0805, 2015

Words with Friends: Creating the Student-Centered Roots Classroom

This semester I had the absolute honor and delight of participating in a course described as “Mapping the Futures of Higher Education,” a

2704, 2015

Salutations from Roots at Hunter!

Today our Greek and Latin Roots class learned the Latin word salus, salutis meaning “health, well-being, greeting” from where English gets the

1504, 2015

Before spring break I gave my Roots students a Midterm Formative Assessment Survey. Below is a summary of their answers. The results of this survey

2903, 2015

Last week I tried out another student-centered activity in my Roots class. All semester I have been attempting to transform many of

1603, 2015

This post is a follow-up to Day 1 of the “Mapping” course’s unit on student-centered pedagogy. For homework we were asked to

1403, 2015

My Greek and Latin Roots of English course recently published their Name Etymology Map to the Futures site (you can check it

1203, 2015

“What’s in a name?” So Juliet ponders in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene II. Tis a question for the ages

0403, 2015

This post serves as a follow-up to a student-led unit on assessment run on February 17 and 24 as part of the Futures Initiative “Mapping

0203, 2015

I wanted to share a story from my Hunter Greek and Latin Roots of English course from this morning in which I was given

2602, 2015

Week 4 — Group 1: Assessment Co-authors for this post: Janey Flanagan (BMCC) Urban Ed, eLearning Maria Greene (BMCC) Urban Ed, Chemistry Irene