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ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, The Transition to Remote Scenario Opens a New Era in Higher Education, on the site 2 days, 10 hours ago
Provost Christine Mangino
Office of Academic AffairsI am not sure words can do justice to describe Spring 2020, a semester that began as many others but quickly became unrecognizable. During the first
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ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, Teaching Tidbits Videos, on the site 2 days, 11 hours ago
The Center for Teaching and Learning recognizes the challenges of finding time to research, plan, and execute new ideas. As a result, we created short videos that serve as a resource for tips, reflections, tools
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ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, Teaching Tips: Engaging Secondary School Minority Students in Pre-engineering Education Through Project-Based Learning, on the site 2 days, 11 hours ago
For decades, several initiatives have been taken by the United States to increase minority students’ interest and persistence toward engineering, to meet the fast growing needs of its STEM workforce. However, r
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ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, Hostos Reads, on the site 2 days, 11 hours ago
Virtual Hostos Reads!
This Semester we are Hosting a series of Virtual Discussions involving a variety of short reads that are very timely.
Please Join us! Share with your thought and ideas about these
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ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, General Education: Teaching in Times of Crisis, on the site 3 days, 11 hours ago
General education needs a new name. The bland, catch-all-sounding phrase belies its importance, its vitality, and the vexing, urgent struggles to make sense of the world that are its reason for being.
Our
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ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, ACHIEVEMENTS, on the site 2 weeks, 2 days ago
The Center for Teaching and Learning would like to congratulate the following faculty for these achievements:
Congratulations to all of you!
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ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, Fellowship: 🏃🕘🕝🙇, on the site 1 year, 4 months ago
Fellowship: 🏃🕘🕝🙇
If you can read the title of this essay, you know basic Emoji. For those who are beginning learners of this language, it means: “I’m running 30 minutes late. I’m so sorry.” (It should be noted-
I really like this consideration of the possibilities and limits of Emoji as a language form. It’s interesting to think about how smartphone apps such as Bitmoji or features like GIFs contribute to this discussion. It seems we always find newer and trendier ways to communicate on our devices. I appreciate your point that these options can “enrich written communication.”
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I really wish we had the option to use emojis in our replies here 🙂
Nice article! I wonder if the communicative ambiguity in emoji’s that Prof. Frenz-Belkin isn’t advantageous in many situations. I also wonder if it has poetic potential, such as a wordless poem comprised entirely of emojis.
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Thank you for this thought-provoking essay on the possibilities and limits of viewing Emoji as a language. To some degree, I find I use emojis more like punctuation marks. By inserting them at the conclusion of a sentence, I tend to use them to express excitement (like I would an exclamation point) or confusion (like I would a question mark).
As smartphone technology continues to advance, it’s interesting to consider how apps like Bitmoji or features like GIFs apply to or extend this conversation about Emoji and language.
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Trying to write a “text” in Emoji sounds like a neat diversion. And I could see “reading” Emoji texts would be an interesting challenge. As someone who likes puzzles, this appeals to me. I wonder if it could be used in a classroom situation…
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I was greatly impressed by the thoughtful exploration of the possibilities and limitations of the use of emojis. I, having taught ESL courses, see the possibilities of utilizing images; however, I also am aware of the possibilities for misunderstandings, which could in fact be opportunities for further learning. In learning English a particularly challenging unit is idiomatic expressions. Patricia points out that an emoji can mean different things across cultures. In these days of “cultural competency” she gives us much to consider.
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ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, Faculty Investigation Group: Service Learning, on the site 1 year, 4 months ago
Faculty Investigation Group: Service Learning
Greetings from the Service Learning and Civic Engagement Committee!Our committee has been hard at work in 2018- 2019 and we want to share with the larger Hostos
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ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, Teaching Tips II: Forming Groups For Group Assignments, on the site 1 year, 4 months ago
Teaching Tips II: Forming Groups For Group Assignments
You have your group assignment or assignments set up for the semester. You are all excited about using groups in your class. You know your students will -
ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, Teaching Tips: Integrating Two Perspectives On Obstacles To Student Learning: A Real Aha! Moment, on the site 1 year, 4 months ago
Teaching Tips: Integrating Two Perspectives On Obstacles To Student Learning: A Real Aha! Moment
One afternoon in the fall of 2018, two faculty members sat down to discuss the cornerstone research assignment for-
Hi Linda and Sarah,
I read your article and found it very enlightening. Your focus on critical reading is really applicable to our student needs and your method of addressing this issue is quite innovative. I do agree with your argument that critical thinking skills are those that are garnered over the learning experience in sometimes non-obvious ways, and your approach does well to make them obvious. I think the Lib guide can be useful in different subject areas. I myself use some features in my own research based courses, but I do think creating a Lib guide resource could be more useful for students to access. Looking at the resource, I particularly like the layout of the assignment, the critical reading prompts, the turning point exercise and evaluation rubric. I find that students need to know how any work is being evaluated. Thanks for the great ideas!
