[Whiteboard-subscribers] Whiteboard Report #119, September 5, 2007

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NSDL WHITEBOARD REPORT #119
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September 5, 2007

NEWS

NSDL Launches Second Year of Web Seminars with NSTA

<http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/NSDL2/webseminar.aspx>http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/NSDL2/webseminar.aspx

During the 2006-2007 school year, 11 free web seminars offered by the 
National Science Teachers Association and NSDL provided online 
professional development experiences for 588 teachers and informal 
educators. This year's series begins on September 20 with an 
introduction to the FunWorks 
<<http://thefunworks.org/>http://thefunworks.org>, a digital resource 
library designed by middle school students that encourages young 
people to explore math and science careers. Sarita Nair-Pillai, 
Project Director at the Education Development Center, will show how 
to use the FunWorks in classroom exercises that engage and inspire. 
The seminar is designed for middle school teachers but all are 
welcome. The fall series of seminars runs through January featuring 
the following NSDL partners: Education Development Center, CSERD, 
ChemEdDL, AMNH, Woods Hole, and the Scripps Institution of 
Oceanography. Free pre-registration is required: 
<http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/SeminarRegistration.aspx>http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/SeminarRegistration.aspx.

SHODOR Presents at Teacher Workshops

<http://www.shodor.org/interactivate>http://www.shodor.org/interactivate

NSDL partners are gearing up for the new school year. On August 21, 
staff from the Shodor Education Foundation introduced the NSDL to an 
audience of grade 6 to 12 science teachers at the Back-To-School 
Science Professional Development Institute at Riverside High School 
in Durham, North Carolina. The presentation described NSDL's Pathways 
projects and identified interactive resources for classroom use using 
live computer demonstrations. A second presentation described Alice, 
a software tool that helps middle school students build virtual 
worlds. A third introduced Interactivate, the popular math and 
science courseware from Shodor that promotes computational thinking. 
The session was sponsored by Durham Public Schools.

Call for Manuscripts - JMBE, Volume 9

<http://www.microbelibrary.org/submit/index.asp?bid=293>http://www.microbelibrary.org/submit/index.asp?bid=293

The American Society for Mocrobiologyu (ASM) seeks scholarly articles 
for the ninth volume of the Journal of Microbiology & Biology 
Education (JMBE) that explores various aspects of microbiology or 
biology teaching and learning. JMBE features manuscripts of 
hypothesis-driven research in the area of student learning and other 
facets of microbiology or biology education including, but not 
limited to: outcome-based learning activities and courses that convey 
important concepts about the micro/biological world, micro/biological 
processes, or techniques used to study organisms; outcome-based 
learning activities, courses, and programs in the micro/biological 
sciences that are driven by societal issues; assessment of student 
learning in the micro/biological sciences; assessment of teaching 
techniques and/or program effectiveness in the micro/biological 
sciences; and outcome-based learning activities, courses, and 
programs organized according to the ASM recommended core curriculum 
for introductory microbiology. Submissions are due by October 1, 
2007. For more information about how to submit a manuscript or if you 
have questions regarding the scope of articles sought, please contact 
<mailto:MicrobeLibrary at asmusa.org>MicrobeLibrary at asmusa.org or visit, 
<http://www.MicrobeLibrary.org/>www.MicrobeLibrary.org. To purchase a 
subscription to the Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 
please visit the ASM eStore 
(<http://estore.asm.org/index.asp>http://estore.asm.org/index.asp). 
With a subscription, you may access the full text of articles 
published in the last eight years.

Connecting News and National Science Education Standards

<http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/connectingnews>http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/connectingnews

The NSDL Middle School Portal 
<<http://msteacher.org/>http://msteacher.org> has started a blog to 
encourage teachers to use current events as examples in science 
classes. Every Thursday, "Connecting News With Natonal Science 
Education Standards" will link a current news article to related 
teaching resources that connect specific content standards to the 
event. Articles may be appropriate for students to read directly, or 
they may serve as background knowledge for teachers and inspiration 
for subsequent instructional activities. Related excerpts from the 
<http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/6a.html>National Science 
Education Standards for grades 5 to 8 will be included along with 
links to additional information such as lessons, reference articles, 
and definitions. User feedback is welcome and should be directed at 
<mailto:msp at msteacher.org>msp at msteacher.org.
NSES Standards: 
<http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/6a.html>http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/6a.html

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ever so grateful. We will collect responses through the end of 
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BOOKMARKS

Students Benefit from Math Science Partnerships

<http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5756>http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5756
Students' performance on annual math and science assessments improved 
in almost every age group when their schools were involved in 
programs that partner K-12 teachers with colleagues in higher 
education, according to a new study. The study followed more than 300 
schools with such partnerships, including 52 funded by the National 
Science Foundation's Math and Science Partnership Program.

Cornell Joins Google Books Project

<http://www.library.cornell.edu/communications/Google>http://www.library.cornell.edu/communications/Google
On August 7, Cornell became the 27th university to announce a 
partnership with Google Inc. to make materials from its collection 
freely available online. Google will digitize up to 500,000 works 
from the Cornell Library over the next six years and make them 
available on Google Book Search. Works with copyright restrictions 
will be summarized. Google Books is poised to benefit most from 
Cornell's Mann Library, which has unique holdings in biological 
sciences, natural resources, applied economics, human development, 
and nutrition. To see what's new, visit 
<http://books.google.com/>http://books.google.com.

New Round of Digital Learning Grants from MacArthur

<http://www.digitallearning.macfound.org/>www.digitallearning.macfound.org
The MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning initiative is 
holding a public competition that will award $2 million in funding to 
emerging leaders in the field of digital media and learning. The 
awards are administered by HASTAC ("Haystack"), a consortium of 
humanists, artists, scientists, and engineers who are committed to 
using technology in creative ways to collaborate across communities 
and disciplines. Smaller awards ($30,000 to $75,000) will support 
communicators in connecting, mobilizing, circulating or translating 
new ideas, such as a successful team of teacher bloggers who seek to 
provide multimedia coverage and translation of a new white paper on 
media literacy. Larger awards ($100,000 and $250,000) will support 
learning pioneers, entrepreneurs, and builders of new digital 
learning environments for formal and informal learning. The 
application deadline is October 15. Details are posted at 
<http://www.hastac.org/>http://www.hastac.org.

INSPIRATION

America, We Have Your Number

<http://www.dataplace.org/>http://www.dataplace.org
Dataplace aims to be the one-stop source for housing and demographic 
data about American communities, regions, and nations. The site 
assembles data sets from various sources, including the U.S. Census 
and federal housing surveys. It also includes tools and guides to 
assist in analyzing and displaying the data, including maps, tables, 
and scatterplots. Dataplace is a free, not-for-profit site developed 
and maintained by the Fannie Mae Foundation and several partners, 
including the Urban Institute.

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NSDL would like to thank the National Science Foundation for its 
generous support and advocacy of NSDL as the NSF digital library of 
science education. This material is based upon work supported by the 
National Science Foundation under Grants No. 0227648, 0424671, and 
0227888. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations 
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