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@zekrec.bsky.social

Associate Professor of Instruction @ Temple U. Chemistry and Chemistry Education Research. (Philly sports + Weather + Swiftie)

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Woah. I knew you taught large classes, I didn't realize you were close to 1000. I thought my 250 class was big ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

18.02.2026 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

HOLY COW. I'll get 10, maybe 20 max. But never hit that high.

18.02.2026 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really disappointed in Phillies social media that I don't have video of the Phanatic pretending to be part of Bad Bunny's grass actors yet.

10.02.2026 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Temple closed tomorrow ๐ŸŽ‰

25.01.2026 19:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Same here. had always been able to see them until this past Tuesday.

22.01.2026 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*CAN'T*

22.01.2026 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did anyone else's canvas update and now you can see prior attempts in speed grader? or is this a uniquely Temple problem ๐Ÿ˜ญ?

#EduSky #ChemSky

22.01.2026 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Goodbye gen chem II content schedule.

21.01.2026 02:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve been attacked.

17.01.2026 17:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Pile of Friendship bracelets, the main one says โ€œcruel sulfurโ€ with purple beads.

Pile of Friendship bracelets, the main one says โ€œcruel sulfurโ€ with purple beads.

Back on my swiftie teacher BS #ChemSky

16.01.2026 15:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We do SciFinder and Web of Science training in our undergrad classes.

16.01.2026 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
13.01.2026 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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12.01.2026 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And the Schefter tweet.

12.01.2026 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The amount of mental task switching I've done today has my brain feeling like a wrung out sponge ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

09.01.2026 21:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You should get these guys to make you โ€œdisappearโ€ for your final exit!

www.instagram.com/siegfriedund...

08.01.2026 22:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Same here. My undergrad had a "Fine Arts or Language" requirement. So I took two art history courses instead of a language.

08.01.2026 13:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is all helpful, thanks! I usually do the same about reaching out to students ahead of time to see how best to handle unique situations they might not have been exposed to before.

07.01.2026 23:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I like this idea! I also like @louwojcinski.bsky.social idea of doing a two parter. Will need to think about it some more and how to train the GTAs to implement effectively.

Do you have any issues with providing accommodations for extended time/distractions?

06.01.2026 20:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looking for some new ideas for formative feedback opportunities in large gen chem classes (>200). We've previously done low stakes (<2% of the overall grade) quizzes the week before exams in recitations, but we've had issues with cheating recently. Anyone doing something they really like? #ChemSky

05.01.2026 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Me, a West Wing fan, thinking only of one man. #puthimonthebench

05.01.2026 01:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My first thought was Bard.

02.01.2026 02:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

28.12.2025 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just ate a meal with zero cheese in it and my rot week brain is very disappointed.

27.12.2025 23:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

09.12.2025 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13713    ๐Ÿ” 3911    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59    ๐Ÿ“Œ 194

phillies said โ€œthe people of philadelphia have been through enough watching that dogshit eagles team, sign kyle TODAYโ€ and i thank them for it

09.12.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 80    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Absolutely this! I want to be a safe space for students to be their full selves. But that requires helping them through all those human things and as the enrollments increase the amount of weight you take off them can just be so heavy to carry. Especially when as you said you have zero training.

09.12.2025 16:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I want to go to bed, you idiots.

09.12.2025 04:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The toes are technically connectedโ€ฆ.

09.12.2025 00:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A pencil drawing of a duck holding an erlenmeyer flask and wearing lab goggles saying, โ€œQuackโ€

A pencil drawing of a duck holding an erlenmeyer flask and wearing lab goggles saying, โ€œQuackโ€

Instrumental students took their DUCK exam today. Found this gem on someoneโ€™s scratch paperโ€ฆ. #ChemChat

08.12.2025 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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