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Thanks, Stacey! I’d be happy to work with you to configure a LibGuide for your course. Let’s talk…
Linda
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Nice article, Linda and Sarah!
At the risk of sounding like a library PSA, librarians are a good resource not only for students but also for faculty. So much of how I teach research in my own classes is adapted from lessons and concepts I’ve learned from having librarians visit my classes over the years.
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Thank you to Prof. Miles and Prof. Church for sharing your experiences. I too have been finding it necessary to add further scaffolding to my assignments. It sometimes feels more intuitive to address writing skills because the writing process is more visible than the reading process. The WAC philosophy is so helpful because it integrates reading and writing. In addition to assigning more low-stakes writing in the classroom to help students process their reading, I am spending more time explaining annotation skills.
I thank you for your reflections, and I look forward to adapting the online guide that Prof. Miles created.
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Hi, Elizabeth. It’s so nice to hear enthusiasm for how the online LibGuide supports students work. Let me know if you’d like to discuss using the LibGuides platform for your course.
Linda
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ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, General Education: A Deep And Broad Foundation, on the site 1 year, 4 months ago
General Education: A Deep And Broad Foundation
It is an honor to have the opportunity to contribute some thoughts on the topic of General Education at Eugenio María de Hostos Community College. As I started to -
ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, Research: If You Do Not Want Them To Know, Do Not Teach Them Statistics? (Story Of North Korean Mathematics), on the site 1 year, 4 months ago
Research: If You Do Not Want Them To Know, Do Not Teach Them Statistics? (Story Of North Korean Mathematics)
It has been more than sixty years since Korea was divided into two separate countries – the D -
ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, Research And SoTL: Advice For The Community College Scholar, on the site 1 year, 4 months ago
Research And SoTL: Advice For The Community College Scholar
Advice for Conducting Research as a Junior Faculty Member at HostosBack in February, I published an article in Inside Higher Ed called “Advice for t
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ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, Sabbatical Experience: Hurricane Maria, on the site 1 year, 4 months ago
Sabbatical Experience: Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria, the most devastating hurricane in 85 years, struck Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017. Hurricane Maria was called the worst natural disaster on record in -
ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, General Education: Keeping Education in Perspective – Using the Hostos General Core Competencies to Promote Reflection About the Purpose of Education, on the site 1 year, 9 months ago
General Education: Keeping Education in Perspective – Using the Hostos General Core Competencies to Promote Reflection About the Purpose of Education
The beauty and diverse benefits of studying mathematics is -
ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, A Fulbright Opportunity In Honduras: An Abroad Conversation About The Meaning Of Student Engagement, Assessment, And Classroom Management Today, on the site 1 year, 10 months ago
A Fulbright Opportunity In Honduras: An Abroad Conversation About The Meaning Of Student Engagement, Assessment, And Classroom Management Today
This Fulbright Specialist opportunity in Honduras revealed a faculty -
ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, A Different Kind of International Fellowship By Natasha Lorca Yannacañedo, on the site 1 year, 10 months ago
A Different Kind of International Fellowship By Natasha Lorca Yannacañedo
The idea behind the apexart International Fellowship is to break artists out of our comfortable little bubbles of work and expose us to -
ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, Professor And Celebrated Artist Ian Charles Scott, on the site 1 year, 10 months ago
Professor And Celebrated Artist Ian Charles Scott
It was not until I was watching the recent ‘heist film’, Oceans Eight, where a group of 8 ladies decide the rob the Metropolitan Museum annual Ball that I -
ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, Sabbatical Experience, on the site 1 year, 10 months ago
Sabbatical Experience
Over the last three decades, I have enjoyed working intensively with students to help them achieve their academic goals here at Hostos. Upon my appointment, I knew that research would be -
ITZEL ORTEGA MENDEZ wrote a new post, Universal Design For Learning: Fostering Neurodiversity, Equity, And Inclusivity Through Educational Technology, on the site 1 year, 10 months ago
Universal Design For Learning: Fostering Neurodiversity, Equity, And Inclusivity Through Educational Technology
Neurodiversity is an approach to learning and disability that posits diverse neurological conditions - Load More