National Science Ditial Library projects, partners and pathways met in Washington, D.C. Sept. 30-October 2, 2008 to discuss new directions for the 8-yr-old NSF initiative designed to leverage online educational STEM opportunities for students and learners of all ages nationwide. Many partners and projects have been part of NSDL since 2000, and as usual, the […]

Since 2000 National Science Digital Library (NSDL) projects and partners have demonstrated multiple ways to provide high quality resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning. This year’s NSDL Annual Meeting promises to highlight even more of these ongoing cyberlearning initiatives that in total have increased the educational value of national investment in […]

This year’s Annual Meeting with the theme “STEM Research and Education in Action” will be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. from September 30 - October 2, 2008.
The schedule includes presentations and overviews from NSDL Pathways and partners who are implementing NSDL resources and tools for K12 and undergraduate classrooms nationwide. Stay tuned to this […]

“Invisibility. Teleportation. Mind reading. Psychokinesis. Time travel. Star ships. Parallel universes. Normally, these would be dismissed by scientists as being impossible. One hundred years ago, the same was thought about lasers, televisions and visiting outer space.” This is the first sentence of Michio Kaku’s abstract from his presentation to AAPT entitled, “Physics of the […]

If you cross Amazon.com CTO Verner Vogels’, “Two Pizza Team Rule” with what David Flanders, Project Manager, The Bloomsbury Colleges, and organizer of the summer of 2008 “Repository Road Shows,” compares to “Penny Universities” of the 18th century that were often convened in taverns, or to the work life of Shakespeare who more than likely […]

Los Angeles is a town where reality is a reinvented on a daily basis. Even so the exhibits, talks and media presented at SIGGRAPH 2008 pushed the limits of perceived reality with a provocative theme exhorting participants to “Evolve.” However the almost 30,000 graphics and robotics researchers, entertainment industry representatives, educators, programmers, artists and students […]

View of Pittsburgh from the Duquesne Incline at night. There are five funicular or cliff railways in the United States. Two of these inclined railways are located in Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh, PA At a conference where ideas about the theory and practice of information engineering in digital libraries would be presented, it was appropriate to […]

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NSDL Core Integration Director Kaye Howe.
Saint Paul, Minnesota was the site of JA-SIG 2008 April 27-30, 2008. With the theme, “Higher Education Solutions: The Community Source Way” it’s no surprise that National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Core Integration Director Kaye Howe was on hand to deliver the […]

Friday at NSTA’s national conference in Boston, MA included two informative literacy sessions.
Scaffolding Inquiry: Research on Writing in Science
Dr. Rick Vanosdall, Director of the Center of Excellence for Learning Sciences at Tennessee State UniverVsity presented an overview of research results from his work with Dr. Mike Klentschy, the Superintendant of Schools of the En Centro School […]

Highlights from Thursday, March 27 at the National Science Teachers’ Association national conference in Boston, MA included a presentation on IPY science projects and the Polar Discovery expedition series.
IPY Science
Louise Huffman, Coordinator of Education and Outreach for the ANDRILL project, presented an informative session, IPY Cool Science: Hot Topics. An overview of the three previous […]