Happy 2011 to everyone! Hope you had a great holiday break. The NAGC C&T Network is back for the new year with a five exciting announcements / tools / resources.
1. NAGC 2011 Proposals
Wow! It seems like we just left Atlanta, but you are reading this correctly. The NAGC 2011 proposal submission process is now open, and proposals are due January 31, 2011. So you have just under 3 weeks to get all of your great ideas together.
http://www.softconference.com/subs/nagc/311103/default.asp?log=1
If you are interested in reviewing proposals as part of this year’s selection process, please send me an email. We need all of the input that we can get to ensure that we have the best sessions selected for the conference.
2. Wikipedia turns 10
On January 15, 2011, Wikipedia will celebrate its 10th Birthday. Love it or hate it, Wikipedia has changed the way that we access and share information. If you are looking for ways to celebrate the day, visit http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page for some ideas.
3. Google Science Fair
Just announced! Google is looking for the brightest, best young scientists from around the world to submit interesting, creative projects that are relevant to the world today. The competition is open to students aged 13 to 18 from around the world working in teams of two or three. The deadline for project submissions is April 4, 2011.
For detailed information, visit http://www.google.com/events/sciencefair/index.html
4. Google Books Ngram Viewer
This one came out just before the holidays, and honestly, I have not had a real chance to delve into it. Basically, Google has scanned 10% of all of the books ever published. Now you can see how often phrases have occurred in books throughout history. You can graph occurrences of phrases up to five words from 1400 to present day. If only I had some free time! I can only imagine the types of projects that gifted kids could come up with using this data resource.
5. Google Body Browser
Ok, one last reason to love Google for the week, and another tool that I am looking forward to spending some time exploring in 2011 is the Google Body Browser http://bodybrowser.googlelabs.com/ This requires that you use a web browser that can handle WebGL. Basically, you will need either the latest version of Google Chrome or Firefox 4. This interactive application allows you to virtually see layers of the body. Anatomy will never be the same again.
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