SimBiotic Articles and Blog

Including Peer-Assessment in Official Assessments

Joel AbrahamPeer-assessment, the evaluation of student work by their peers, was commonly used in my elementary and high school classes. At the university level, peer-assessment was a regular component of group projects and presentations in several of my courses.

An Ideal Class Design?

SimBiotic President Eli MeirI first wrote the original version of EcoBeaker for a class in ecological methods being taught for ecology graduate students in the marine biology lab in Eilat, Israel.

Textbook Kindling

SimBiotic President Eli MeirThere have been lots of rumors flying around about a new edition of Amazon.com's Kindle designed for textbooks.

And the Envelope, Please!

John RoachI have always been a reader and look forward to my lunch hour as much for the chance to open a book as for the chance to catch a bite. Today, it was Richard Russo’s Bridge of Sighs, a coming-of-age novel set in upstate New York.

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