News and notes from your librarian: recreational media edition

 by Scott Martin, Biological Sciences Librarian, University of Michigan Library The calendar tells me it’s September, and therefore that classes are starting, but it’s hard to tell from the makeshift workstation at my kitchen table. I love the quiet out here in the woods, but I also miss experiencing the excitement of a new semester…

Teaching tip: use a discussion thread to decide what to cover in a review session

From Dynamic Ecology by Meghan Duffy, a University of Michigan ecologist and associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology   Last week, I gave one teaching tip I learned from Trisha Wittkopp: start lectures with a short video. Today, I’m giving another one I learned from Trisha: use a discussion thread to…