Hello, everyone! The RJ Dunlap Marine Conservation Program at the University of Miami ( RJD.Miami.edu) is proud to unveil a new online educational initiative- Twitter teach-ins. We will be hosting a series of 20-30 minute discussions from our Twitter account (@RJ_Dunlap) about marine biology and conservation topics. Many Tweets will include links to relevant news articles, photos, videos, and scientific publications.
Anyone can participate from anywhere in the world as long as you have a computer with an internet connection. Following each discussion, there will be a live question and answer session, and we will answer every question asked of us. The first teach in will be Monday at 1:00 EST, and will be about the topic of overfishing. Future topics will include invasive species, bycatch, seafood sustanability, marine protected areas, shark biology and conservation, sea turtle biology and conservation, ecotourism, and more. I encourage anyone who is on Twitter to follow us @RJ_Dunlap ( http://twitter.com/#!/rj_dunlap) , and we'd appreciate it if you could encourage your followers to follow us as well. Additionally, whether or not you are on Twitter, you can encourage your students, colleagues, and interested friends and family to participate in these teach-ins. I welcome any feedback from the scientific community about this initiative. The mission of the RJ Dunlap Marine Conservation Program is to “advance STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) literacy and marine conservation by combining cutting edge research and outreach activities”, and we hope that these Twitter teach-ins will help us to advance that mission. I hope that you’ll follow along with the first teach-in Monday at 1 EST, and I hope that you’ll encourage your followers to do the same. For more information, please see this blog post: http://www.rjd.miami.edu/blog/?p=1333 Additionally, please let me know if you have any questions about this initiative. Sincerely, -- *David Shiffman* *Ph.D. Student, Research Assistant,* Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy <http://www.cesp.miami.edu/> R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation Program <http://rjd.miami.edu/> [image: RJD] *e: *[email protected] | *p: *412.915.2309 *a: *4600 Rickenbacker Cswy, Miami, Florida, 33149 *t: *@WhySharksMatter <http://twitter.com/#!/WhySharksMatter> | *b: *Southern Fried Science Blog <http://www.southernfriedscience.com/>
