[Whiteboard-subscribers] SDL Whiteboard Report 141, Nov. 28, 2008

[Carol Minton Morris]

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/Issue 141, Nov. 28, 2008/
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*Shodor's New Web Site Provides a Better Equation to Help Students, 
Educators *
Shodor, a non-profit organization based in Durham, has rolled out a 
major redesign and upgrade of its award-winning Web site to make it 
easier to navigate and explore its freely available resources that 
improve learning across the United States. The Web site is located at 
www.shodor.org <http://www.shodor.org/>.
Click here to view full article: 
http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_00
Related Link: http://www.shodor.org <http://www.shodor.org/>

*TeachEngineering Digital Library Aligns 700+ Resources With Educational 
Standards in 50 States*
After sustained work and collaboration with JES & Co. and the Center for 
Natural Language Processing (Syracuse University), the TeachEngineering 
team released a new version of its K-12 engineering collection for which 
all 700+ curricular items are aligned to the K-12 math and science 
educational standards of all 50 states in October.
Click here to view full article: 
http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_01
Related Link: http://www.teachengineering.org/ <http://tinyurl.com/5vjsn3>

*Stay on Top of Trends and Tools with NSDL Resource Center Brown Bags *
The NSDL Resource Center announces a new service that offers a way to 
stay attuned to developing trends in K12 and undergraduate STEM 
education and technology use;explore intersections between research and 
education in the NSDL community; and learn about emerging best practices 
across multidisciplinary communities.
Click here to view full article: 
http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_02
Related Link: http://nsdl.org/pd/

*New in MicrobeLibrary*
The American Society for Microbiology's MicrobeLibrary continues to 
grow. Recent additions include a new issue of Focus on Microbiology 
Education (FOME) newsmagazine featuring ideas on teaching microbiology 
with fun; four new articles accepted to volume 10 of the Journal of 
Microbiology & Biology Education; three new curriculum activities; and 
three new visual resources.
Click here to view full article: 
http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_03
Related Link: http://www.microbelibrary.org

* WGBH Teachers' Domain Reaches Out to Student Video Producers and Makes 
Media More Accessible*
NSDL's Digital Media Resources Pathway WGBH Teachers' Domain opens the 
door for student video producers with a newYouth Voices program and 
works with Perkins School for the Blind to create accessible science 
curriculum units for blind and low-vision students.
Click here to view full article: 
http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_04
Related Link: http://lab.wgbh.org/open-call/frontline-heat-and-youth-voices

*NSDL Blogosphere Highlights*
Thanksgiving Resources 
<http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/highlights/2008/11/24/bountiful-thanksgiving-resources-from-nsdl/>; 
Remembering the Invention of Push-button Phone Technology 
<http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/pathwaysnews/2008/11/18/engineering-education-today-in-history-blog-bell-telephone-introduces-push-button-telephone/>; 
Counting Every Glacier in Iceland 
<http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/polar/2008/11/25/counting-and-naming-every-glacier-in-iceland/>; 
Online Scholarly Publishing Ideas 
<http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/roadreports/2008/11/24/sparc-ir-evolution-and-adoption-of-on-line-scholarly-publishing-models/>; 
Turkey as Nuisance 
<http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/connectingnews/2008/11/18/your-thanksgiving-turkey-can-be-a-nuisance-but-trees-compensate-well/>; 
and much more.
Click here to view full article: 
http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_05
Related Link: http://expertvoices.nsdl.org

*Traffic Report: Visits to NSDL.org increase 132%, Oct 07-Oct 08
*The rise in traffic from October 07 (52,586 visitors) to October 08 
(121,773 visitors) represents a 132% year-on-year increase in visits to 
NSDL. The increase in traffic was largely due to the addition of the 
NSDL landing pages.
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http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_06
Related Link: http://NSDL.org

