New Collections in the Engineering Pathway
The Engineering Pathway has partnered with additional engineering education communities to add eight new collections and 2,457 new records now available at NSDL.org.
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New Web-Based Collection of Open Source Physics Resources
The Open Source Physics (OSP) project and the ComPADRE digital library are pleased to announce the creation of a new web-based collection of OSP resources.
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Related Link: http://www.compadre.org/osp

New in MicrobeLibrary
http://www.microbelibrary.org
A new issue of Focus on Microbiology Education (FOME) news magazine that emphasizes outreach to high and middle school students has been published in the American Society for Microbiology’s (ASM) MicrobeLibrary.
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Chemistry Moodle Blossoms
At the Chemical Education Digital Library (ChemEd DL) the Moodle classroom management system is used to host a number of courses. Lately the Moodle webpage is becoming a hot bed of activity.
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Related Link: http://moodle.chemeddl.org/

Call for Entries: Second Annual Sparky Video Contest Spotlights Student Views on Information Sharing
Six library, student, and advocacy organizations have announced the Second Annual Sparky Awards, a contest that recognizes the best new short videos on the value of sharing and aims to broaden the discussion of access to scholarly research by inviting students to express their views creatively.
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Related Link: http://www.sparkyawards.org/

Build a Better Engineering Course: Call for Submissions
2008 Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware
NEEDS, John Wiley & Sons, Microsoft Research, Techsmith and Autodesk are pleased to announce the 2008 Premier Award competition. The Premier Award recognizes high-quality, non-commercial courseware designed to enhance engineering education.
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Related Link: http://www.needs.org/premier/

E V E N T S

Chemistry Workshops Workshops for Wisconsin Teachers
The Chemical Education Digital Library (ChemEd DL) is now hosting local workshops for chemistry teachers in Wisconsin.
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Weekly Mathematica Seminars from Wolfram Education Group
Coming up: A Technical Overview of Mathematica, Monday, July 7, 10am EDT; Creating Demonstrations, Tuesday, July 8, 6pm EDT, and others.
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Related Link: http://www.wolfram.com/weg/seminar.cgi

B O O K M A R K S

Wikis in College Classrooms
Wiki Writing: Collaborative Learning in the College Classroom, a collection of essays edited (in the “Wild, Wild Wiki”) by Robert Cummings and Matt Barton, is described as, “An indispensable and engaging guide to using wikis in the classroom.”
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Related Link: http://www.wildwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

Stanford University School of Education Open Access Motion
In recognition of its responsibility to make its research and scholarship as widely and publicly available as possible, the faculty of the Stanford University School of Education is determined to take advantage of new technologies to increase access to its work among scholars worldwide, educators, policymakers, and the public.
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Related Link: http://chronicle.com/news/article/4769/stanfords-education-school-mandates-open-access

I N S P I R A T I O N

Gapminder
The Gapminder web site features interactive analysis tools, videos, podcasts and interactive presentations that support their mission as a non-profit venture promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by increased use and understanding of statistics and other information about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels.
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