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Issue 135  May 5, 2008

N E W S

Shodor Receives Statewide Partnership Award
When it comes to partnering with other organizations to improve math 
and science education, there's one North Carolina non profit 
organization that stands out: Shodor.
Click here to view full article: 
<http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_00>http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_00
Related Link: 
<http://www.shodor.org/cyberpathways/>http://www.shodor.org/cyberpathways/

 From the Exploratorium: Digital Library Afterschool Website Launches!
Through a collaboration with the California School-age Consortium and 
their trainee network, Exploratorium outreach specialists are sharing 
NSDL materials and resources from the website with afterschool 
leaders and frontline staff across California.
Click here to view full article: 
<http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_01>http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_01
Related Link: 
<http://www.exploratorium.edu/afterschool/activities/>http://www.exploratorium.edu/afterschool/activities/ 

 From BioSciEd Net (BEN): Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education 
focuses on Genomes and Online Learning Outcomes
A new volume of the Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education 
(JMBE) has been published in the American Society for Microbiology's 
(ASM) MicrobeLibrary.
Click here to view full article: 
<http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_02>http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_02
Related Link: <http://www.microbelibrary.org>http://www.microbelibrary.org

Streamlined and Eye-catching New Look for Chem Ed Digital Library
The Chemical Education Digital Library has a new look. All of the 
original content is there plus new content has been added, and 
appearance and functionality have been improved.
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<http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_04>http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_04
Related Link: <http://chemeddl.org/>http://chemeddl.org/

Shodor Director Bob Panoff Delivers Keynote in Rome
A keynote address was given on Mar. 18, 2008 by Dr. Robert M. Panoff, 
founder and director of the Shodor Education Foundation in Durham, 
NC, as part of the UNIV 2008 Forum in Rome.
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<http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_05>http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_05
Related Link: <http://www.shodor.org>http://www.shodor.org

Connecting People, Places, Ideas and Passion in NSDL's Blogosphere
The final lecture to Networks 204 that has generated over 600 blog 
posts in Expert Voices capped the three-year teaching and research 
initiative with a lecture entitled, "Getting Connected: Social 
Science in the Age of Networks."
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<http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_06>http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_06
Related Link: 
<http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/cornell-info204/>http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/cornell-info204/

Try an Interactive Fossil Sort from Content Clips
The interactive fossil sort, used as part of an assessment probe 
activity and the electronic storybooks in the April 2008 issue of 
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears magazine, illustrate how teachers can 
use Content Clips to create their own classroom interactives. Note 
that Content Clips requires Adobe Flash.
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<http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_07>http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_07
Related Link: <http://tinyurl.com/69mkxn>http://tinyurl.com/69mkxn

Guidelines for Managing Copyright for NIH Public Access Requirements
In a preprint article published online by the Association of Research 
Libraries (ARL), Duke University Scholarly Communications Officer 
Kevin L. Smith offers pragmatic strategies that authors and their 
institutions can use to manage authors' copyrights to fulfill the 
requirements of the new National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public 
Access Policy.
Click here to view full article: 
<http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_08>http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_08
Related Link: 
<http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/br/br258.shtml>http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/br/br258.shtml

E V E N T S

Get Online for a Free Polar Geography Lesson from Beyond Penguins and 
Polar Bears Magazine
Join experts from Ohio State University: Jessica Fries-Gaither, 
Elementary Resource Specialist and Beyond Penguins Project Director, 
and Carol Landis, Education Outreach Specialist at the Byrd Polar 
Research Center as they examine the unique and dramatically different 
areas of Arctic and Antarctic regions through the lens of geography.
Click here to view full article: 
<http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_19>http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_19
Related Link: 
<http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/SeminarRegistration.aspx>http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/SeminarRegistration.aspx

