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 […]

Instructional Architect Helping to “Design the Digital Classroom”
The Research Office at Utah State UniDesIversity recently profiled the work of Mimi Recker and her Instructional Architect research group at Utah State University, funded by the NSF NSDL program.
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Improving Critical Thinking in Higher Education
Bob Panoff, Shodor’s executive director, presented […]

Shodor Receives Statewide Partnership Award
When it comes to partnering with other organizations to improve math and science education, there’s one North Carolina non profit organization that stands out: Shodor.
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From the Exploratorium: Digital Library Afterschool Website Launches!
Through a collaboration with the California School-age Consortium and their trainee network, […]

Welcome!
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This special issue of NSDL Whiteboard Report previews highlights of the 007 NSDL Annual Meeting: Advancing NSDL Networks to be held November 6-8, 2007. Contents include a message from NSDL Core Integration Director Kaye Howe, an overview of the meeting by Sarah Giersch, Chair of the 2007 Annual Meeting Planning Committee, and Bookmarks to meeting-related […]

Fedora Commons Awarded $4.9M for Start-up of Non-profit Organization to Develop Open Source Software for Collaborative Communities
http://www.fedora-commons.org
Ithaca, New York, August 13, 2007–Fedora Commons, today announced the award of a four year, $4.9M grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to develop the organizational and technical frameworks necessary to effect revolutionary change in how scientists, […]

Zero in on Comprehension Using the NSDL Concept Map Tool
Teachers work to connect broad learning concepts, standards and educational resources in K12 classrooms to ensure that their students’ progress is both developmentally sound and measurable. Until now there has not been an easy way to find and present students with the right online information at […]

ComPADRE Offers Physicists for “Adoption” by High School Classes
Why did you become a physicist?
Do you enjoy mac and cheese?
How does particle physics contribute to advances in the United States?
This is a small sample of questions that high school students asked physicists in the new Adopt-a-Physicist program, hosted by NSDL Physics and Astronomy Pathway comPADRE, and […]

Nuggets from the NSDL Annual Meeting at AAAS in D.C.
Opening Session: Kaye Howe, Boots Cassell, Lee Zia, and Daniel Atkins
“What NSDL does is to pull together the tools we all create so that someone teaching the third grade in North Dakota can do a good job for his students. And this year, we are at […]

The Chemical Education Pathway to NSDL
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The newest NSDL Pathway to chemical education is the Chemical Education Digital Library (ChemEd DLib) that joins The American Chemical Society and the Journal of Chemical Education to provide a rich information layer over collections of the Journal of Chemical Education Digital Library (JCE DLib) and the ACS Education Division. […]

In May 2000 all of the world’s science academies created the InterAcademy Council (IAC) to mobilize the best scientists and engineers worldwide to provide high quality advice to influential international bodies–such as the United Nations and the World Bank–as well as to other institutions. Since then the IAC has produced reports on scientific, technological, and […]