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Since some people mentioned Merlot earlier this week, thought I would forward this. NSDL is one of Merlot's sponsors, and has many, many cool tools. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gwen Pearson, PhD Assistant Director for Education and Outreach Kellogg Biological Station http://www.kbs.msu.edu [log in to unmask] Begin forwarded message: > From: National Science Digital Library Resource Center <[log in to unmask] > > > Date: February 24, 2009 12:10:45 PM GMT-05:00 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Meeting Invitation: TNS Brown Bag: Tools You Can Use > Reply-To: National Science Digital Library Resource Center <[log in to unmask] > > > > > TNS Brown Bag: Tools You Can Use > > Meeting Description: > NSDL’s Technical Network Services (TNS) provides a suite of open- > source tools and support > services that the STEM education community can use for creating > production digital libraries > and content-rich STEM learning environments. > > This session provides current and prospective NSDL Pathways and > projects, and other STEM > educational developers, with an overview of how three tools can be > used to manage and access > collections of learning resources in interesting ways. > > Join TNS staff for an overview of three key components: > > (1) Strand Map Service (SMS) -SMS provides a web service protocol > supporting the > construction of interactive knowledge map interfaces based on the > learning goals articulated > in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) > Benchmarks for Science > Literacy and the learning progressions and strand maps published in > the AAAS Atlas of Science > Literacy. > (2) NSDL Collection System (NCS) - Enables collection developers to > efficiently and flexibly > create and manage collections of metadata describing educational > resources such as learning > objects; user-provided comments and reviews, scientific data sets; > and other curricular > components. > (3) Digital Discovery System (DDS) - DDS search service is optimized > to support rapid > construction of audience-specific portals and applications and can > be flexibly configured to > search over any XML schema structure. It also supports geospatial > searching and can be > integrated with Web 2.0 applications such as Google Maps. > > Presenters: Sharon Clark, Kathryn Ginger, Jonathan Ostwald, John > Weatherley, and Mike Wright > > Please contact us <http://localhost:8080/about/contactus/> if you > have any questions. > This session will be recorded and archived if you cannot attend or > for later viewing. You may > view the recorded conference at the link provided from the NSDL > Brown Bag web page > > Additional inquiries about NSDL tools and support services may be > sent to [log in to unmask] > > > Date & Time > Date: Thu, Mar 5, 2009 > Time: 1:00 PM EST > Duration: 1 hour > Host(s): National Science Digital Library Resource Center > Presenter Information > Katy Ginger > > > Katy Ginger is a metadata architect for NSDL Technical Network > Services > (TNS). She provides collection builders training on the NCS and help > integrate collections into NSDL. > John Weatherley > > > John Weatherley is a software engineer with the National Science > Digital > Library, bringing experience from his work with the Digital Library > for Earth > System Education (DLESE). He is a lead engineer for the Strand Map > Service (SMS), the Digital Discovery System (DDS) and the NSDL > Curriculum > Customization Service (CCS). > Jonathan Ostwald > > > MIke Wright > > > To opt-out of future email messages or to manage your email > preferences please click hereThis email was sent to: > [log in to unmask] by Readytalk: 1598 Wynkoop Street Denver, Colorado > 80202 USA >