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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 6:00-8:30 | Blue Pre-Function Blue Room |
Poster reception (heavy hors d'ouevres) | ||||
| Wednesday October 1, 2008 |
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| 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 |
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| 9:15-9:30 | Blue Pre-Function Blue Room |
Break | ||||
| 9:30-10:45 | Congressional A & B | |||||
| Capitol |
NSDL in the Wild: Encounters with K-12 Classroom, Library, and Policymakers’ Implementation of NSDL |
Embassy |
Reuse of NSDL Resources The SMILE Pathway: What Do Science & Math Informal Educators Need? |
Blue Pre-Function Blue Room |
Available for meetings and viewing posters |
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| 10:45-11:15 | Blue Pre-Function Blue Room |
Break | ||||
| 11:15-12:15 | Congressional A & B | |||||
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Capitol | Embassy |
Connecting Applications with the NSDL: Theory, Practice, and Lots of Examples |
Blue Pre-Function Blue Room |
Available for meetings and viewing posters |
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| 2:30-3:00 | Blue Pre-Function Blue Room |
Break | ||||
| 3:00-4:00 | Congressional A & B |
Students and Teachers Speak Up About NSDL |
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| Capitol |
Fedora Commons Educational Repository Projects Building the NSDL: Reflections on the Impacts of Collaboration on Research and Development |
Embassy |
Available for meetings |
Blue Pre-Function |
Lightning TalksLutishoor Salisbury, Lsalisbu@uark.edu Katy Ginger - Improving Collection Quality John Weatherley - Science Literacy Maps |
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| 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 |
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| Capitol | Collection Development with CWIS Presentation: Ed Almasy |
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| 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) |
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| 6:30-7:00 | Blue Room | Poster take-down; poster room closes at 7 | ||||
| Thursday October 2, 2008 |
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| 7:30-8:30 | Blue Pre-Function | Breakfast | ||||
| 8:30-9:45 | Governor's Board Room |
Online Collaborative Science Visualizations |
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| Capitol |
Researching Metrics: What Do You Want to Learn? Data Driven Decision Making |
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| Calvert |
Available for meetings |
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| Embassy |
Three Services That Enhance the Re-purposing of NSDL-wide Content |
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| 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? |
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| Capitol | ||||||
| Calvert |
The Digital Classroom: Three Practical Approaches to Crafting High-tech Learning Experiences |
Embassy |
Available for meetings |
Blue Pre-Function |
Available for meetings |
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| 11:30-12:00 | Blue Pre-Function | Break Hotel check-out: 12pm |
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| 12:00-1:00 | Blue Room | Closing Remarks & Lunch NSF - Lee Zia, Hal Richtol |
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Washington, DC September 30 - October 2