08
Sep
This device can improve your quality of life
It’s easier to get work done if we use time efficiently and work to stay healthy. If I had
4 min read
Latest
04
Sep
Efficient teaching: Doing active learning an easy way
Here are a few difficult facts about education in college classrooms:
1. Lectures don’t work well. People just don’
9 min read
02
Sep
Academic self care
The semester has begun and everyone is returning back to campus. It means my commuter bus is full and I
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27
Aug
Recommended reads #34
image by Tom Murphy VII
* Here is an especially gorgeous and fascination-inducing natural history site called Corner of the Cabinet.
4 min read
27
Aug
It’s nice to have administrators you can trust
Last week, our campus had its back-to-school events. Our administrators talked about their big plans.
There was one Thing that
3 min read
25
Aug
History will not repeat itself (i.e. lessons learned as a first-year faculty member)
By Sarah Bisbing
I survived my first year as a faculty member. In fact, I think I even did pretty
7 min read
21
Aug
Scientific conferences, the too-slow movement of ideas, and giving an engaging talk
I went to a bunch of scientific conferences this summer. Four of ’em. I have a smorgasbord of reflections on
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18
Aug
Why I teach on the first day of class
The semester is about to start. When your class meets for the first time, do you just go over syllabus,
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14
Aug
Recommended Reads #33
* Editorial boards of ecological journals are far less likely to have people who principally work with insects, compared to other
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11
Aug
Dealing with devices
Distractions in the classroom are a problem.
Digital devices are often a huge distraction.
Therefore, to manage distractions in the
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