Monthly Archives: January 2016

Point Break: My experiment with dropping PowerPoint in a large lecture course

Posted on January 25, 2016 by hageyt

This post is by MSU Associate Professor Chris Waters. A Change is necessary I am the course administrator and sole instructor for the junior/senior level course “MMG 431:Microbial Genetics” of about 150 students at Michigan State University. Entering my seventh … Continue reading →

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Introducing BEACON’s New Science Outreach and Communication Postdocs

Posted on January 19, 2016 by hageyt

This post is by MSU postdoc Travis Hagey. Late in 2015 BEACON advertised for an Evolution Outreach and Education postdoctoral fellowship. As a result of that posting, we would like to introduce three new postdocs, Dr. Wendy Smythe, Dr. Travis … Continue reading →

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Receiving Advice, Exercising, Tweeting, Chairing & Networking at Conferences

Posted on January 13, 2016 by hageyt

This post is by UT Austin graduate student Rayna Harris. Also posted on Medium. This blog post is based upon my experience at the 2016 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting. These are my thoughts about what works best … Continue reading →

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Avida-ED for classroom research

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Danielle Whittaker

This post is by MSU postdoc Mike Wiser. Reposted from the DevoLab blog. Laboratory components are often integral parts of both K-12 and college science courses. I certainly had a lot over the course of my science education; 5 courses … Continue reading →

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