[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? 
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current 
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  link: http://cnx.org/


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