Content Clips Update

Content Clips is a free online service for organizing and presenting multimedia resources from distributed digital libraries (http://www.contentclips.com).  The system framework supports varied media formats, and the dynamic visual interface works well for electronic whiteboard presentations.  Registered users can find resources in the public Clips Collection, incorporate clips from other sites, and create their own personal sets and activities.  This poster will highlight plans for a new NSDL project (NSF DUE-0938120) that will support Content Clips improvements, including interface updates, automated activity feedback, a book-builder template, teacher-selected sets of multimedia clips, online training aids, and further integration as an NSDL selection, customization, and presentation service.  The poster will also show how system elements are being used to build the STEM Stories web site at http://www.stemstories.org (McLean Media, NSF HRD-073400) and to create resources for the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears ezine for elementary teachers (http://beyondpenguins.nsdl.org, The Ohio State University).