[Whiteboard-subscribers] NSDL Whiteboard Report 144, Feb. 27, 2009
Carol Minton Morris
clt6 at cornell.edu
Fri Feb 27 10:12:27 EST 2009
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Issue 144, Feb. 27, 2009
N E W S
AAAS Project 2061 to Offer Content Alignment and Instructional Quality
Training
With support from NSF's NSDL program, the long-term science education
reform initiative of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS) will train the staff of seven NSDL Pathways as well as
those of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) on how to
determine the content alignment and instructional quality of K-12
digital resources. The workshop will be held in March 2009 at the AAAS
headquarters in Washington, DC. It will be followed by a customized
workshop for each individual NSDL Pathway.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_00
Related Link: http://www.project2061.org/
Dr. Robert Panoff, CSERD, Leads Workshop and Gives Keynote Speech at
the Annual Faculty Conference at Houston Community College
On January 30, 2009, science faculty from the Houston Community
College District and representatives from the Houston Independent
School District participated in a computational science workshop
conducted by Dr. Robert M. Panoff, Executive Director of Shodor.
Faculty and administrators were given a general introduction to
computational science and three hours of hands-on exploration of the
“sources and resources of the Pathways of NSDL.” The disciplines
represented at the workshop were life sciences, biology, chemistry,
computer science, geology, astronomy, and physics. The following day
Dr. Panoff gave the keynote speech, “Computational Thinking Across the
Curriculum,” at the annual Houston Community College Faculty Conference.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_01
Related Link: http://www.hccs.edu/hccs/faculty-staff/center-for-teaching-learning-excellence/about-the-center-for-tle/sponsored-events
NSDL Reflections Hot Topic: How Do You See the Future of NSDL?
In January, an article, "NSF Rethinks Its Digital Library," was
published in the AAAS Science Magazine discussing the history and
current challenges of NSDL. It described some of the 'rethinking' by
NSDL stakeholders and other observers. We'd like to get the broader
community to think about and respond to this timely topic. A new area
on web site is designed to respond to this (and future) hot topics
facing the NSDL community. We invite you to visit the site and respond
to the article by answering the question: How do you see the history
of the NSDL and its future differently from what was described in the
article?
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_02
Related Link: http://nsdlreflections.wordpress.com/
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 the topic of concept
inventories and assessments; one new articles accepted to volume 10 of
the Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education on the constructivist
approach; two new curriculum activities; and four 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
News
Teachers
' Domain is pleased to announce a new adolescent literacy special
collection funded by the Leon Lowenstein Foundation. These self-paced
classroom activities use history and science topics to enhance the
literacy skills of struggling readers in grades
5-8. 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/
In the Spotlight - Engineering Pathway Celebrates Black History and
Engineers Week in February and Women's History in March
The Engineering Pathway (EP) "In the Spotlight" highlights timely
resources in our collections. In February we focused on Engineers
Week. This month and next, browse our resources on African American
scientists, engineers, and inventors, and gender
diversity.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_05
Related link: http://nsdl.org/about/?pager=pathways&subpager=EP
Solving a Big Math
Problem
While
there is much discussion about the importance of mathematics to
scientific research, engineering, and technological innovation, the
performance of American math students on international assessments is
below that of math students in many other countries. In its special
report "Math: What's the Problem?"-- the National Science Foundation
(NSF) uses video interviews and online resources to examine the state
of math education and to discuss the roles of culture, technology, and
research in improving math learning and
proficiency. Click
here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_06
Related
link: http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/math/
E V E N T S
Helping Middle School Teachers with Free Online Professional
Development
NSDL's
Middle School Portal Math and Science Pathways project, (MSP)2, and
the National Middle School Association (NMSA) are partnering to
provide a series of free online web seminars by recognized experts in
support of middle school educators. These online learning programs are
a convenient way to learn about resources and services that you can
use in and out of your classrooms. Webinars are free and presented
live, with recordings of the event available for subsequent
