[WikiEducator] Re: Community update - WikiEducator, OER Foundation etc.
Wayne, These are all great news. I am so happy for you and WE! It's a great community. I would like to thank you for opening your proposal building process. I am working on an SBIR grant for Natural Math for the Family Studies supporting software I discussed on the list earlier, and your proposal is quite helpful. I will be happy to share ours if you think it would be of use to others. Speaking of which, our wiki parts have a WYSIWYG editor that works pretty well, including picture upload and inserting widgets (e.g. youtube video). If it would help your efforts to collaborate on this or other parts of your endeavors, please let me know. On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, At last -- a long overdue update. -- Cheers, MariaD Make math your own, to make your own math. http://www.naturalmath.com social math site http://groups.google.com/group/naturalmath math authoring for kids email group http://www.phenixsolutions.com empowering our innovations --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: Community update - WikiEducator, OER Foundation etc.
Hi Maria, I'm very excited about the new prospects for WE. We have a solid foundations to take our project to new levels -- and you're right, WE is an amazing community! I'm glad you found our open proposal useful for your own grant writing process --- by sharing we reduce duplication of effort and make a small contribution to sustainability and more effective utilisation of scarce resources in education. Pioneered by the Shuttleworth foundation and the compelling insights of Mark Surman -- Open Philanthropy makes a lot of sense -- the concept of open sourcing philanthropy is very powerful. Take a look at how the Shuttleworth foundation have implemented the concepts (See: http://tinyurl.com/p3pvft ). I'm keen for us at WE to build on these experiences. Always interested in collobarting -- thanks for the offer re WYSIWYG editing. Let's explore this further. The FCKeditor extension for Mediawiki has matured over the last couple of months --- particularly with the activity and contributions from Wikia. Once we've migrated to our Phase 2 hosting solution, the next step is to seriously research the implementation of a rich text editing solution for WE -- along with the development and refinement in our policy guidelines for new technologies. I think WYSIWYG will potentially lower the barriers of entry for many educators -- there have been numerous requests for WYSIWYG editing from our community -- let's see if we can respond appropriately :-). Cheers Wayne 2009/5/11 Maria Droujkova droujk...@gmail.com Wayne, These are all great news. I am so happy for you and WE! It's a great community. I would like to thank you for opening your proposal building process. I am working on an SBIR grant for Natural Math for the Family Studies supporting software I discussed on the list earlier, and your proposal is quite helpful. I will be happy to share ours if you think it would be of use to others. Speaking of which, our wiki parts have a WYSIWYG editor that works pretty well, including picture upload and inserting widgets (e.g. youtube video). If it would help your efforts to collaborate on this or other parts of your endeavors, please let me know. On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, At last -- a long overdue update. -- Cheers, MariaD Make math your own, to make your own math. http://www.naturalmath.com social math site http://groups.google.com/group/naturalmath math authoring for kids email group http://www.phenixsolutions.com empowering our innovations -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: Community update - WikiEducator, OER Foundation etc.
Wayne and Maria, I would to be able to edit in both ways, if WE decides to add WYSIWYG. Thank you. Warm wishes, Nellie Deutsch Doctoral Student Educational Leadership Curriculum and Instruction You are invited to join educators for a free 5-day online workshop on how to integrate technology into the classroom and collaborate with educators around the world: http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C25/Register On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Maria, I'm very excited about the new prospects for WE. We have a solid foundations to take our project to new levels -- and you're right, WE is an amazing community! I'm glad you found our open proposal useful for your own grant writing process --- by sharing we reduce duplication of effort and make a small contribution to sustainability and more effective utilisation of scarce resources in education. Pioneered by the Shuttleworth foundation and the compelling insights of Mark Surman -- Open Philanthropy makes a lot of sense -- the concept of open sourcing philanthropy is very powerful. Take a look at how the Shuttleworth foundation have implemented the concepts (See: http://tinyurl.com/p3pvft ). I'm keen for us at WE to build on these experiences. Always interested in collobarting -- thanks for the offer re WYSIWYG editing. Let's explore this further. The FCKeditor extension for Mediawiki has matured over the last couple of months --- particularly with the activity and contributions from Wikia. Once we've migrated to our Phase 2 hosting solution, the next step is to seriously research the implementation of a rich text editing solution for WE -- along with the development and refinement in our policy guidelines for new technologies. I think WYSIWYG will potentially lower the barriers of entry for many educators -- there have been numerous requests for WYSIWYG editing from our community -- let's see if we can respond appropriately :-). Cheers Wayne 2009/5/11 Maria Droujkova droujk...@gmail.com Wayne, These are all great news. I am so happy for you and WE! It's a great community. I would like to thank you for opening your proposal building process. I am working on an SBIR grant for Natural Math for the Family Studies supporting software I discussed on the list earlier, and your proposal is quite helpful. I will be happy to share ours if you think it would be of use to others. Speaking of which, our wiki parts have a WYSIWYG editor that works pretty well, including picture upload and inserting widgets (e.g. youtube video). If it would help your efforts to collaborate on this or other parts of your endeavors, please let me know. On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, At last -- a long overdue update. -- Cheers, MariaD Make math your own, to make your own math. http://www.naturalmath.com social math site http://groups.google.com/group/naturalmath math authoring for kids email group http://www.phenixsolutions.com empowering our innovations -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: Community update - WikiEducator, OER Foundation etc.
