Author Archives: Jody R. Rosen

notetaking

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Jody R. Rosen

the kinds of things we do when we take notes: underline highlight star draw an arrow add a comment in the margin circle write over the text to make it bold question mark for something that doesn’t yet make sense–then … Continue reading →

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“Who Knows Brooklyn”

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Jody R. Rosen

Please read “Who Knows Brooklyn” by Ben McGrath. This short reading is from The New Yorker magazine. Leave a comment here about quality of sources–what do you take away from this reading about sources on history? about book publishing in general?

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Thursday, 12:45-2:15–Two great events!

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Jody R. Rosen

Today is  the Club Fair, where you can find out about clubs at City Tech–we spoke about this in class when Lorna visited. Lorna also invited us to the Learning Community Welcome Pizza Party:  

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SAFA Survey

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Jody R. Rosen

The survey for the Students and Faculty in the Archives project is now available. Please complete the survey before Monday, September 24. If you have questions, please get in touch with either Prof. Davis or Prof. Rosen.

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Tomorrow’s walking tour

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Jody R. Rosen

Tomorrow we’ll have two guests, Julie Golia and Robin Katz, joining us to talk about what we can expect at the Brooklyn Historical Society this semester. We’ll also head out on a walking tour with them. Remember to bring your … Continue reading →

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Cover letter for Essay 1

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Jody R. Rosen

Please write a cover letter to me that answers the following questions: 1-what are you most proud of in your essay? 2-what in your essay still needs work? 3-what in the assignment gave you the most trouble? 4-is there anything … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on revision and editing

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Jody R. Rosen

grammar: run-on sentences spelling vocabulary: did we use the right words to capture what we were thinking? did we include it correctly? better ways to phrase sentences include more information for each section–elaboration include the story behind the passion/philosophy/future vision–experience … Continue reading →

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Collecting assignments digitally

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Jody R. Rosen

This semester, we will use Dropbox.com to submit, store, and share our work. You will need to create an account on Dropbox.com using the email address to which I’ve sent your invitation. I have already invited you to share a folder with … Continue reading →

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Tutoring for First-Year Learning Community Students (that’s you!)

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Jody R. Rosen

These tutoring sessions begin tomorrow–I hope you’ll take advantage of this opportunity. Remember,  the first 20 students who attend will get $5 cards for the NYCCT Bookstore!  

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in an essay

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Jody R. Rosen

Introduction: What the essay is going to be about begins with an introductory sentence: maybe include a quotation, question, interesting idea, fact, or provocative idea that is relevant to your essay; it will depend on the purpose of your essay, … Continue reading →

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Want to know more about using the OpenLab?

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Jody R. Rosen

There are student events throughout the semester to help you develop your OpenLab skills! The first is tomorrow, Thursday, September 6th at 1:00! See the poster below for more information.

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Reading an image

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Jody R. Rosen

To read a photograph, we want to consider what we can see: what it depicts time/era it was taken location/setting season/time of day photograph/image quality message the picture is telling kind of photograph/technique symbols that might be in the photograph … Continue reading →

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Photographs–describe in a comment for homework

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Jody R. Rosen

For homework, I asked that in addition to choosing and describing a photograph or image that depicts your passion, philosophy, or vision of your future in five to ten years, you describe one of the photos posted on our blog. … Continue reading →

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Writing your first post for image-description homework assignment

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Jody R. Rosen

For your homework due at 9:00am on Wednesday, 9/5, you need to write a blog post: Find or take a photograph that captures your passion or philosophy or vision of your future in five to ten years. Write a blog … Continue reading →

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The Place Where We Dwell

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Jody R. Rosen

Our textbook should be in the bookstore now! If you’re ordering it online or curious what it looks like, check this out:

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