Archive for September, 2006

In and Around the NSDL Blogosphere This Week

Two online events will be revving up the NSDL blogosphere in the next few days.
Stay tuned TODAY for blog converstations highlighting the second NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar entitled,”Bringing the Field to the Classroom–Birds.” Today’s event features experts from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. There is still time to register for the free event scheduled for […]

Posted in Topics: Education, General, Science

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Thinking better about engaging young people in scholarship

The National Science Digital Library network of projects and organizations has been collectively thinking about how to present online library resources for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and research for some time. As with so many things in life, you just never know when a harmonic convergence of circumstance and events may overtake you. […]

Posted in Topics: Education, Social Studies

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Pre-Beta Explained

In the wikipedia entry explaining commonly-used software release terms there is a clear path from pre-alpha (designers are still determining exactly what functionalities the product should have), to alpha (demonstrates the feasibility and basic structure of the software), to beta (represents the first version of a computer program that implements all features in the initial […]

Posted in Topics: Technology

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Tweaking the EV User Interface

Adjusting the user interface to give users a view of what’s going on in a blogosphere is what we’ve been thinking about in the last few weeks.What sorts of data are automatically generated as entries are added or commented on? Are those data useful in “seeing” NSDL’s blogs change over time? The short answer is […]

Posted in Topics: Technology

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