All Faculty who have taken part in past CITE PD and research opportunities are welcome to join a CITE Affinity group this summer to keep learning and collaborating with colleagues!

Please read the description below carefully. To sign up for an affinity group, please complete the form below by May 15, 2026.

Affinity Groups for 2026

In past summers, the groups have served primarily as a site for collective learning, cross-campus sense-making, and receiving feedback. This year, the groups are being remodeled to center both learning and strategic planning. In addition to discussing the field, sharing artifacts, and learning from one another’s implementations, groups will create space for faculty to work on concrete program-facing priorities, such as:

• Clarifying or refining CITE learning goals
• Identifying shared themes across courses
• Mapping learning goals across a scope and sequence
• Strengthening connections between artifacts, assignments, and larger program aims
• Surfacing next steps for implementation, collaboration, and dissemination

Time Commitment

All meetings are Synchronous online

• Orientation / First meeting: Weds 6/10/2026 4:00-5:30p
• Attend as many group meetings as you can: Each group/facilitator will provide a set of meeting dates (set between Mondays and Thursdays) between June and July. Length of each meeting and schedule will differ from group to group, though timing will generally add up to 5-7 hours. (see below)
• Research + Affinity Group Fair: Tues 8/4/2026 10a-12p
  • Attend and/or share out about your research grant’s progress or the progress being made within your affinity group!

If you have any questions/inquiries about CITE’s Summer 2026 Affinity Groups, reach out to Anthony ([email protected])!

2026 Available Affinity Groups

These are the groups that will be facilitated this summer. In the sign-up form, you can express your preference(s).

• English & Social Studies
• Math & Science
• Arts Education
• CITE in Bilingual & TESOL
• Assistive Tech and Special Education
• Early Childhood Education
• Makerspaces and STEAM
• AI in Ed and Teacher Ed
• Educational Leadership
• Ed Psych/Counseling

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English & Social Studies

About: In this affinity group, we will explore the what, why, and how of leveraging computational thinking and digital literacies in English and Social Studies teacher preparation. Together, we will examine how future teachers can support K-12 learners in reading, writing, analyzing, creating, and critiquing digital texts, tools, platforms, data, histories, and media. Building from the group’s earlier focus on exploring the Digital Humanities within CITE, this affinity group will continue to center collaboration and critical engagement with technology while expanding to include broader digital practices relevant to English, literacy, history, civics, social studies, culturally sustaining pedagogy, and more. There will be opportunities built in for colleagues to work on, give and get feedback on CITE learning goals, scopes and sequences, teacher education assignments, and activities in progress.

Facilitator: Anthony Wheeler (CUNY CITE)

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Math & Science

About: In this affinity group, we will explore the what, why, and how of leveraging computing and digital literacies in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Participants can expect to explore topics such as computational thinking in STEM,
simulations and modeling in STEM, data visualizations, project-based learning,and
robotics. There will be opportunities built in for colleagues to work on, give and get feedback on CITE learning goals, scopes and sequences, teacher education assignments and activities in progress.

Facilitator: Olamide Boluwatife Ogungbemi & Yesim Akar Hozman (Michigan State University)

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Makerspaces and STEAM

About: Join a community of STEAM educators ready to tinker, take risks, and iterate in Maker Spaces, empowering students to practice the creativity and innovation necessary for reimagining a more just and equitable future. By bringing together CUNY CITE Makerspace educators from across disciplines/campuses to learn from and with one another, this affinity group transforms subjects often treated as siloes into a collaborative space where we can draw from each other’s expertise and engage in an iterative process of thinking about relevant, authentic, and engaging ways to use Maker Spaces to enhance student learning. We will explore the what, why, and how of leveraging computational thinking and digital literacies in Maker Spaces and across the STEAM disciplines by engaging in an iterative process where participants can experiment with new tools, share ongoing projects, give and receive feedback on CITE learning goals and scopes and sequences, and share teacher education activities in progress.

Facilitators: Estefania Hereira (Graduate Center) (learn more about Estefania here!) & Anthony Wheeler (CUNY CITE)

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Educational Leadership and Computing/Digital Literacies

About: In this affinity group, we will explore the what, why, and how of leveraging computational thinking and digital literacies in leadership programs. Participants can expect to explore topics such as setting vision and priorities for technology integration grounded in key areas of leadership development, including organizational development, building learning communities, models of supervision, educational policy, team building, staff development, and the critical analysis and application of educational research as it relates to instructional leadership. There will be opportunities built in for colleagues to work on, give and get feedback on CITE learning goals, scopes and sequences, teacher education assignments and activities in progress.

Facilitator: Tracey Albert (CUNY CITE)

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