The Research Office at Utah State University recently profiled the work of Mimi Recker and her Instructional Architect research group at Utah State University that is funded by the NSF NSDL program. This is an excerpt from the article: “The goal of digital libraries is to provide instant access to a growing network of […]

A diverse group of volunteers, docents, students, staff and scientists from California science centers, museums and UC Berkeley have established Climate Change Education. Org (CCEO), a lively on line resource center “used by millions” of teachers and students. CCEO works to establish partnerships among people and institutions to make climate change educational resources created by […]

The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) is one of many organizations and groups that seek to improve educational technology and access to educational opportunities nationwide. ESchool News, a monthly newspaper that provides news and information for K–20 decision-makers who use technology to help their institutions achieve educational goals, recently celebrated their tenth anniversary by publishing […]

The goal of the Exploratorium Digital Library Afterschool Project is to bring more science and math enrichment into out-of-school time using resources from the Exploratorium’s Digital Library. Exploratorium Afterschool is one of the many Exploratorium collections for educators who will learn about different types of afterschool activities through digital videos, concept maps, links to other […]

The 2008 NSDL Annual Meeting will be held from September 30 to October 2, 2008 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. The theme for this year’s meeting is “STEM Research and Education in Action.” Details, including the call for proposals, deadlines, meeting registration and travel support information, are available on the annual meeting […]

Content Clips is a free, interactive web environment that features compelling online resources for K-12 teachers, including images, sounds, and video clips to help build student understanding of science concepts and the natural world. It offers easy-to-use tools (no programming required), a growing multimedia collection, an “add-your-own-clip” feature, and a simple way to […]

NSDL now provides access to audio, video, and other multimedia resources for science and math education through Apple’s iTunes Store. The Beyond Campus section of iTunes U provides free access to material from museums, public radio and television stations, and other non-profit educational providers. NSDL’s first offerings include content from several Pathways partners as well […]

Student engineers in high schools are preparing for annual mileage competitions where passenger vehicles approach 1,700 miles per gallon. The Indiana Mathematics, Science, Technology and Education Alliance (IMSTEA) will host the annual Super Mileage Challenge on April 28 at O’Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis. Last year, five of the 22 Indiana high school teams […]

Washington D.C., Nov. 6, 2007 — The National Science Digital Library (http://nsdl.org) Core Integration team at Cornell University led by Dean Krafft presented an overview of NCore, an open source suite of technologies and standards that power the National Science Digital Library’s (NSDL) core infrastructure, at NSDL’s Annual Meeting held in Washington D.C. November 6-8, […]

The 2007-2008 NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar Series begins on Sept. 20 with a presentation aimed at motivating your students to consider careers in math and science. The FunWorks is a digital resource library designed to encourage middle school students to explore math and science careers by showing that while some subjects are perceived as “geeky,” they […]