Columbus, Ohio On Feb. 4-5, 2009 the MSP2 (Middle School Portal) Advisory Board met at at COSI. For a portal that is dedicated to making quality STEM resources widely available, and FUN for middle school instruction, the venue could not have been chosen better. COSI has thrilled nearly 19 million visitors with exhibits and hands-on […]

Baltimore, MD Is there anyone out there who has an in-box, spam filter, hard drive, or update feed that is not brimming with outdated, digital junk? And are you even sure about whether it’s junk or not? Like old string, your institution may have a particular reason for keeping a collection of regularly updated data. […]

The ComPADRE web site (http://www.compadre.org/portal/) provides access to a growing network of educational resource collections supporting teachers and students in Physics and Astronomy.
From Pat (Viele) the Science Librarian (Pat’s Picks for STEM Educators) The fall meeting of the NYS Section of the American Physical Society was held on on November 14th and 15th. […]

New York, NY Will tracking pop stars and images of swirling hurricanes on cell phones and through social networking sites become what future generations think of as “news”? Over 100 media representatives, librarians, academics and technology specialists gathered at the New York Public Library to talk about preserving news for future scholars on Oct. […]

Cheryl Lemke, CEO and President of Metiri Group, a consulting firm dedicated to advancing technology in schools presented to a full house of educators, technology coordinators and other educational technology professionals at this week’s National Education Computing Conference (NECC) held in San Antonio, Texas. In her session, The Ripple Effect: 21st […]

SLA June 15-18, 2008
Seattle, Washington
As usual, my activities were mainly with the Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics (PAM) division of SLA. I gave a brief report about the meeting “Graduate Education in Physics: Which Way Forward” at which I gave a poster presentation on information fluency at the PAM-wide roundtable discussion. I gave a two hour poster presentation on […]

One strategy for classifying the millions of galaxies mapped by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey was to open the Galaxy Zoo, invite the public to look at the new creatures, and give them tools to record their observations.
When Alex Szalay is not considering improved strategies for managing and sharing big data, and how that […]

Dr. Judy Willis is a neuroscientist who also happens to be a middle school algebra teacher. After years in the lab, Dr. Willis decided to apply her knowledge on brain research to the classroom. At the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Annual Conference in New Orleans, Dr. Willis was a […]

Sarah Giersch’s photos from the poster session of the 2007 Annual Meeting can be found here. Above, Kim Lightle of Middle School Pathway whoops it up with Susan Van Gundy of NSDL Core Integration.

Bob Peck Chevrolet building, Ballston, VA
There isn’t much that’s distinctive about Arlington, VA. The rooms and snacks at NSDL’s conference hotel, the Westin, were great - they were just as good as in any Westin anywhere - but that’s the point. Arlington is anywhere and nowhere. Except for the building across the […]