E V E N T S
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*Upcoming NSDL Web Seminars: Chemistry Comes Alive III!*
Join NSDL and ChemEd Digital Library 
<http://nsdl.org/about/?pager=pathways&subpager=ChemDL> presenters for 
Seminar 4 in the NSDL Series on December 9, 2008. This free teacher 
professional development program in partnership with the National 
Science Teachers Association (NSTA). This Web Seminar will focus on 
resources you can use to teach your students about the chemistry of 
water such as the molecular structure of water and its behavior in 
chemical reactions.
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http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_17
Related Link(s): http://nsdl.org/?homepage_ad=1&resource_id=813 
<http://tinyurl.com/6g5pur>
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*CALL: Fourth Annual International Open Repositories Conference*
Two- to four-page proposals for presentations or panels that discuss 
theoretical, practical, or administrative issues of digital repositories 
that focus on areas represented by the conference themes are now 
welcome. The deadline for submitting papers, user group presentations, 
posters, workshops is Feb. 2, 2009.
Click here to view full article: 
http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_18
Related Link(s): http://or09.library.gatech.edu/ 
<http://www.honeywellscience.com>

*Developer Happiness Days (dev8D)*
The next Fedora European Union meeting will be held in conjunction with 
Developer Happiness Days in London Feb 9-13, 2009. If you are interested 
in finding out what makes Developers happy, or in attending "Developer 
Happiness Days" (dev8D) please RSVP at the web site.
Click here to view full article: 
http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_19
Related Link(s): http://dev8d.jiscinvolve.org

B O O K M A R K S

*Speak Up 2008 Survey Open Through Dec. 19, 2008*
Over 60,000 students, parents and educators have shared their views 
through Speak Up 2008 since the survey opened in October. Find out how 
you can help Speak Up! achieve 1% response from total student enrollment 
from all 50 states at their web site.
Related Link: http://www.netdayspeakup.org/Speakup2008/

*Teens Need Online Ed!*
The most extensive U.S. study on teens and their use of digital media 
finds that America's youth are developing important social and technical 
skills online--often in ways adults do not understand or value.
Click here to view full article: 
http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_210
Related Link: http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.4773437/

*"The NSDL Community at its Best,"** in DLib Magazine*
A report on the NSDL Annual Meeting 2008 by Carol Minton Morris appears 
in the November/December 2008 issue of /DLib Magazine./
Click here to view full article: 
http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_211
Related Link: http://dlib.org/dlib/november08/morris/11morris.html 
<http://expertvoices.nsdl.org>
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Toyota Tapestry Grants for Teachers*
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. and the National Science Teachers 
Association are pleased to announce the 19th Toyota TAPESTRY Grants for 
Science Teachers program. This year, 50 large grants of up to $10,000 
each and 20-32 mini-grants of up to $2,500 will be awarded to K-12 
teachers of science in the United States.
Related Link: http://tinyurl.com/5czbuf <http://expertvoices.nsdl.org>

*Mellon Foundation Funds Fedora Commons and DSpace Initiative "In the 
Cloud"*
Over the next six months funding from the Mellon Foundation will allow 
the organizations to jointly specify and design "DuraSpace," a new 
web-based service that will enable institutions to easily distribute 
content to multiple storage providers, both "cloud-based" and 
institution-based.
Click here to view full article: 
http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_212
Related Link: http://tinyurl.com/6pcgm2 <http://tinyurl.com/5kqqze>

I N S P I R A T I O N 

*One Minute Science Mysteries*
/One Minute Mysteries: 65 Short Mysteries You Solve with Science!/ is a 
book recommended for grades 4-8, but is also of interest for anyone who 
is interested in the ways that science affects daily life. The Science 
Naturally web site features free hands-on learning activities such as 
"If My Mom Were a Platypus" learning guide.
Click here to view full article: 
http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_313
Related Link: http://sciencenaturally.com/ 
<http://www.nationalmockelection.org/>

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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 
0227888. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations 
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