Patrick Corbett’s Profile
21st century literacies, usability and ethnography, technical and professional communication
Patrick joined the City Tech English Department in 2013. He had worked previously in diverse fields including textile manufacturing, information technology, healthcare policy research, and motion picture development before becoming a teacher and scholar of writing. Patrick’s research focuses on the unseen activities and cultural dimensions found in the use of communications technologies.
My Courses
This is the Open Lab site for Professor Kieran Reichert’s ENG1101 course, section O305. Everything you will need for this semester will be found on this site, so take a moment to familiarize yourself with the organization – click around and make sure you have some idea of where to find materials, lectures, assignments, blog posts, etc.
ENG 2400-OL50 (Films from ”Literature”), Fall 2020
This course will allow students to examine the relationship between film and their literary sources. Through classroom discussions and out-of-class assignments, students will analyze classic and contemporary literary texts and their cinematic versions. Students will examine the relationship between film and literature, with specific focus on the techniques used in fiction, drama and film and the influences of censorship and society. Students will focus on the similarities and differences of literary works adapted into films.
This is our course site for Professor Reichert’s ENG1101-OL79 (MW 4-5:40PM) section.
ENG 2575 — Technical Writing, Summer 2020
An advanced course in effective technical writing techniques, including traditional technical writing forms and world wide web communication. This course will have students use electronic media such as internet, presentation, and graphics programs to communicate technical and scientific information to a variety of audiences via written and oral presentations. Students will also analyze readings in science and technology, study technical writing models, and practice collaborative research and presentation. Building on previous writing courses, this course will reinforce clarity of thinking and expression in effective and correct English.
This is our course site for Professor Reichert’s ENG1101-OL87 (MW 6-7:40PM) section.
My Projects
City Tech’s Source for Academic Affairs Information
Realizing the value of the research experience at the undergraduate level, this project is committed to fostering research opportunities for City Tech students. Faculty and students can use this project as a place to share announcements about research opportunities, as well as a place to offer information about the experiences students and faculty have had in their research endeavors. A handbook on effective mentoring, developed by the Undergraduate Research Committee, is currently available for download.
The Project Site for the New YorK City College of Technology College Council.
The OpenLab Project is a companion public website to the anthology The Place Where We Dwell: Reading and Writing about New York City. Students taking their first or second composition class might approach writing and critical thinking as overwhelming, much like New York City to the newcomer. The aim of the third edition of the textbook–and this website–is to try to contextualize critical reading, writing, and thinking, while exploring this place we call home.
This is a Working Space for Faculty who participate in First Learning Learning Communities. This site is a private website open to FYLC Faculty.
My Clubs
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