Hi Nellie, I agree -- personally I prefer editing using wiki syntax. The ability to edit in both ways (i.e. WYSIWYG and wiki syntax) would need to be specified as a requirement. Currently te FCKeditor extension for Mediawiki enables authors to edit using standard wiki text. We need to research the implications of setting the default choice in user preferences. Rest assured -- we'll keep the WE family posted with proper consultation. This would also have implications for our training support which we'll need to factor into the plans. Cheers Wayne 2009/5/12 NELLIE DEUTSCH nellie.muller.deut...@gmail.com Wayne and Maria, I would to be able to edit in both ways, if WE decides to add WYSIWYG. Thank you. Warm wishes, Nellie Deutsch Doctoral Student Educational Leadership Curriculum and Instruction You are invited to join educators for a free 5-day online workshop on how to integrate technology into the classroom and collaborate with educators around the world: http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C25/Register On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Maria, I'm very excited about the new prospects for WE. We have a solid foundations to take our project to new levels -- and you're right, WE is an amazing community! I'm glad you found our open proposal useful for your own grant writing process --- by sharing we reduce duplication of effort and make a small contribution to sustainability and more effective utilisation of scarce resources in education. Pioneered by the Shuttleworth foundation and the compelling insights of Mark Surman -- Open Philanthropy makes a lot of sense -- the concept of open sourcing philanthropy is very powerful. Take a look at how the Shuttleworth foundation have implemented the concepts (See: http://tinyurl.com/p3pvft). I'm keen for us at WE to build on these experiences. Always interested in collobarting -- thanks for the offer re WYSIWYG editing. Let's explore this further. The FCKeditor extension for Mediawiki has matured over the last couple of months --- particularly with the activity and contributions from Wikia. Once we've migrated to our Phase 2 hosting solution, the next step is to seriously research the implementation of a rich text editing solution for WE -- along with the development and refinement in our policy guidelines for new technologies. I think WYSIWYG will potentially lower the barriers of entry for many educators -- there have been numerous requests for WYSIWYG editing from our community -- let's see if we can respond appropriately :-). Cheers Wayne 2009/5/11 Maria Droujkova droujk...@gmail.com Wayne, These are all great news. I am so happy for you and WE! It's a great community. I would like to thank you for opening your proposal building process. I am working on an SBIR grant for Natural Math for the Family Studies supporting software I discussed on the list earlier, and your proposal is quite helpful. I will be happy to share ours if you think it would be of use to others. Speaking of which, our wiki parts have a WYSIWYG editor that works pretty well, including picture upload and inserting widgets (e.g. youtube video). If it would help your efforts to collaborate on this or other parts of your endeavors, please let me know. On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, At last -- a long overdue update. -- Cheers, MariaD Make math your own, to make your own math. http://www.naturalmath.com social math site http://groups.google.com/group/naturalmath math authoring for kids email group http://www.phenixsolutions.com empowering our innovations -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] May UPE is Declan McCabe
I've been a follower of Declan for as long as he has been a member of WikiEducator. His exemplary work in creating K12 curriculum and using WE as a platform to facilitate his work sets a fantastic example. Look around WE at the middle school biology OER materials, in particular the St. Michaels Collage and you will see Declans work, mentorship and influence. It is an honour to award Declan McCabe as the May 2009 featured user page. Check out his user page, and follow all the St. Michaels College biology projects. Congratulations, Declan!!! http://www.wikieducator.org/UPE#May_2009 Sincerely, Patricia, Nellie Peter --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
