Re: [WikiEducator] Mobile friendly Wikieducator pages?

2021-08-21 Thread Declan
that others will collaborateand sometimes they do. Wikieducator is ideal for collaboration. Of course I can plop in an OER license on any platform Thanks for the offer; I'd like to give it a try. Declan On Friday, August 13, 2021 at 12:58:37 AM UTC-4 Wayne Mackintosh wrote: > Hi Dec

[WikiEducator] Mobile friendly Wikieducator pages?

2021-08-12 Thread Declan
Cheers Declan -- -- 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

[WikiEducator] Re: Delay on New WikiEducator Accounts?

2019-03-02 Thread Declan
instruction page I can follow? Cheers Declan On Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 4:11:44 PM UTC-5, Steve Foerster wrote: > > Does anyone know whether there is a human approval component to new > accounts being established on WikiEducator, and if so who those humans are? > A colleag

[WikiEducator] New scientific paper based on OER content

2018-05-30 Thread Declan
heartfelt thanks to the OER community for the logistical and technical support in encouraging this sort of strange and wonderful collaboration. Sincerely Declan -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visi

Re: [WikiEducator] Nature trail mobile app

2017-03-25 Thread Declan
:19:34 AM UTC-4, Luis Miguel Morillas wrote: > > Hi, Declan > > It's a cool and a very interesting and collaborative idea. We have got > a wiki where teachers can upload resources and experiences and we > geolocalize them and show in a map[1]. But an app using tracks is v

[WikiEducator] Re: Nature trail mobile app

2017-03-25 Thread Declan
Thank you! On Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 12:01:58 AM UTC-4, Kavita Sinha wrote: > > I like this initiative. > Do ask me if you need help. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org

[WikiEducator] Re: Nature trail mobile app

2017-03-25 Thread Declan
reated yet?* > *What software to adapt here?* > *Thanks.Sounds real interesting.* > *Hollis Sankar* > *Trinidad and Tobago* > > > On Monday, 20 March 2017 21:25:44 UTC-4, Declan wrote: >> >> Hi folks. I posted this on the FB group just now. Not sure how best t

[WikiEducator] Nature trail mobile app

2017-03-20 Thread Declan
Hi folks. I posted this on the FB group just now. Not sure how best to reach the WE community these days. What do you think of a wiki-based mobile app for nature trails? An educator could establish a trail using a mobile phone/camera/GPS. Others could follow the trail and the content would

[WikiEducator] Seeking Luis Miguel!

2016-09-28 Thread Declan
wrote and implemented the code to transfer Atmar and Patterson’s data sets to Wikieducator." Cheers Declan -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the di

[WikiEducator] Re: Soft launch - A new home for the OERu community site

2015-09-15 Thread Declan
I also signed up. Looks great. -- -- 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] Re: Potential new project. Aquatic insect key

2015-08-20 Thread Declan
I looked at the shark key. Looks like a fairly typical dichotomous key. That structure also exists for bugsgreat starting point Another way I'm considering implementing a new key structure: Provide a set of images and ask a question. As each question is answered the panel of potential

Re: [WikiEducator] Potential new project. Aquatic insect key

2015-08-08 Thread Declan
-08-08 3:45 GMT+02:00 Declan declan...@gmail.com javascript:: Hi folks I have put some aquatic insect resources online in WE and I'm considering a new one. The idea is an aquatic invertebrate key...point and click with lots of photographs. All traditional identification

[WikiEducator] Potential new project. Aquatic insect key

2015-08-07 Thread Declan
categories and sub categories? Any thoughts or suggestions before I begin? Cheers Declan -- -- 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

[WikiEducator] Fewer spammers?

2015-03-08 Thread Declan
Hi folks is it my imagination or have we had fewer spammers recently in WikiEducator? Refreshing trend! Happy Educating Declan -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit

[WikiEducator] Re: Seasons Greetings

2014-12-26 Thread Declan
Season's greetings indeed!! Wishing everyone a wonderful 2015. -- -- 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

Re: [WikiEducator] .....and now for something completely different? an Iphone app

2014-09-10 Thread Declan
training and help for no reason other than a desire to further education across the globe. On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 11:26:39 PM UTC-4, Wayne Mackintosh wrote: Hi Declan, Wow - -that's so cool. A student initiative taking the streams project mobile! Nice one!. W On Wed, Sep 10, 2014

[WikiEducator] .....and now for something completely different? an Iphone app

2014-09-09 Thread Declan
there is no wifi. Most important...it preserves the wiki flexibility...any changes made to the wiki get reflected in the app every time the sync button is pushed. Search for Vermont macroinvertebrate in the app store if you are interested. one more way Wikieducator can be used. Cheers Declan

