Establishing an Online Academic Identity Thursday, Oct 24, 6:30-8:30 pm, Room C196.02 The purpose of this workshop is to familiarize participants with the WordPress platform while creating a digital academic identity on the CUNY Commons. We will focus on the main design and content components of a WordPress site, including theme editing, managing content, plugin capability …
Featurizing Text: Converting Text into Predictors for Regression Analysis CUNY Data Mining Initiative Friday, October 25, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (EDT) Speaker: Robert Stine, Wharton School at the Universtiy of Pennsylvania Bio: Robert Stine is Professor of Statistics in the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His research spans a variety of …
Twitter: Social Media Practicum Tuesday, 10/29-5-8pm. Register here. Instructor: Sandeep Junnarkar In this hands-on workshop, we’ll work with Twitter, taking the steps necessary to establish your academic brand presence on this social media platform. We’ll explore the following skills: Selecting an appropriate user ID or “handle” Creating a useful Twitter profile Writing style when limited to 140 …
Join Larry Smarr, founding Director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), as he explores the future of the Internet and digital culture. The Institute develops next generation of information technologies, including optical networks, information visualization, and global telepresence. Under Smarr's leadership, Calit2 also supports a wide range of innovative projects in digital …
Organizing Your Research With Zotero: Creating a Digital Library Wednesday, Oct. 30, 6:30-8:30 pm, Room C196.02 This workshop will focus on the best practices for using Zotero, a kind of open-source reference management software. If you would like to attend the workshop, please click here to RSVP at Eventbrite. This workshop is a part of the Fall 2013 …
Blogging: Social Media Practicum Friday 11/1, 1-4pm. Register here. Instructor: Sandeep Junnarkar This workshop takes academic attendees through the basic steps of establishing a blog — an online space to highlight their research and accomplishments. We’ll consider the merits of various free plug-and-play blogging platforms like WordPress.com and Tumblr. While each has its merits, we’ll delve into WordPress.com …
Kathleen Fitzpatrick on Scholarly Communication Mon 11/4, 4:15pm-5:30pm, Room 9206/9207: Kathleen Fitzpatrick (Modern Language Association) on scholarly communication
Analytics and Metrics: Advanced Social Media Tuesday, 11/5 1-4pm. Register here. Instructor: Sandeep Junnarkar You’ve built a WordPress site and meticulously posted your research and analysis. You’re Tweeting up a storm. But …
Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Skills Workshop: HTML Workshop Thursday 11/7, 6:30-8:30 Room C196.02 Please RSVP to Leila Walker: [email protected]
Ray Siemens on the Digital Social Edition Mon 11/11, 4:15p-5:30p Rooms 9204/9205: Ray Siemens (University of Victoria) on the Digital Social Edition “Building Blocks of the Social Scholarly Edition”: This talk explores elements of the scholarly edition in the context of new and emerging social media from two pertinent perspectives: the first from the …
