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Welcome to NASATalk

NASATalk logo NASATalk promotes NASA initiatives to improve science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. NASATalk collaboratives and blogs highlight STEM opportunities available through AESP, DLN, NES, and ePDN projects. We hope that NASATalk inspires you to explore NASA resources, share ideas, join collaboratives, and post your comments. Educators can organize their own online collaborative and publish their own blog on NASATalk. Read More...

Welcome to 2012

"Star" Teacher Earns STELLAR Award

NasaTalk_Steller_banner_250x250 Congratulations to STELLAR Award winner Amy Williams for her middle school astrobiology unit! Tony Docal from the NASA Electronic Professional Development Network (ePDN) nominated Williams based on her participation in ePDN vodcasting and podcasting courses. STELLAR Awards recognize educators for excellent uses of NASA STEM resources in their classrooms or informal settings. The STELLAR acronym represents the intent of the award: STEM Teaching Excellence for Leading, Learning, Articulation, and Reflection. Read More...

UPDATE: Public Voting for the NASA Optimus Prime Videos is Open!

Public Voting for the Optimus Prime Spinoff Award is open now through Febuary 17th. Keep in mind that you can only vote for one video in each age group category. To view the videos eligible for voting go to this link http://ipp.gsfc.nasa.gov/optimus/voting.php. Vote for your favorties! Read More...

NASA Creates their First Facebook Game: Space Race Blast Off

Social media offers a new venue for online virtual games. Taking advantage of this venue, NASA released its first multiplayer Facebook game, “Space Race Blast Off,” on Jan. 30^th 2012. This new app test players on their knowledge of NASA history, technology, science and pop culture. Players who answer the questions correctly earn virtual NASA badges. Read More...

NASATalk Team Contributes to Special Issue on Virtual Learning Communities

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

NASA_App 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...