The all-time champion Expert Voices blog is about to retire. Cornell Info 204 - Networks has attracted 531 posts and 289 comments since it was activated in late January. And it isn’t about “American Idol,” either. It is a supplement to a college course on how the social, technological, and natural worlds are […]

Last September, NSDL and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) started a monthly series of free web seminars for science teachers. We didn’t know what to expect but now, with nine down and two to go, it’s pretty clear that they are a hit. So far, 525 teachers have participated in sessions […]

How did The Shodor Education Foundation get its name? The website says it recalls the shodering process, a step in applying gold leaf that involves hammering the precious sheets to make them stretch as far as possible. The Foundation says its mission is similar – it wants to extend educational resources to […]

Remember when someone taught you your first address and phone number? Remember when they taught you to look both ways before you crossed the street? You might have thought the grown-ups were playing games with you at the time, but they knew better. And their ploy worked, because you’re still here.
Teaching children to avoid […]

The concept of “one library, many portals” has been around the NSDL lexicon since the project began in 2000-2001. The real meaning behind this early tag line was the goal of eventually providing controlled access to shared NSDL resources through multiple library gateways in ways that made sense to specific discipline communities. The NSDL Engineering […]

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 […]