Joy Killough

Science educator. Imperfect practitioner striving for a sustainable life.

[Joy Killough @joykillough]

@sfchronicle Phenomena

[edutopia @edutopia]

“It has been harder to connect with my teacher and other students,” says Keelin—an eighth-grade student in Fauquier County, Virginia—of her virtual learning experience. Her teacher’s solution to bridge that gap? Google Slides.

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Today was a good day in my online teaching world. Connect, engage, reflect.

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Amazing view.

[Dylan Burnette @MAG2ART]

This is a single cell as seen through a microscope. It shows the movement of mitochondria (green), microtubules (red) and actin filaments (blue).
#CellBiology #Microscopy #SciArt

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Online teaching observation number 3. Students respond quite positively to an announcement that I will turn off my camera while they have a discussion. I make it abundantly clear I am still present and listening. #onlinelearning

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Online teaching observation number 2: It's easy to hide in Zoom. It takes thoughtful planning to draw out the quiet student, but it is critically important.

[Joy Killough @joykillough]

Online teaching observation number 1: The student with the least bandwidth and the oldest device must be able to participate fully in your lessons. Cool tech that leaves someone behind doesn’t work for me.

[Joy Killough @joykillough]

This has been a wild five months. It would be easy to shutter the windows and lock the door but I can't. I have a pressing need to design and share lessons that bring awareness and hope to young people about climate issues. #lessonsthatmatter

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

2019 Medicine Laureates William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza have identified molecular machinery that regulates the activity of genes in response to varying levels of oxygen.

#NobelPrize

[Joy Killough @joykillough]

“Once we start to act, hope is everywhere.” Greta Thunberg
#LeadOnClimate https://t.co/EUKxdha6Jb

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@LindaWonder @RaptorMama09 You will love the blog. It is funny, informative and clever not to mention featuring some of my favorite people.