[Whiteboard-subscribers] NSDL Whiteboard Report 145, April 1, 2009
Carol Minton Morris
clt6 at cornell.edu
Wed Apr 1 11:05:51 EDT 2009
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Issue 145, April 1, 2009
N E W S
NEWS
NOW AVAILABLE: NSDL EduPak 1.0: An Open Source Digital Library
Services Platform for Education
NSDL EduPak is an all-in-one, open source, education digital
repository solution bundle that provides a general platform for
building digital libraries united by a common data model and
interoperable applications.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_00
Related Link: http://ncore.nsdl.org/index.php?menu=services&submenu=services!EduPak
Submitting a grant to NSF?
Start your information search by going to the NSDL.org homepage and
follow the banner link titled "Submitting a grant to NSF?". You'll
find all the information you need about the RC and TNS, tools and
services available, and who to contact for additional information.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_01
Related Link: http://nsdl.org/contribute/?pager=proposers
Statistical and Thermal Physics (STP) Collection from ComPADRE
The resources in this Collection include curricular materials, theory,
problems, and simulations on topics ranging from thermal equilibrium
to the Ising model?
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_02
Related Link: http://www.compadre.org/stp/
Integrating Social Networking into Middle School
When you hear the words “social network” what comes to mind? We all
have social networks--our friends, family, work colleagues--but what
about your online social networks? Now the Middle School Portal Math
and science Pathways project has an online social network.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_03
Related Link: http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/middle-school-math-science/2009/02/21/integrating-technology-social-networking/
Education Week
NSDL is highlighted as a place where topical resources suitable for a
particular grade levels can be found in Education Week's Technology
Counts Report.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_04
Related
link: http://hosted.vresp.com/235290/23cdafbf79/551000762/f5418be027/
TeraGrid and Shodor "turn on" HPC Training and Education Resources
Through High Performance Computing (HPC) University
Teragrid and Shodor have combined forces and resources to bring the
HPC University portal to life. HPCU provides the global high
performance computing (HPC) community with a clearinghouse of HPC
resources including training and education materials and
events. Click
here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_05
Related link: http://hpcuniv.org/
Teachers' Domain Pathway Presents: Inspiring Middle School Literacy:
Reading & Writing in Science &
History
While
there is much Teachers' Domain is pleased to announce the new
Adolescent Literacy Special Collection: Inspiring Middle School
Literacy: Reading and Writing in Science and History, funded by the
Leon Lowenstein
Foundation. Click
here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_06
Related
link: http://www.teachersdomain.org/special/adlit/
NSDL Materials Science Pathway (MatDL) Presenter at The Minerals,
Metals, and Materials Society Annual
Meeting
While
there is The MatDL Pathway and The Minerals, Metals, and Materials
Society (TMS) held presentations and roundtables on Computational
Materials Research and Education on February 18 and February 19 as
part of the 2009 TMS Annual
Meeting
. Click
here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_07
Related
link: http://www.tms.org/TMSHome.aspx
E V E N T S
NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar: Arctic and Antarctic
Birds
On
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 6:30 pm ET, join Jessica Fries-Gaithe and
staff from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for free digital resources,
lesson plans, and children's literature from the Cornell Lab of
Ornithology and the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears
ezine
. Click
here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_18
Related
link: http://nsdl.org/?homepage_ad=1&resource_id=824
(MSP)2 Webinar
Series
(MSP
)2 Webinars will have a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and
math) focus and are presented by experts in their
fields
. Click
here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_19
Related
link: http://nsdl.org/?homepage_ad=1&resource_id=822
B O O K M A R K S
"Sciencegeekgirl" Now Featured in the NSDL
Blogosphere
Sciencegeekgirl
, Dr. Stephanie Chasteen, modestly describes herself as a "geek of
many flavors" whose endeavors include science education and
communications with a particular flair for podcasts and radio.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_210
Related link: http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/sciencegeekgirl/
Activities for afterschool play with video demonstrations
Simple activities for afterschool play with video demonstrations and
"how-to's" from the Exploratorium on NSDL and iTunesU.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_211
Related link: http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/ucar.edu.1984134241
I N S P I R A T I O N
The Practice of Education at the Speed of
Thought
Connexions
seeks to change the way information is delivered to students and
teachers around the world. Over 8,000 content modules, 450
collections, are used by over 1 million monthly
visitors. Click here to view
full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?
issue
=
current
#id_312
Related
link: http://cnx.org/
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National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0840744. Any opinions,
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