G604 Ready to restructure your course, project, or club site? In this workshop, we will help you to rethink the organization of your site for enhanced use and better interaction with your students, colleagues, or peers. RSVP Workshops are open to all City Tech
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 Time: 2pm - 3pm Location: G-604 Shoot an instructional video for your class on something as simple as your smart phone. Learn how to use a few very basic video editing options, including creating a caption and title, before uploading the video to YouTube, iTunes U, or Blackboard. To register,
Date: November 5th, 2015 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Location: Namm 923 Speaker: Anthony Holley Abstract: Department of Computer Systems Technology, New York City College of Technology, City University of New York More and more use is being made of cell phones for web exploration at the expense of conventional desk and laptop PCs.
Date: Thursday, November 5, 2015 Time: 2:30pm – 3:30pm Room: A441 We’ll cover: Overview... What is OER? How can you use it? Finding high quality content in your discipline How attribution & licensing open content works! For staff and faculty. Visit our OER guide: cityte.ch/oer RSVP to Prof. Cailean Cooney: ccooney@citytech.cuny.edu Ursula C. Schwerin Library
Date: Thursday, November 5, 2015 Time: 5pm - 6pm Location: G-604 This workshop will cover the basic fundamentals of Microsoft Word 2013. To register, email: itec@citytech.cuny.edu
Date: Saturday, November 7, 2015 Time: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Venue: LaGuardia Community College Building E 31-10 Thompson Avenue Long Island City, NY 11101 CUNY Conference on Best Practices in Reading/Writing Instruction Keynote Speaker: Dr. Trudy Smoke Professor of English, Hunter College Breakfast and lunch provided Deadline for Registration: November 3 To register, contact
Date: Monday, 9 November 2015 Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm 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: Monday, November 9, 2015 Time: 2pm - 3:30pm 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: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Time: Noon Room: Atrium Amphitheater On November 10, 2015, City Tech will host the 27th Kristallnacht Anniversary Program, “Kristallnacht, 77 Years After: Never Again Anti-Semitism, Indifference and Racism!” at 300 Jay Street, Atrium Amphitheatre, Downtown Brooklyn, at noon. The public is invited to this free event, sponsored by the City
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Time: 5pm - 6pm Location: G-604 Learn how to use iTunes U to upload, view, and share rich media contents. To register, email: itec@citytech.cuny.edu
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm Room: N227 Faculty will learn about successful Wikipedia class assignments, from adding citations to writing new, lasting articles. We will address the benefits and possible pitfalls of using Wikipedia, as well as resources available to support faculty. Participants will create an account and learn some editing
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 Time: 4:30pm – 5:30pm Room: Namm 119 The Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) meets throughout the year to discuss student behavior on our campus. It’s mission is to promote safety. BIT monitors problematic behavior by providing consultation, referral and support to campus faculty, staff and students. It is important to refer
Place: Namm 823 Date: Thursday, November 12 Time: 12:00 PM Presented by Dr. Richard Brierley Faculty and students are welcome, light refreshments will be served. Abstract: Recent progress in the field of superconducting circuits has led to the development of many different types of qubit that can be precisely controlled and monitored. The techniques
Date: Thursday, November 12, 2015 Time: 1pm - 2pm Location: G-604 This workshop will cover the basic fundamentals of Microsoft PowerPoint 2013. To register, email: itec@citytech.cuny.edu
Place: A631 Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2015 Time: 1 - 2 pm Prof. Michael McAuliffe presents The Poetics of the Private Collection: Delectare et Docere the Janos Scholz Italian Drawings Study Collection. This talk presents the Italian old master drawings collection of the Hungarian cellist Janos Scholz (1904−1993) at the Morgan Library and Museum. Issues of
Date: Friday, November 13, 2015 Time: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Venue: N119 Coney Island is in the midst of one of the biggest overhauls in its century-plus history, a redevelopment plan that's involved over a decade of battles between city officials, amusement operators, developers, local residents, and, at times, protesters wielding amputated mermaid tails.
Dates: Monday, November 16, 2015 Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM Room: Faculty Commons Conference Room in N227 The Office of Sponsored Programs will be hosting several open hour sessions about COS PIVOT, a comprehensive source of funding opportunities that allow you to track and receive alerts about funding related to your research interests. Stop in
Date: Monday, November 16, 2015 Time: 4pm - 5pm Location: G-604 Jing is a basic, free version of Camtasia Studio that allows you to capture video, animation, and images from your computer screen, which you can share on the Web. It works for Macs and PCs. To register, email: itec@citytech.cuny.edu
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 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, November 19, 2015 Time: 1pm - 2pm Location: G-604 Learn how to use Prezi, an online presentation tool. Zoom in and out of your online images, videos, and text to present conceptual material. To register, email: itec@citytech.cuny.edu
Date: November 19, 2015 Time: 1pm - 2:15pm Room: N 1005 Light refreshments will be served! RSVP: facultycommons@citytech.cuny.edu For more information: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/writingacrossthecurriculum/
The Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center will be offering its first “Hang Out” session* of the semester. The discussions will continue at Hill Country Bar and Restaurant. When: November 19, 2015 Where: Faculty Commons, N227 Time: 4:00 - 5:00PM Come hear our colleagues Mark Hellermann of the Hospitality Management Department and Diana Mincyte of the Social
Date: Monday, November 30, 2015 Time: 3pm-4pm 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
Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 Time: 10am - 11am Location: G-604 Jing is a basic, free version of Camtasia Studio that allows you to capture video, animation, and images from your computer screen, which you can share on the Web. It works for Macs and PCs. To register, email: itec@citytech.cuny.edu
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 Time: 5pm-6pm 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
Instructional/Information Technology in CUNY: Innovating and Integrating Innovation and integration are essential, nowhere more so than with academic uses of technology, but they pull in different directions: innovation strikes out in new directions; integration pulls in and consolidates. Without integrating the new, we would have only random acts of innovation; without innovation, integration would stultify
Poster Presentation Date: December 3nd Time: 10 AM - 3 PM Venue: Atrium Ground and First Floor Awards Ceremony Date: December 3rd Time: 12:30PM Venue: Atrium Amphitheater All Faculty, Staff, and Students Welcome. Click to view poster.
Place: Namm 823 Date: Thursday, December 3 at Time: 12:00 PM Presented by Prof. W. Vincent Liu Faculty and students are welcome, light refreshments will be served. Abstract: When interacting ultracold atoms are loaded into the metastable but long lived higher orbital excited bands of an optical lattice, would it be possible for the atoms to
Instructional/Information Technology in CUNY: Innovating and Integrating Innovation and integration are essential, nowhere more so than with academic uses of technology, but they pull in different directions: innovation strikes out in new directions; integration pulls in and consolidates. Without integrating the new, we would have only random acts of innovation; without innovation, integration would stultify