ATTENTION: NASA Vodcasting and Podcasting Participants – Prize monies available for NASA Optimus Prime winners!
The 2011 – 2012 NASA Optimus Prime Spinoff Contest has extended its upload deadline to January 31, 2012 and is offering new prizes. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Foundation has agreed to provide $25,000 worth of scholarships to the winners of the Optimus Prime Contest this year! Read More...
Google Science Fair Features Student Questions
Questions are the basic element of learning. Without them, how would we initiate investigations and learning? The NASATalkcollaborative website is designed to give science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educators a forum in which you can share ideas about strategies you use to engage your students in asking questions and searching for answers in STEM learning activities. Getting groups of students involved in Google Science Fair may be just the right venue to stimulate student science questions. Read More...
The NASATalk team recently published A Logical Approach to Supporting Professional Learning Communities as one of 11 articles featured in Creating, Supporting, Sustaining, and Evaluating Virtual Learning Communities: A Special Issue of Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal. This special issue of Knowledge Management & E-Learning examines the role of emerging technologies and virtual learning communities (VLCs).
The special issue includes an editorial comment that overviews the journal and how the articles characterize four major themes. As Xun Ge, guest editor of the special issue explains, “It is truly interesting and exciting to see such a collection with a wide range of topics and from a group of authors with diverse background and disciplines practicing and researching virtual learning communities.” Read more...
Astronomy Apps for Mobile Devices
A recent online journal, “Astronomy Education Review,” has published an annotated overview of 98 astronomy applications for smart phones and tablets. The list was by Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College) and features a brief description and a direct URL for each app. Listed are a few of the article's featured apps that were created by NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Read More...
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