  'UnderTheMicroscope' aims to support, and inspire, young women scientistsThe Feminist Press at the City University of New York recently launched UnderTheMicroscope.com in conjunction with IBM in an effort to increase public awareness of the need for women in science-related fields. The site aims to celebrate the achievements of women in science, while openly discussing the challenges they face, and also inspire more young women to pursue science careers by providing a social-networking forum for students, working scientists, teachers, counselors, and parents  "Post Secondary Connection" connects K-12, higher-education communitiesJan 21, 2009 Achieve, an organization created by the nation's governors and business leaders to ensure that students graduate from high school prepared for college and careers, has launched "Postsecondary Connection," a new online toolkit to help higher-education leaders effectively engage with the K-12 community to ensure that high school graduates enter college ready for success.  Free digital resources at "Siemens Science Day" aim to capture students interest in scienceThe Siemens Foundation and Discovery Education have unveiled a new web site that aims to engage students in science education. "Siemens Science Day" provides standards-based videos and hands-on activities for earth, life, and physical science that can help educators turn fourth through sixth graders into aspiring scientists, the two organizations say.  Fair-use guide offers copyright protection for educatorsHoping to clear up the confusion over the "fair use" of digital materials in teaching and learning, a panel of university professors has developed a "Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education." The document clarifies how fair use applies to the most common situations where media-literacy educators make use of copyrighted materials in their work, and it offers guidance for instructors so they can make more informed judgments about using these materials  21st-Century Skills Map - free resources for English teachers and English classesEnglish teachers now have a free resource to help them infuse so-called 21st-century skills into their curriculum, thanks to a collaboration between the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). 21st-Century Skills Map--a framework that provides teacher-created models for how 21st-century skills such as problem solving, critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity can be incorporated into English classes--is part of P21's effort to create curriculum maps that demonstrate how to teach key 21st-century skills in the classroom.  Trails-9 is a free site that measures students' information literacy skillsTRAILS-9, which stands for Tools for Real-Time Assessment of Information Literary Skills, uses multiple questions to assess the information literacy skills of students based on sixth- and ninth-grade standards. The free site, which is a project of the Institute of Library and Information Literacy Education, was developed to give library media specialists a tool to identify strengths and weaknesses of their students' information-seeking abilities.  Google Earth brings ancient Rome onlineNov 26, 2008 Google Earth has added to its software a three-dimensional simulation that painstakingly reconstructs nearly 7,000 buildings of ancient Rome, including the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Circus Maximus. The program, which gives users access to maps and global satellite imagery, now hosts a new layer that allows surfers to see how Rome might have looked in A.D. 320, a bustling city of about 1 million people under Emperor Constantine. Pop-up windows provide information on the monuments, and visitors also can enter some of the most important sites, including the Senate and the Colosseum, to observe the architecture and marble decorations.  CollegeClickTV features first-person video reviews of colleges nationwideCollegeClickTV.com is an online resource that aims to help high school students and their parents make more informed college decisions through unscripted, peer-to-peer video reviews on the college experience. Now, through partnerships with U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, and CliffsNotes, the web site plans to build its content even further and attract additional viewers. The CollegeClickTV.com site reportedly showcases more than 30,000 video reviews from students at 200-plus colleges and universities across the country.
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