Grow Microbiology

Join Jim Connely (McGraw-Hill Education) and Bill Hoover (Bunker Hill Community College) as they discuss SmartBook 2.0. SmartBook 2.0 is available with Prescott’s Microbiology and coming for Cowan and Talaro’s Microbiology soon! Bill talks about his experience with SmartBook 2.0 and advice to new users and adjuncts too, there is something to learn for everyone! Tune in today. Have a great day from the Grow Microbiology Podcast!

Join Jim Connely (McGraw-Hill Education) and Barry Chess (Pasadena City College) for a fun show shared about the microbiology laboratory and teaching tips you can use. Barry will talk about features in his lab manual, along with some creative ways to bring relevance to your classroom or laboratory. You will also learn how you can spot common student mistakes in the lab and address them.  

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Exams are coming, exams are coming, exams!!!!! Join Jim Connely in this solo show discussing the top 5 tips to help your students succeed in taking exams in microbiology. This is a show you can share with your students too. Jim's take is from this awesome article by Amy Denn Perry from Texas State University! Read the full article here:
https://www.mheducation.com/highered/insights-ideas/the-exam-hurdle-5-tips-to-prepare-students-for-midterms.html

Be inspired with Active Learning Techniques! Join us for a fun show shared to us from the Succeed in A&P podcast. Jim Connely will introduce Valerie Kramer (McGraw-Hill) and Rob Brooker (University of Minnesota), as they discuss Active Learning in the classroom. What works, what doesn't—and why it's a great idea to help you increase success. 

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Join Jim Connely (Go Hawkeyes) as he welcomes passionate instructor Michael Troyan from Pennsylvania State University (Go Nittany Lions). Michael shares his experience on flipping the classroom. Jim and Michael talk about how teaching is an art form. They talk about useful tips to tackle difficult concepts for students. Also, Michael talks about his passion for microbes! What makes them tick, physiology and genetics. ANTHRAX makes an appearance on the show too. Not the band:)

We delve into tips for first time instructors and veterans alike! Enjoy the show! 

Join Jim Connely in this solo show discussing the NCLEX exam and exam style questions in McGraw-Hill Education’s Connect Microbiology!  NCLEX questions are key in Microbiology to prepare students for a career in nursing. Practicing for the NCLEX exam not only prepares students with the knowledge, but also the confidence for success on the exam. So, we’ve created the resources to help! NCLEX course-wide content for all Microbiology Connect courses. Questions written by a contributing Registered Nurse are modeled after the true NCLEX exam (they are not identical). 

How many times can you take the NCLEX exam?

https://www.nrsng.com/how-many-times-can-you-take-the-nclex/

California NCLEX Pass Rates

https://www.rn.ca.gov/education/passrates.shtml

About the NCLEX exam 

https://www.allnursingschools.com/articles/nclex-exam/

How is the exam scored?

https://www.nursingexplorer.com/nclex/how-nclex-exam-is-scored

Resource from McGraw-Hill Professional

https://www.mhprofessional.com/medical/nursing/nclex-prep-review 

Join Jim Connely as he welcomes passionate instructor and author Heidi Smith from Front Range Community College. Heidi shares her experience and some useful tips to tackle the three big areas for students to learn about metabolism, genetics (gene transfer) and immunology. Heidi talks about how vocabulary leads to better understanding of the process and focused fundamentals positively impact success. The end goal is to teach students to be lifelong learners! 

Join Jim Connely (McGraw-Hill Education) and his guest Bridgett Mcgowen-Hawkins (international speaker and founder of BMC Talks) as they talk about tips and strategies to make sure that nobody misses your lecture physically or mentally ever again! Jim and Bridgett have a great exploring fun strategies you can use today, in any classroom or presentation you have! This is an episode you don't want to miss! Tune in to learn more!

Join Jim Connely (McGraw-Hill Education) in episode, where he talks about how an excellent article authored by Dr. Heather Collins called “Defy Death by PowerPoint: 7 tips to Improve Multimedia Learning”. Jim talks about his take on Heather’s 7 tips and how you can rethink your PowerPoint or Multimedia strategy. The full article can be read here: https://www.mheducation.com/highered/ideas-new/defy-death-by-powerpoint.html Dr. Collin’s popular TEDx talk called Successful Thinking: It’s a Know-Brainer has 20,000+ views. It can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/dpdIx142gdM If you have a piece of content to recommend we review, please send them along to Jim Connely at [email protected]! Thank you for listening to the Grow Microbiology! You are all amazing! 

Join Jim Connely (McGraw-Hill Education) as he talks to Thomas Timp (Managing Director at McGraw-Hill Education) about authorship at McGraw-Hill. How life science content gets created and you will hear a quick teaser for a future show on LearnSmart Labs! 
 
 This episode is sponsored by Connect Master: Why Biology!