<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div align="center"><font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">NSDL WHITEBOARD REPORT</span></font></b></font></div><hr><div align="center"><font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Whiteboard Report news is on the Web at</span></font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font><a href="http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current"><font color="#0027ee"><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://NSDL.org</span></font></i></font></a></font><font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">. Back issues are available at </span></font></i><a href="http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue--Archive.php"><font color="#0018ee"><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue--Archive.php.</span></font></i></font></a></font></div><div align="center"><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div align="center"><font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Issue 145, April 1, 2009</span></font></i></font></div><div><font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> <br></span></font></i></font></div><div><font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">N E W S</span></font></b></font></div><b><div class="MsoNormal"><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">NEWS</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">NOW AVAILABLE: NSDL EduPak 1.0: An Open Source Digital Library Services Platform for Education</span></font></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">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.</span></font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Click here to view full article:</span></font></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><a href="http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_00"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_00</span></font></span></a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Related Link:</span></font></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font><a href="http://ncore.nsdl.org/index.php?menu=services&submenu=services!EduPak"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://ncore.nsdl.org/index.php?menu=services&submenu=services!EduPak</span></font></a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Submitting a grant to NSF?</span></font></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">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.</span></font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Click here to view full article: </span></font><a href="http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_01"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_01</span></font></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Related Link:</span></font></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font><a href="http://nsdl.org/contribute/?pager=proposers"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://nsdl.org/contribute/?pager=proposers</span></font></a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Statistical and Thermal Physics (STP) Collection from ComPADRE</span></font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">The resources in this Collection include curricular materials, theory, problems, and simulations on topics ranging from thermal equilibrium to the Ising model?</span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span></span></span></font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Click here to view full article: </span></font><a href="http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_02"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_02</span></font></a></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Related Link:</span></font></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font><a href="http://www.compadre.org/stp/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://www.compadre.org/stp/</span></font></a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Integrating Social Networking into Middle School</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">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. </span></font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Click here to view full article: </span></font><a href="http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_03"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_03</span></font></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Related Link:</span></font></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font><a href="http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/middle-school-math-science/2009/02/21/integrating-technology-social-networking/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/middle-school-math-science/2009/02/21/integrating-technology-social-networking/</span></font></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><b>Education Week</b> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; ">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. </span> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">Click here to view full article: <a href="http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_04"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(39, 80, 171); ">http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_04</span></a> Related link: <a href="http://hosted.vresp.com/235290/23cdafbf79/551000762/f5418be027/"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(39, 80, 171); ">http://hosted.vresp.com/235290/23cdafbf79/551000762/f5418be027/</span></a></div></span></h1><div class="MsoBodyText"><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">TeraGrid and Shodor "turn on" HPC Training and Education Resources Through High Performance Computing (HPC) University</span></font></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">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. </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Click here to view full article:</span></font></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font><a href="http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_05"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_05</span></font></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Related link: </span></font><a href="http://hpcuniv.org"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://hpcuniv.org/</span></font></a></span></span></div><h1><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Teachers' Domain Pathway Presents: Inspiring Middle School Literacy: Reading & Writing in Science & History </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">While there is much </span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">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.</span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Click here to view full article:</span></font></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_06"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_06</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Related link: </span></font><a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/special/adlit/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://www.teachersdomain.org/special/adlit/</span></font></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h1><h1><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">NSDL Materials Science Pathway (MatDL) Presenter at The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Annual Meeting </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">While there is </span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">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. </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Click here to view full article:</span></font></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><span style="color: windowtext; 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"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">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. </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Click here to view full article: </span></font></span></span><span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_18"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_18</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Related link: </span></font><a href="http://nsdl.org/?homepage_ad=1&resource_id=824"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://nsdl.org/?homepage_ad=1&resource_id=824</span></font></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h1><p class="MsoBodyText"><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">(MSP)2 Webinar Series </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">(MSP)2 Webinars will have a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) focus and are presented by experts in their fields. </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; 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