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Some damn fool (me) has decided to start a blog that focuses on astronomy education research:

Teaching Astronomy Blog

I looked around and could not find another blog that discussed astronomy and physics education in way that I would like to see it. Most astronomy blogs (even ones that claim to be about education) are mainly current events and pictures. So I thought I might take a stab at it.

The blog will also give me the chance to cull together the resources that I have been collecting, and the resources/activities that I have been developing. I'm hoping that the blog can get enough visibility that people will use it.

I already have constructed what I think is a pretty good links sidebar, with a lot of good web resources.

Check out the new blog and tell your teacher friends to visit it :-)

For you LJ'ers, I made a syndication of the blog: teachingastro

Oh, and I'm not abandoning LJ. I just found Blogger to be more friendly for designing a public blog.

Amber's NPO, Global Deaf Connection, is having a fundraiser next Thursday (May 24th). If you live in Minneapolis/St. Paul, consider going to Ten Thousand Villages and buying something between the hours of 5PM and 8PM. 20% of everything sold will be donated to GDC. Ten Thousand Villages is a cool little store with fair trade knick knacks from all over.

Information on GDC: Global Deaf Connection

Store Info: Ten Thousand Villages. Only in-store sales will count, and only from 5-8PM next Thursday!

For those interested in Astronomy (and science in general) Education, here's an article that I find myself reading and rereading. It's a few years old, but shouldn't fail to stir even my non-astronomer friends:

Astronomy Education in the United States - by Andrew Fraknoi