use
. Click
here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_18
Related
link: http://www.nmsa.org/ProfessionalDevelopment/Webinars/tabid/1011/Default.aspx?PageContentID=303
NSDL Brown Bag: Tools you can use from NSDL Technical Network Services
(TNS
) NSDL’s
Technical Network Services (TNS) provides open-source tools and
support services that the STEM education community can use for
creating production digital libraries and content-rich STEM learning
environments. Join TNS staff for a brown bag web seminar session on
March 5, 2009 at 1:00PM EST that is intended to provide current and
prospective NSDL Pathways and projects, and other STEM educational
developers, with an overview of three tools that can be used to manage
and access collections of learning resources in interesting
ways
. Click
here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_19
Related
link: http://nsdl.org/pd/?pager=brownbag
NSDL/NSTA Webinar: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Arctic and
Antarctic Birds
On April 21, 2009 at 8:00 pm ET join Jessica Fries-Gaither, Project
Director and Elementary Resource Specialist for the Ohio Resource
Center at Ohio State University and staff from the Cornell Lab of
Ornithology as they share free digital resources, lesson plans, and
children's literature from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears cyberzine. This seminar is designed
for K-5 educators. Register today for this web seminar!
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_110
Related link: http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/SeminarRegistration.aspx
Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)
Workshop The
Engineering Pathway launched draft versions of a new BPC Portal at the
BPC Community Meeting on February 9-10, 2009. The portal, will engage
the computing diversity community with a digital library,
collaboration opportunities, news, bulletin board, blog and other
community services. The BPC digital library includes resources tagged
for promising practices, and key research regarding target populations
in computing and IT including Native Americans, African Americans,
Hispanics, women and persons with
disabilities
. Click
here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_111
Related
link: http//www.bpcportal.org
B O O K M A R K S
The Best of the
MiddleWeb
NSDL’s
Middle School Portal (MSP)2 has been selected as one of the “Ten
Great Sites for Teachers” by MiddleWeb, which provides resources for
schools, districts, educators, parents, and public school advocates
who are working to raise achievement for all students in the middle
grades.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_212
Related link: http://www.middleweb.com/10TeachingSites.html
Take Off With Polar Birds
Issue 11 of Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, focusing on Arctic and
Antarctic Birds, is co-produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and
“explores the amazing birds that live in or migrate to the polar
regions” in photos, stories, research and a podcast entitled,
“Birdwatcher's Delight: Birds and Inquiry Learning.”
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_213
Related link: http://beyondpenguins.nsdl.org/
Webinar on Water: Not Too Late To Check It
Out
In
December 2008, ChemEd DL broadcast a highly successful Web seminar
on water. Resources available in the ChemEd DL collection were
introduced and recent, cutting-edge research about the dynamic nature
of liquid water and the number of hydrogen bonds per water molecule
were discussed. The online archives include the presentation slides
used at the Webinar, links to related content, and free access to the
movies used in the Webinar.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_214
Related link: http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/NSDL3/webseminar4.aspx
Call for Resources to MicrobeLibrary
The American Society for Microbiology invites authors to submit
resources to its MicrobeLibrary. Resources sought include classroom
activities and laboratory exercises; animations, images and videos
depicting the microbial world; and quality images for standard
microbiology protocols Submissions are due March 1, 2009.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_215
Related
link: http://www.microbelibrary.org
I N S P I R A T I O N
Café
Life
“Periodic
Tables” is billed as a monthly Durham, NC gathering where curious
adults can meet in a casual setting to discuss the latest science in
plain English. On Feb 10 Bob Panoff offered his personal story about
why he left tenured academics and created Shodor to help transform
science and mathematics using networked learning communities such as
the National Science Digital Library. Become a Periodic Tables fan on
Facebook
. Click
here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_316
Related
link: http://www.ncmls.org/periodictables
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The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) is the Nation's online
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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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