Urban Turtles in Alabama? A Talk with the Founder of the Urban Turtle Project
What do turtles and Alabama have in common? Come to find out, more than you think. Recently, I learned that not only is Alabama was one of the centers of …
The Windelspectrum
By Author, Scientist, Educator
Michael Windelspecht Ph.D.
By Author, Scientist, Educator
Michael Windelspecht Ph.D.
Author: Michael
A Racket Chat…About Tapir Conservation
Although I am a biologist, if a few years ago you had shown me a picture of a tapir, I would have guessed that it was either an elephant, an …
Bringing Jaguars to Alabama
For almost a decade, I have been working with my partners at Inspire EdVentures to bring student groups to Belize on edventures. Sometimes these edventures are college courses, other times …
The Cancer Gene We All Have
A few years ago, as I was becoming increasingly frustrated with teaching the mega-classes of introductory biology at Appalachian State, I began to reach out and explore how I could …
Remote: The Connected Faculty Summit
On Tuesday July 14th I will be giving a presentation at Remote: The Connected Faculty Summit entitled “3 Questions to Ask Before Using a New Digital Resource” at 1230 PM …
Four Memorable Quotes from “Take Off Your Shoes” by Ben Feder
So why did I choose this book to be my first review? After all, I try to get in a decent reading list each year, some I choose because they …
How an Emerald Toucan Inspired a Textbook Cover
What inspires an author to select a picture to be on the the cover of their book? Often, at least for biology texts, the choices have focused on what I …
Three Questions to Ask Before Using ANY Digital Resource in Your Classes
So here we are – in the virtual world of teaching. Just a few weeks ago, the online classroom was still the exception, the majority of classes were still being …
WhyBiology? Wins 2019 Product of the Year
First of all….. Hell Yes! We did It!! (sounds of champagne popping…) I will have the chance over the next few weeks to talk about the reasons why I built …
The Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions & Discoveries Series: My Gateway Into Publishing
Every writer in the world would love to say their first book was a bestseller, or made enough at least to buy a new car, or maybe a great vacation. …