Recommended reads #170
Flatten the curve of armchair epidemiology
Math teachers should be more like football coaches
Why live teaching isn’t always
No, the pandemic is not making me more productive
Thank goodness, nobody I am working with has asked or expected me to maintain my productivity at the level it
Recommended reads #169
I hope you all are safe, well, and that your loved ones are cared for. I’m not positioned to
Changing pass/fail policies for this absurdly discombobulated semester
Yesterday, I was reading how some K-12 districts were switching to a pass/fail model for this semester. Two beats
Recommended reads #168
Here is a rather substantial list of sites with online laboratory modules for a great variety of STEM disciplines. If
Advice post: Teaching in the time of COVID-19
Some of us have already stopped holding classes in person. It looks like a lot more of us will be
How is your classroom management?
Did you hear about the recent-ish story about the white professor who called the cops into his classroom to exert
Recommended reads #167
What if we didn’t grade? A bibliography.
Joe Travis’s essay for the E.O. Wilson award in Am
Cover letters for journal submissions
I think one of the sillier rituals in academia is composing cover letters to accompany our manuscripts when we submit
Recommended reads #166
A guide to academic advising for STEM faculty
Jokes I’ve told that my male colleagues didn’t like. (e.