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NSDL Annual Meeting Tweets....and the winners are....

Posted Thu, 12/03/2009 - 5:48pm by eileen

... Alan Wolf and Charles Kaziliek (Dr. Biology), for consistent, persistent tweeting during the NSDL Annual Meeting. Robert Payo got the ball rolling (nsdl2009), and takes the NSDL staff 'chief tweeter' prize. Many thanks to all who contributed tweets - we tallied over 150 for two days. Check out the archive created on Twapperkeeper, by Wolf (thanks, Alan!).  (And yes, the lost coat/wrong coat situation has been found and set aright.

 

New Online Course About Bird Behavior from the Cornell Lab

Posted Mon, 11/09/2009 - 6:30pm by cmm252

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is pleased to announce the launch of a new online course where participants can develop skills and knowledge to understand why birds do what they do. "Courtship and Rivalry in Birds" launched on October 21, 2009, and will be offered again starting November 11, 2009 and January 6, 2010.

Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware Awarded

Posted Mon, 11/02/2009 - 11:57am by eileen

The Engineering Pathway has announced the 2009 winners of its Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware.

Shodor/CSERD founder Panoff presents lecture at College of Science, Benedictine University

Posted Mon, 10/12/2009 - 4:48pm by eileen

Dr. Robert M. Panoff, founder and Executive Director of the Shodor Educational Foundation, Inc. and the Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD) Pathway of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) presented the Fourth Annual Valach Lecture on October 2, 2009, at the College of Science at Benedictine University.

NSDL Annual Meeting deadlines: October 19!

Posted Wed, 10/07/2009 - 8:10am by eileen

Reminder: registration for the NSDL Annual Meeting is now open and available at http://nsdlnetwork.org/content/book/580/page/587/registration,  where you'll find instructions to create an account on the NSDL community site and register.

Volts blog: Volunteers are the lifeblood in informal science ed, museums, science centers...

Posted Fri, 10/02/2009 - 4:01pm by eileen

Check out the interesting articles on the NSDL Expert Voices blog: Managing Volunteers in Informal Science Learning.

Shodor announces new Saturday workshops for 6th-12th grade students who like math, science, and computers

Posted Tue, 09/29/2009 - 2:50pm by eileen

Durham, NC - This fall, teens across the Triangle will learn technology skills through Shodor’s “21st Century Workforce Skills” workshop series. These workshops, once reserved for Shodor’s Apprenticeship Program participants, are now available to all interested 9th through 12th grade students.  The workshops will be held at Shodor’s offices in the Durham Centre, located at 300 West Morgan Street.

Announcing the NSDL Community site

Posted Thu, 09/17/2009 - 2:48am by eileen

Welcome to the NSDL Community Network site - designed to support news and information dissemination, networking, community engagement and discussion, and news about outreach and professional development activities and collaborations of projects funded through the National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Distributed Learning program.

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