Spotlight on Education
Welcome to Spotlight on Education, celebrating teaching and learning and featuring news, events, student work, and faculty from the education division of NYIT School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Education. Contact myildiz@nyit.edu for more information.
Alumni Profile: Olcay Yavuz
Profile | Dec 14, 2018
Oclay Yavuz (M.S. ’09) wants to see students achieve and thrive in school.
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SpeedTech Fall 2018
Blog | Dec 04, 2018
SpeedTech Fall 2018 Conference was hosted at NYIT https://nyitspeedtech.wordpress.com/
Thanks to our presenters who presented in person and online.
Alhassan Susso, NYS Teacher of the Year was our keynote speaker.
Recordings are available.
See you all at Spring 2019.
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News Brief: Students Show They Can Hack It
Feature | Nov 28, 2018
NYIT School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Education partnered with TeenHacks LI to introduce Long Island high school students to the Dexter reconfigurable robot arm.
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News Brief: Students Discuss Community Engagement at Chat and Chew Event
Feature | Nov 16, 2018
On November 2, ahead of the midterm elections, students gathered for a Chat and Chew legislative event to discuss the importance of being and engaged in the community.
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NYIT Celebrates National Media Literacy Week
NYIT Celebrates National Media Literacy Week
Please join a panel discussion: Got News? From Talk shows, Radio, Newspapers, Friends? Let's deconstruct the role of media and information literacy skills, discuss our news sources and credibility. What makes news? “A democratic civilization will save itself only if it makes the language of the image into a stimulus for critical reflection — not an invitation for hypnosis.” ― Umberto Eco
Please contact Melda Yildiz myildiz@nyit.edu for questions
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It Came From … The Box!
Feature | Oct 31, 2018
NYIT faculty and staff share their scariest movies.
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Field of Screens: eSports at NYIT
Feature | Oct 18, 2018
NYIT’s combo of eSports activities expand into new frontiers in research, athletics, and academics.
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Education Faculty presented at NYSATE/NYACTE Fall 2018 Conference
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Drs. Robert Feirsen, Hui-Yin Hsu, and Melda N. Yildiz has presented at NYSATE/NYACTE Fall 2018 Conference in Saratoga Springs,
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A Faire Showing
Feature | Oct 09, 2018
NYIT demonstrates its maker-doer drive at the 9th Annual World Maker Faire in New York.
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Alumni Profile: David Sander
Profile | Oct 09, 2018
With his eyes set on an administrative position as an IT director, NYIT’s school leadership and technology advanced certificate program was exactly what David Sander needed to help him achieve his goal.
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