Mark Your Calendars for the 2008 NSDL Annual Meeting
The 2008 NSDL Annual Meeting will be held from September 30 to 
October 2, 2008 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. The 
theme for this year's meeting is "STEM Research and Education in 
Action."
Click here to view full article: 
<http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_110>http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_110
Related Link: <http://annualmeeting.nsdl.org>http://annualmeeting.nsdl.org

Tune in to CONFCHEM, a Virtual Chemistry Conference
 From April 22 until May 18, 2008 "CONFCHEM", a virtual conference, is 
taking place using email and a listserv. The CONFCHEM schedule 
consists of a series of eight paper presentations focused on 
"Chemistry at the National Science Digital Library."
Click here to view full article: 
<http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_111>http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_111
Related Link: 
<http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/2008/b/index.htm>http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/2008/b/index.htm

SAVE on Early Registration for the Fedora Red Island Repository Institute
Register by May 16 and reserve your spot at the Fedora-focused 
Repository Institute on Prince Edward Island, one of Canada's 
premiere travel destinations known for its sandy beaches, golfing, 
seafood and iconic red dirt roads.
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<http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_112>http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_112
Related Link: <http://vre.upei.ca/riri>http://vre.upei.ca/riri

B O O K M A R K S

NSF Policy Insights
As many groups, individuals and institutions prepare to submit 
proposals to NSF, it is of note that the National Science Foundation 
publishes a quarterly newsletter from the Policy Office.
Click here to view full article: 
<http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_213>http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_213
Related Link: <http://tinyurl.com/6jp76h>http://tinyurl.com/6jp76h

2008 Super Mileage Challenge
The 2008 Super Mileage Challenge (SMC) took place on April 28, 2008 
at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis. In the SMC High School 
students apply Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics 
(STEM) to design, engineer, construct, test and evaluate vehicles 
that obtain the highest MPG.
Click here to view full article: 
<http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_214>http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_214
Related Link: <http://tinyurl.com/5s3suz>http://tinyurl.com/5s3suz

Getting Teachers "Tapped In"
Tapped In is a Web-based learning environment created by SRI 
International to transform teacher professional development (TPD) for 
professional development providers and educators.
Click here to view full article: 
<http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_215>http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_215
Related Link: 
<http://tappedin.org/tappedin/do/CalendarAction?>http://tappedin.org/tappedin/do/CalendarAction?

Can the Cellphone Help End Global Poverty?
Impoverished citizens in developing countries who are forced to 
manage their lives without conveniences such as plumbing and 
electricity somehow still manage to stay connected through their cell 
phones.
Click here to view full article: 
<http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_216>http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_216
Related Link: <http://tinyurl.com/5o2opw>http://tinyurl.com/5o2opw

NSDL on Cornell University Outreach
By utilizing search and browse using terms identified in advance by 
outreach providers and through user testing, the Cornell University 
Outreach portal provides users with a flexible and precise access to 
valuable resources like the National Science Digital Library.
Click here to view full article: 
<http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_218>http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_218
Related Link: <http://tinyurl.com/6njo62>http://tinyurl.com/6njo62

O F  N O T E

NSDL Collaborator Roger Cunningham
Roger Cunningham passed away April 17, 2008 after a short illness. He 
was with the Ohio State University College of Education since 1994, 
first working for the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse and then the 
Ohio Resource Center.
Click here to view full article: 
<http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_219>http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_219
Related Link: <http://msteacher.org/>http://msteacher.org/

I N S P I R A T I O N 

"Speak Up" 2007 Survey Results
319,223 students, 25,544 teachers, 19,726 parents, and 3,263 school 
leaders submitted surveys through Speak Up 2007, an annual national 
research project about the use of technology and science resources to 
prepare students for the 21st century.
Click here to view full article: 
<http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_320>http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php#id_320
Related Link: 
<http://www.tomorrow.org/docs/National%20Findings%20Speak%20Up%202007.pdf>http://www.tomorrow.org/docs/National 
Findings Speak Up 2007.pdf

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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, 0227656, and 
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