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NSDL Annual Meeting 2008

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 […]

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American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Summer Meeting

“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 […]

Posted in Topics: Education, Mathematics, Repositories, Science, Social Studies, Technology, physics

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Reality Check: SIGGRAPH 2008

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 […]

Posted in Topics: Education, Mathematics, Open Source, Science, Social Studies, Technology, computer animation, computer graphics

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The Power of Participation…

I had the opportunity in late April to take part in a workshop for 22 educators, led by Bob Panoff, Director of NSDL’s Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD) portal and Pathway project, developed by Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. Graciously hosted by Burroughs Wellcome Fund at their beautiful and beautifully situated offices […]

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