Hmm - disappointing that Wikipedia (which doesn't have a page on Watchknow.org, by the way) merits three namechecks in the press release, while Citizendium (which carries a link to Watchknow.org on its home page) doesn't merit a single mention.
Regards, Anton On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Larry Sanger <[email protected]>wrote: > I haven't posted WatchKnow's first press release here yet. Here it is: > > CONTACT: Joe Kaegi > 901-260-4181 > [email protected] > > WIKIPEDIA CO-FOUNDER DESIGNS WIKI-STYLE DIRECTORY OF > EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS FOR CHILDREN > MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Nov. 12, 2009) - Dr. Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia, > has launched a new website designed to gather and organize educational > videos for students ages 3 to 18. > > The site, www.watchknow.org, launched in October and currently features > more > than 11,000 videos across 2,000 categories on subjects such as math, > science > and history. The nonprofit site features new software, specially developed > for the site by Dr. Sanger, which allows wiki-style collaboration among > users. > > "Think of it as YouTube meets Wikipedia, filtering out everything but > quality educational videos," says Dr. Sanger. "WatchKnow.org links together > content from traditional sites, and also allows users of the site to > improve > the organization of the video categories, which makes finding the video you > need much easier." > > The site, which features videos from National Geographic, YouTube and > Google > Videos among others, took more than 18 months to develop and has been > endorsed by educators from schools including Harvard, Stanford, Brigham > Young and more. WatchKnow.org is designed to complement and enhance the > traditional learning experience for students as they study concepts that > are > traditionally hard to learn. > > "Many of our country's educators are unaware of the enormous amount of good > video content available for free online," said Chareen Snelson, an advisory > committee member and professor at Boise State specializing in online > educational videos. "aving a central repository of organized, quality > videos > is a blessing for busy teachers and students." > > WatchKnow.org is funded by the Community Foundation of Northwest > Mississippi > (CFNM), which has set the goal of offering more than 50,000 videos on the > site by the end of 2010. The site offers tips for video searching, separate > pages for students, parents and teachers, and a guide for contributors. > > "Technology is playing an ever-increasing role in the development of our > children, and WatchKnow.org can be a big piece of that puzzle," says Tom > Pittman, president of the CFNM. "We believe that with the help of > educators, > we can create something very important and useful to the future of > education." > > About the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi > The Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi was formed in 2000 with > the mission to place an Internet-accessible computer in every classroom in > the state. It became a pilot project for Mississippi, and the state became > the first with an Internet-accessible computer in every public classroom. > The foundation's continuing function is to connect hundreds of donors with > charitable causes that benefit education, health and children. > > _______________________________________________ > Citizendium-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l >
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