I am moving away from teaching the Goldberg paper (still one of my favorites) and instead wanted to teach just the highlights as part of my seminar class in organometallic chemistry this fall. I created this shorter version of the activity to use in class. I did NOT have them read the paper in advance, hence the summaries in the LO itself.
Please join us on October 12th at 2 pm Eastern for SLiThEr #55 presented by Judith Currano titled "Chemical information meets artificial intelligence: The continued need for information literacy training". This presentation will be an abridged-version of Judith's recent fall ACS meeting presentation which explores how research search engines perform searches and how to train students to better utilize these resources. Please share this event with your students and register here for the Zoom link: https://forms.gle/G5DsS4YRpN14hA2j8
Join us for SLiThEr #54 with Amanda Reig (Ursinus College), Caleb Tatebe (Presbyterian College), and Ariela Kaspi-Kaneti (University of La Verne) on August 28rd at 3:00pm EST.
In this SLiThEr, our presenters will discuss the process of applying for PUI faculty positions. Our panelists will share their experiences from the points of view of those who have been on search committees and those who have been recently hired. Come learn more about what to expect and bring your questions! Please share this event with anyone you think may be interested!
Join us for SLiThEr #53 with Rebecca Jones (George Mason University) and Joanne Stewart (Hope College) on August 23rd at 3:00pm EST.
Beyond Lecture: Helping Students Get and Stay on the Alternative Pedagogy Bus
Join us on Thursday July 27th at 4 PM EST for our 52nd Slither!
Sarah St. Angelo from Dickinson College will share some of her strategies for helping students remember concepts and skills from prior coursework that they "should" remember before her junior/senior inorganic course. Student-led review presentations, LMS-based warm-up topics and quiz, and a rapid collaborative recollection of models of bonding help Sarah's students remember important ideas and take ownership of their learning from early in the semester.
Please register for the event using the following form:
This literature discussion was created during the 2023 IONiC VIPEr workshop at Morgan State University. It highlights the work of Prof. Robert J. Gilliard Jr.
Guided literature reading of Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 13065-13072: Stabilization of the Elusive 9-Carbene-9-Borafluorene Monoanion.
There are three components of the assignment:
This literature discussion on the Hot Paper communication in Chemistry, A European Journal; highlights the first examples of borepinium and borfluorenium cations whose optical properties can be tuned and also the very first reported example of thermochromism in these cationic species. R. J. Gilliard, Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 12512. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201903348
The "Lit Masters" concept is inspired by and adapted from one of my colleagues, Jenn Manak, in our education department. Students who are novices to reading the literature often are overwhelmed when assigned a paper to read and may struggle in group discussions. The strategy is to assign students to a semester-long group with designated roles for each paper that require them to produce a low-stakes artifact prior to class. During class time groups discuss the paper and it is followed with a debrief.