The goal of the Exploratorium Digital Library Afterschool Project is to bring more science and math enrichment into out-of-school time using resources from the Exploratorium’s Digital Library. Exploratorium Afterschool is one of the many Exploratorium collections for educators who will learn about different types of afterschool activities through digital videos, concept maps, links to other […]
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From the Exploratorium: Digital Library Afterschool Website Launches!
Monday, May 5th, 2008 4:04 pm
Written by: Carol Minton Morris
Mark Your Calendars for the 2008 NSDL Annual Meeting
Monday, April 28th, 2008 10:50 am
Written by: Carol Minton Morris
The 2008 NSDL Annual Meeting will be held from September 30 to October 2, 2008 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. The theme for this year’s meeting is “STEM Research and Education in Action.” Details, including the call for proposals, deadlines, meeting registration and travel support information, are available on the annual meeting […]
Posted in Topics: Education, Science, Technology
Using Content Clips to Create Classroom Multimedia
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 10:39 am
Written by: Carol Minton Morris
Content Clips is a free, interactive web environment that features compelling online resources for K-12 teachers, including images, sounds, and video clips to help build student understanding of science concepts and the natural world. It offers easy-to-use tools (no programming required), a growing multimedia collection, an “add-your-own-clip” feature, and a simple way to […]
Posted in Topics: Education, Technology
The Portable NSDL, From iTunes
Monday, March 24th, 2008 1:30 pm
Written by: Brad Edmondson
NSDL now provides access to audio, video, and other multimedia resources for science and math education through Apple’s iTunes Store. The Beyond Campus section of iTunes U provides free access to material from museums, public radio and television stations, and other non-profit educational providers. NSDL’s first offerings include content from several Pathways partners as well […]
Posted in Topics: Education, Science, Technology
High Schoolers Build 1700 MPG Car
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 12:50 pm
Written by: Brad Edmondson
Student engineers in high schools are preparing for annual mileage competitions where passenger vehicles approach 1,700 miles per gallon. The Indiana Mathematics, Science, Technology and Education Alliance (IMSTEA) will host the annual Super Mileage Challenge on April 28 at O’Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis. Last year, five of the 22 Indiana high school teams […]
Posted in Topics: Technology
NSDL Introduces NCore Fedora-based Virtual Library Tools
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 2:25 pm
Written by: Carol Minton Morris
Washington D.C., Nov. 6, 2007 — The National Science Digital Library (http://nsdl.org) Core Integration team at Cornell University led by Dean Krafft presented an overview of NCore, an open source suite of technologies and standards that power the National Science Digital Library’s (NSDL) core infrastructure, at NSDL’s Annual Meeting held in Washington D.C. November 6-8, […]
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