[WikiEducator] Re: This is well aligned with WE

2008-09-11 Thread Steve Foerster
Peter wrote: http://www.technology.virginia.gov/TechnologyNews/index.cfm?id=770 Benjamin Crowell's _Light_and_Matter_ series of physics textbooks was designed for introductory courses at the university level, but it's seen adoption by a number of secondary schools as well:

[WikiEducator] Re: This is well aligned with WE

2008-09-11 Thread Randy Fisher
Maybe they need some 'educatin' about copyright! :-) - Randy On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:27 AM, Steve Foerster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter wrote: http://www.technology.virginia.gov/TechnologyNews/index.cfm?id=770 Benjamin Crowell's _Light_and_Matter_ series of physics textbooks was

[WikiEducator] Re: This is well aligned with WE

2008-09-11 Thread Steve Foerster
I wrote: I wonder why they don't just start with that?  It's already CC-BY-SA; they don't even need to ask. I went ahead and wrote to the contact person listed in the press release. If he responds interestingly I'll post it here. -=Steve=-

[WikiEducator] Re: This is well aligned with WE

2008-09-10 Thread Peter
Particularly given the last line of the news release; The compiled or authored material will be available under the Creative Commons by Attribution Share–Alike license. BIG smile On Sep 10, 10:50 am, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[WikiEducator] Re: This is well aligned with WE

2008-09-10 Thread Derek Chirnside
I'm going to have a look at this. There is a possibility - only slight - of this being quite innovative. It's long been established (as in 15 years or more) that scope and sequence in Physics instruction is very significant, possibly more significant than in some other subjects. 1. ie