The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) offers an annual International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence. The conference is primarily directed at community college and university faculty, staff, and administrators.
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What does a humpback whale sound like? Or perhaps the White-cheeked Gibbon? The Nature Soundmap provides snippets of these sounds and much, much more. Visitors will find an interactive map of the world, complete with markers that allow audio wildlife travel from Central America to Central Asia a snap. Symphonies of animal noises can also be found here, as visitors can click on Greece to listen to "Summer Ambience" or France to find "Dawn in the Lezardrieux Forest.” Each marker includes information about the animal or setting profiled, along with a link to More Info for the generally curious.
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This page from Laser-Tec, the Laser and Fiber Optics Regional Center, details professional development opportunities for educators to incorporate lasers and fiber optics into their curricula. The page explains how "a course in lasers can be added to revive any electronics, engineering technology, manufacturing, or industrial technology program" and "a course in fiber optics can modernize your program and increase your enrollment." The professional development opportunities include a laser and fiber optics workshop for high school educators, a free online course on the Fundamentals of Light and Lasers, and a free workshop on Corning Cable Systems.
For more applied STEM education resources from NSF's Advanced Technological Education program, please visit ATE Central.
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014
CWIS version 3.0.1 has been released, and is now available for download on the Scout site.
This is a bug fix and optimization release, resolving a number of minor and a few more significant bugs in 3.0.0, and introducing some significant performance optimizations on the back end.
Friday, December 6, 2013
CWIS version 3.0.0 has been released, and is available for download. This is a major release reflecting the current state-of-the-art in web software. New features include faceted searching and internal support for multiple metadata schemas. All users are strongly encouraged to upgrade.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Check out the alpha release of CWIS 2.9.0! We look forward to your comments and feedback on this new version of CWIS.
