Author: Sarah Schmerler (Page 3 of 7)

Agenda: 9:00AM Greet everyone in Chat. Attendance. Music.

To Do: 5-minute exercise, writing in real time with a prompt.

Moment of Silence honoring those who have passed away

Circle Time comments and discussion.

Guest Visit: Guest Speaker, Prof. Suzanne Miller, head of the NYCCT Writing Center, will tell us about how the Center is working during this time and how it can support you.

Brief Q+A.

Professor’s lecture. Theme:

What are the tools we can use to make objects speak? (A few of the Prof.’s favorite hacks will be divulged here.)

UNIT III GoogleDocs discussion. Next Steps for taking UNIT III into UNIT IV.

Goodbyes.

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Link and password to the meeting, very graciously sponsored by Daniel T., below:

Overview: Your diary entries let us learn about your life; however, what is research, at essence? Sharing something you do know, and looking deeper for something you don’t know. Please don’t overthink about what I “want.” Write in the GoogleDrive documents. Share your knowledge, and teach us something new.

We all need to get our minds opened right now. And we need to help each other do that

WHAT should you do before Wednesday?:

You: READ other people’s “skill/interest” documents and comment on them. You WRITE (I’ve read the ones that were posted on time) your skill document if you have not, already. If you have started your document, you add to it or augment it. You CONTINUE to write daily diary entries as per usual.

I am looking for: ENGAGEMENT and class PARTICIPATION in these assignments.

We meet on Wednesday Apr 29 at 9:00 AM on Zoom and take roll. We use the link that Daniel T. has so graciously created for us, and, hopefully, we have fewer tech issues. Link below. See you. -Prof. S.

Hi Class. I want to say that we need to have one more group Zoom this week. Wednesday Apr 29 at 9:00AM. I will send out a link later today, and will update you. I hope to resolve the tech issues. Thanks. -Prof. S.

We are having a Zoom class meeting  at 9:00AM on Monday, Apr 27. Attendance is required. Link below and Agenda.

AGENDA for CLASS APR 27, 9:00AM-9:40AM on Zoom

Arrival. MUSIC; say “good morning” / announce your presence in Chat. Attendance Taken.

A few students share short info (Jordy, Antonio, Masha) (app 5 min)

Professor lectures on Plagiarism and Research/Unit III

Moment of silence and remembrance

Writing In Real Time activity. (app 5 min)

Circle Time Sharing our Skills/Google Docs and comments/Real Time Writing

Open Forum. Discussion of Next Steps.

Music. Plans for next time. Goodbyes.

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Zoom invitation with password:

S Schmerler is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: S Schmerler’s Zoom Meeting 1121
Time: Apr 27, 2020 09:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/9424075048?pwd=SDVwVDAzelhQOWVkQU5Ic3ZVNUVVQT09

Meeting ID: 942 407 5048
Password: cherish

Meeting re-cap today: roll call; we wrote and listened; some watchwords of the day included: “cherish” “precious” “eulogy” “subjective” “objective” “personal” “facts”; brainstorming on next assignment format; decision to meet again next week; music; goodbyes. Great meeting! So amazing to hear from you all. Wish we had more time. Thank you for witnessing me, and each other, and for helping us re-gain community.

NEXT STEPS:

Look in the MENU above for this site and you will see a new listing there called GOOGLE DRIVE LINK. In the shared yellow SKILL folder you will find one document created for each one of you to work in. I also created a Sample Document to give you some outline of format. To summarize: our next step will be to share some skill/interest/pursuit that we have had during our confinement — something that gives us joy or makes us feel interested in life and in bettering ourselves. We also discussed that part of this next step will be to do some research and learn more about this skill/interest.

At preset there is no length limit or minimum on this assignment. It is a work in progress. It is, however, required as part of your UNIT III grade. Due date: I expect EVERYONE to do this work-in-progress by Saturday of this week (April 25) so that I have time to review what you wrote before Monday morning.

So: start filling in your own document, AND, peek around and look at somebody else’s document by Monday Morning. Type any questions or issues or anything here under COMMENTS and I will attempt to answer you.  : )

We will discuss our work on Monday. Check back for a Zoom meeting link. Our next meeting will be April 27 at 9:00AM. 

Hi Class. I have decided that in order for us all (myself included here) to get on track we need to connect in a real class time, so I am setting up a Zoom Meeting for Wednesday, April 22 at 9:00AM. I am making attendance mandatory to be sure that we all are on the same page. Agenda below. Bring your morning coffee/tea and be prepared to write and share. Meeting Agenda and Link to Join below:

AGENDA for CLASS APR 22, 9:00AM-9:45AM on Zoom

Arrival. MUSIC; say “good morning” / announce your presence in Chat. Attendance Taken.

 Real-time writing Excercise(s). Be prepared to write in limited time frame (just like in class) to a prompt given by the Prof. (approximately 5-10 minutes)

Moment of Silence for those we have lost or those close to us whom we wish to honor.

Circle-Time reading and sharing what we wrote. (Students read)

Discussion. Brief Presentations by Professor of GoogleDrive Documents and Plagiarism Policy and next steps to satisfy requirements for UNITS 3 and 4

Open Forum 

9:45  Goodbyes and planning of next meetup*

*Zoom only allows us to meet for 40 minutes and may cut us off. Apologies in advance if this happens.

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INVITE:

S Schmerler is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: S Schmerler’s Zoom Meeting 1121
Time: Apr 22, 2020 09:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/9424075048?pwd=VkZVdWUzdHNVYnVlVVM0N1UzMEIwUT09

Meeting ID: 942 407 5048
Password: pyjamas

Dear Pluto,

Or, rather, Dear Raghda, Masha, Brianna, and Wala,

I have created a Discussion thread just for you.

Pluto image: NASA / Johns Hopkins taken from Wikipeda

Please follow the link. You are my test group — the first ones. Write back to me and tell me if you think it is clear.

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/groups/eng1121-sec402-spring2020/forum/

We are getting in deeper, now. Doing more exploration. As outermost planet, I think you are well suited to that, and I appreciate your amazing work.

-Prof. S.

Image of the sun from Wikipedia.

Good Morning, Class. I am checking in with you at our “normal” time to say that I am here for you today and tomorrow. Do you have questions? Are you lost or lacking motivation? I will be at my “desk”** from 9:00 AM to 10:00AM checking my OpenLab and emails and also from 1:00PM to 2:00PM.

(Also, I will be setting up Zoom Office Hours for the semester going forward. I will write that in a separate post.)

**My “desk” is actually two pieces of plastic from Target stacked on top of each other.

Hi Class. Our “re-calibration” period is over. We’ve been writing steadily in our diaries, doing our reflections, small-group Zooming…now what? Here is a video telling you about how to hand in your work in Unit II for mid-semester grading. Be sure to check our ASSIGNMENTS page for the document outlining how I want this work formatted for submission. When you complete your document, you will name it, and also upload it to OpenLab, with the following nomenclature: YOURLASTNAME_YOURFIRSTNAME_UNIT II_MIDSEMESTER.