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 6:30-8:00 P.M. Eastern time.

The Katrina After the Storm Conference begins tomorrow, Sept. 27. NSDL Editor Brad Edmondson will be live on line to report out on prospects for how digital education might help the Gulf Coast one year after hurricane Katrina’s devastation. Rebuilding efforts are finally moving forward. But it’s the remaining, deeper tears in the region’s social fabric will be the main focus of a unique series of dialogues and events at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign designed to build community, connect diverse local and national audiences and ignite real and long-lasting positive change.