The NSDL Middle School Portal is an evolving site tailored to the needs of mathematics, science, and technology educators. The site offers a middle school view into excellent online materials from the National Science Digital Library (NSDL). In this first phase of the project, teachers can examine several electronic publications in which content specialists spotlight superior digital resources and offer teaching tips for important topics. Look for additional targeted publications in the future. Teachers can also access augmented NSDL catalog records organized in subject browse lists. All digital resources are cataloged using the ENCdl Indexing Guidelines. You may view the subject lists, which describe the content of educational resources, for mathematics, science, and education issues. Please visit often: new resources are added to the browse lists every week.

The National Science Digital Library funds Ohio State University to do this work. NSDL is the NSF-funded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education digital library. The NSDL Middle School Portal builds on the cataloging efforts of many NSDL collections to serve middle school teachers and other educators with the resources and tools they need for instruction and professional development.

Personal Information MSP Collects

MSP does not sell or share personal information of users with anyone outside of MSP, UNLESS REQUIRED BY LAW.

MSP provides an opportunity for users to contact us through email or web-based forms. We use the personal information you provide only as it relates to answering your question. Records of how many people contact us per month are kept; however, individual information is not kept nor shared in any reporting process. You may contact MSP at any time to cancel your registration with MSP. Contact the NSDL Middle School Portal electronically at www.msteacher.org/contact.aspx, by email at msp@msteacher.org, by phone at (614) 688-3485 or by postal mail to Kimberly Lightle, Director, NSDL Middle School Portal, 1929 Kenny Road, Suite 400, Columbus, OH 43210.

Nonpersonal Information Collected by the MSP Web System

Our web servers automatically record general information on all users who browse the content of our site. These data collection systems gather:

1. Your IP address
2. The Internet domain for your Internet service, such as company.com or school.edu
3. The type of connection you use to connect to the site (such as a modem or a local area network)
4. The type and version of the browser you are using to access msteacher.org (such as Netscape 5.0 or Internet Explorer 6.0)
5. The type and version of the operating system you use (such as Macintosh or Windows)
6. The screen resolution and color depth of your monitor, as well as the size of your browser window
7. What version of JavaScript is associated with your browser, whether Java is enabled, and whether cookies are supported
8. Whether or not a page you are visiting is set as the home page on your browser
9. The address of the previous site you were visiting, if you linked to msteacher.org from another site
10. The pages you visit on the NSDL Middle School Portal and the files you download
11. The date, time, and length of time of your visit.

The logs are periodically summarized and analyzed to study site usage over time to help us improve the site's organization, performance, and usefulness. This information is only examined in the aggregate, not at the individual level.

Copyright/Terms of Use

The Ohio State University holds copyright on all original materials we publish, including articles, catalog records, metadata, and photographs. However, you are free to copy, display, or distribute the work under the following conditions:

1. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor.
2. You may not use this work for commercial purposes.
3. You may not alter, transform, or build upon the work.

For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work and any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder. Requests for permission to reprint must be submitted by letter, fax, or email. A credit line must accompany the reprint.

Ohio State University holds copyright on all original catalog records and metadata it creates. OSU and its affiliates often contribute original metadata to collaborating projects; in such cases, the metadata may be manipulated by the collaborator but OSU continues to hold copyright on the original work.

Disclaimer

The NSDL Middle School Portal is funded at least in part through a contract with the National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

The NSDL Middle School Portal is not responsible for the content of any referenced web pages created by external parties. The MSP does not necessarily endorse the companies or organizations featured on these pages. MSP provides links to other web sites when, in our judgment, information residing on these sites would be helpful to middle school teachers. We cannot assure that the content will remain the same. It is the responsibility of Internet users to make their own decisions about the accuracy, currency, and reliability of information found.

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Address any questions about these or other policies to

Kimberly Lightle
1929 Kenny Road
Columbus, OH 43210
(614) 688-3485
lightle.16@osu.edu