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Curriculum Resources for Teachers, by Teachers
Wondering what your fellow College Now teachers are turning to for inspiration or classroom utility?
In this section, CN teachers and staff review websites and books, comment on useful classroom strategies, and point to helpful local resources.
Journalism
- Making News: Texts for Teaching Reporting
by Barbara Selvin, College Now summer program at Queens College
Math
- Experimenting in Geometry: It's Not a Spectator Sport
by Laurel Cooley, professor of mathematics and computer studies, York College
Reading across the Curriculum
- A review of Reading for Understanding
by Eric H. Shed, teacher, College Now, Hostos Community College
Science
- College Now Goes to the Movies: Using Film to Promote Critical Thinking and Writing about Science
by Mary Ortiz, professor of biological sciences, and Robert Singer, professor of English, Kingsborough Community College - Learning the Living Environment the Wet Way: AREAC, New York City's Estuaries, and Balanced Aquaria
by Chester Zarnoch, Brooklyn College - Making Science a Verb: Web Sites Connect Students and Teachers around GLOBE
by Allan Ludman, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Queens College
Technology in the Classroom
- Beyond the Book: Designing a Course-Specific Web Page
by Loretta F. Kasper, professor of English, Kingsborough Community College - Creating a Stimulating Online Learning Environment: Blackboard in the College Now Classroom
by Ian Gardiner, New York City College of Technology - Did Shakespeare Write This for You?: Electronic Resources for Teaching about Plagiarism
by Eric Hofmann, associate director, CUNY College Now - "Ears On" Surfing: Web Sites that Support Well-Rounded Musicianship
by Sara Holtzschue, Kingsborough Community College
Theater
- A review of Improvisation for the Theater
by Stephen Haff, teacher, Bushwick High School - Using Commedia dell'Arte to Motivate Student Learning
by Brian Leahy Doyle, professor, Lehman College Theatre Program
Writing across the Curriculum
- College Now Goes to the Movies: Using Film to Promote Critical Thinking and Writing about Science
by Mary Ortiz, professor of biological sciences, and Robert Singer, professor of English, Kingsborough Community College - Did Shakespeare Write This for You?: Electronic Resources for Teaching about Plagiarism
by Eric Hofmann, associate director, CUNY College Now
