A Look at “Playing Together in the Sandbox” by Matt Somma
CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY May 2013 just published an article, “Playing Together in the Sandbox,” written by one of our former tutors, Matt Somma. In the article, Matt featured four aspects how…
CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY May 2013 just published an article, “Playing Together in the Sandbox,” written by one of our former tutors, Matt Somma. In the article, Matt featured four aspects how…
On Saturday April 6, we had our annual Accepted Students Day. Parents and prospective students took a tour of the Sandbox and learned all about our cool technologies like our…
Thanks to everyone who visited the CISSandbox for open house for accepted students today. Here's the map showing where many of our visitors traveled from in order to spend the…
[scrollGallery align="center" id=18 h=300 w=220] Many students were in CIS Sandbox yesterday (March 27th) to get information about CIS Major/Minor. The event started with Professor Garfield explaining the curriculum, and…
This past Tuesday, we had the honor to host a Medullan Career Event where the Director of Technology at Medullan and a Bentley CIS 2003 Graduate, Ryan Norris, enlightened us…
Still on that Job Search grind? Well today is your lucky day. The Sandbox has been working hard over the last couple months and has arranged some great company visits…
Bentley provost Mike Page (at right) awarded professors Denise Hanes, Mystica Alexander, Jay Thibodeau, George Fishman, and me Bentley’s Innovation in Teaching Award for 2012 at the faculty meeting this morning.
My application was for the innovative teaching and learning that happens in the CIS Sandbox. It was an unconventional application: Usually these awards are associated with specific courses, and usually the teachers of those courses are actually teaching. In my case, not this time.
The innovative teachers and dedicated learners who made this recognition possible are the CIS Sandbox assistants and students who have embraced the changes we have made, and turned the CIS Sandbox into a place where students gather to teach, talk, tutor, touch, and try technology.
A summary of my application follows the jump.
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