Omni Shoreham Hotel Washington, DC      September 30 - October 2

NSDL Annual Meeting 2008 - Detailed Session Schedule

Sessions for the NSDL 2008 Annual Meeting have been grouped into thematic strands to help attendees identify, and follow, topic areas of interest. View the floorplan of the meeting space.

View the Overview Schedule.

 

Tuesday
September 30, 2008
8:30-4:00 Congressional A & B Pathways Meeting
2:00-5:00 Blue Pre-Function On-site registration, packet pickup
3:00-5:00 Blue Room Poster set-up
Hotel check-in: 3pm
5:00-5:45 Blue Pre-Function Opening plenary session
Welcome, update about NSDL Program, Brief Q&A
(Sarah Holsted, Kaye Howe, Linda Slakey, Lee Zia)
6:00-8:30 Blue Pre-Function
Blue Room
Poster reception (heavy hors d'ouevres)

View the list of posters with archived poster files

Wednesday
October 1, 2008
7:30-8:30 Blue Pre-Function
Blue Room
Breakfast
8:30-9:15 Blue Pre-Function Plenary Session
Overview presentations: Resource Center, Technical Network Services
9:15-9:30 Blue Pre-Function
Blue Room
Break
9:30-10:45 Congressional A & B

Pathways and Partnerships

HPC University

Capitol

NSDL in the Wild: Encounters with K-12 Classroom, Library, and Policymakers’ Implementation of NSDL
Presentation: mimi recker

Embassy

Reuse of NSDL Resources
Presentation: Eduworks Corporation

The SMILE Pathway: What Do Science & Math Informal Educators Need?
Presentation: SMILE Pathway

Blue Pre-Function
Blue Room

Available for meetings and viewing posters

10:45-11:15 Blue Pre-Function
Blue Room
Break
11:15-12:15 Congressional A & B

Integrating Research and Education Through the NSDL

Bringing Research-based Pedagogies into Use: Digital Libraries Supporting Faculty Professional Development

Capitol

Examples of Professional Development in the NSDL from the Math Forum and the Exploratorium

Embassy

Solutions for Correlating Collections to K-12 Content Standards for Interoperability

Blue Pre-Function
Blue Room

Available for meetings and viewing posters

12:15-1:15 Blue Pre-Function Lunch
1:15-2:30 Congressional A & B

The Role of NSDL and Related NSF Initiatives in Building the STEM Pipeline

Capitol

Sharing Evaluation Expertise and Results

Embassy

Connecting Applications with the NSDL: Theory, Practice, and Lots of Examples
Presentations
Wiki, ExpertVoices, NCS, SMS, NDR, and Search Service
OnRamp

Blue Pre-Function
Blue Room

Available for meetings and viewing posters

2:30-3:00 Blue Pre-Function
Blue Room
Break
3:00-4:00 Congressional A & B

Students and Teachers Speak Up About NSDL
Presentation: Julie Evans

Capitol

Fedora Commons Educational Repository Projects
Presentation: Carol Minton Morris

Building the NSDL: Reflections on the Impacts of Collaboration on Research and Development

Embassy

Available for meetings

Blue Pre-Function

Lightning Talks

Lutishoor Salisbury, Lsalisbu@uark.edu

Katy Ginger - Improving Collection Quality

John Weatherley - Science Literacy Maps

Gene Klotz, Klotz@mathforum.org

Michael Luby

Edward Almasy

Andrea Coffin

Sarah Holsted

4:00-4:30 Blue Pre-Function
Blue Room
Break
4:15-5:15 Embassy Mini Workshop: Creating Podcasts for NSDL ITunesU
Presentation: iTunes Handout
Workshop Information
Capitol Collection Development with CWIS
Presentation: Ed Almasy
4:15-7:00 Congressional A&B Available for meetings
4:30-6:30 Blue Pre-Function
Blue Room
Afternoon Poster Reception
(coffee, tea, dessert)
6:30-7:00 Blue Room Poster take-down; poster room closes at 7
Thursday
October 2, 2008
7:30-8:30 Blue Pre-Function Breakfast
8:30-9:45 Governor's Board Room

Online Collaborative Science Visualizations
Presentations
Math Images
Visualizing Biodiversity Online
MatDL

Capitol

Researching Metrics: What Do You Want to Learn?

Data Driven Decision Making
Presentation: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears

Calvert

Available for meetings

Embassy

Three Services That Enhance the Re-purposing of NSDL-wide Content
Presentation: Curriculum Customization Service

9:45-10:15 Blue Pre-Function Break
10:15-11:30 Governor's Board Room

Professional Development: a Survey of Models and Strategies

Just Build It and They Will Come, Right?
Presentations
Revisiting: Just build it and they will come, right?

Capitol

New Projects out of Old: Three Examples

Calvert

The Digital Classroom: Three Practical Approaches to Crafting High-tech Learning Experiences
Presentations
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Content Clips
Physics Geeks

Embassy

Available for meetings

Blue Pre-Function

Available for meetings

11:30-12:00 Blue Pre-Function Break
Hotel check-out: 12pm
12:00-1:00 Blue Room Closing Remarks & Lunch
NSF - Lee Zia, Hal Richtol