[WikiEducator] Let's roll out the welcome mat.....because it's hard to be a Wikineighbor...or even WikiNeighbour ;)

2014-05-08 Thread Declan
been welcomed 3 or 4 times by different users, the person doing the welcoming should remove the category from the new user page to slim down the category and make it easy to see the new folks? Any thoughts? Cheers Declan -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[WikiEducator] Seeking collaborators; mammalogists; musem curators; educators; every continent

2014-03-25 Thread Declan
educational materials. You are welcome to work within our framework or copy components wholesale to your own WE pages. Wishing you all a wonderful evening/morning/night/afternoon where ever you are! Declan McCabe -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[WikiEducator] Re: Progress towards mobile and responsive design?

2013-04-26 Thread Declan
Going mobile would be very useful for my streams pages. Each page has a map to the specific stream site that the page was designed for. Having that content available for download to a tablet would be valuable alsoby that I mean I'd like to download a page and all of it's nested links to my

[WikiEducator] Re: Wikieducator thumbnail sketch / handout

2013-03-20 Thread Declan
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[WikiEducator] Dog skulls coming online

2013-03-20 Thread Declan
might be photographs of a dozen species of wild canids plus the other species we have in our collection. These could be used for morphology-based phylogenetics. If anyone has skulls or photos they'd like to contribute please let me know. Cheers Declan -- -- You received this message because

[WikiEducator] Re: Biologists: Coyote skull resource up and running

2013-01-31 Thread Declan
Michael had more timeup to 46 total with a dozen from northeast and 9 from Washington state for a nice East West comparison. On Monday, January 28, 2013 2:09:51 PM UTC-5, Declan wrote: Sandy and Alison, It will be great to see it getting some use beyond my own classroom. I'd welcome

[WikiEducator] Re: Biologists: Coyote skull resource up and running

2013-01-28 Thread Declan
Sandy and Alison, It will be great to see it getting some use beyond my own classroom. I'd welcome any lessons or activities you'd like to post to the site. Special thanks to Michael Gordon and Catherine Vu who have done the lion's share of photography. More skulls coming! Declan -- -- You

[WikiEducator] Biologists: Coyote skull resource up and running

2013-01-24 Thread Declan
shipping; let me know they are coming dmcc...@smcvt.edu). If you have arbitrary skulls gathering dust we'll put them to good use in our general teaching collection: Dr. Declan McCabe; Biology Box 283; Saint Michael's College; Colchester VT 05403; USA Trades considered also. Our New

[WikiEducator] Northeastern USA biologists: Stream insect resource up and running

2013-01-24 Thread Declan
, a gallery of the 'usual suspects' may improve accuracy and more rapidly generate a data set: http://wikieducator.org/Potash_Brook Special thanks to Jim and others in the WE community for help in launching this project. Night Declan -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[WikiEducator] Re: Can you test drive an idea for me?

2012-05-20 Thread Declan
Thanks Alison, Currently there are 15 skulls. I have not entered anything in the way of metadata, but the collection state can be read from the tags in the photos. I'd welcome any measurements, comments, suggestions. Thanks also for the edits; I appreciate any help I get. Cheers, Declan

[WikiEducator] Re: Can you test drive an idea for me?

2012-05-16 Thread Declan
the same measurement for length from the left side and the right side of the same skull. Width should be the same on the top and bottom views. Different teachers should arrive at the same number. Also I want to make sure that the instructions are intelligible. Cheers, Declan -- You received

[WikiEducator] Re: Can you test drive an idea for me?

2012-05-12 Thread Declan
larger as you go north 2. East coast Coyotes are larger than west coast Coyotes (because of hybridization with wolves) We hope others will find other ways to make use of the photos. Cheers, Declan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group

[WikiEducator] Re: Can you test drive an idea for me?

2012-05-12 Thread Declan
Another idea that occurred to me was to use the measurements for statistical exercises: regression; T-tests; that sort of thing. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the

[WikiEducator] Re: Can you test drive an idea for me?

2012-05-11 Thread Declan
Thanks Don we are hoping to get a few measurements to ground truth the technique. Cheers Declan -- 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

[WikiEducator] Can you test drive an idea for me?

2012-05-09 Thread Declan
/Category:Skull and measure total length or width. Post your results and comment on the discussion page for the skull in question. I'd like to see if the instructions make sense. I'm also open to ideas for ways to use the data set. Cheers, Declan -- You received this message because you

[WikiEducator] