Co-Authored by Dean J. Campbell*, Kayla Lippincott*
*Mund-Lagowski Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
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Please welcome Dr. Melanie Harvey as the newest member of the ChemEd X Two-Year College (TYC) crew of lead contributors.
On January 26, 2021, Melissa Hemling presented a ChemEd X Talk about “whiteboarding” in a hybrid or virtual classroom. Students collaborate in small groups on classkick.com to digitally analyze data, create and modify models, and/or complete practice problems. Melissa shares how she uses the digital whiteboards to
“What are we doing to help kids achieve?”
Providing students with meaningful feedback greatly enhances their learning and achievement. With the move to online and hybrid formats, teachers have had to scramble to modify their usual process for communicating that feedback.
Providing students with meaningful feedback greatly enhances their learning and achievement. With the move to online and hybrid formats, teachers have had to scramble to modify their usual process for communicating that feedback.
Interested in embedding interactive questions to your lecture or lab videos? If so, PlayPosit provides a medium to do so. I used this tool to incorporate multiple choice questions, interactive problems, and free response questions into my chemistry lecture videos.
What does it mean to be a TikTok teacher? Why do I use TikTok (or any social media platform for that matter)? And what makes it an effective use of my time? All are valid questions. Some may say ‘that’s so unprofessional’, or ‘I would never do that’, but there is more to it than what you see.
As COVID-19 cases continue to spread in many countries, many schools are still operating with virtual and hybrid instruction. This type of remote learning can be challenging; however, many useful educational applications make it easier.
Introduction
Near the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic ChemEd X began compiling a list of both new and previously published ChemEd X posts and resources that might be useful to teachers while teaching remotely.
The oxidation of reducing sugars by silver ions to form a silver mirror is a classic chemistry experiment. In this experiment, sugars that contain aldehyde functional groups are reacted with an ammonia-silver complex to form silver metal, which forms a shiny metallic mirror: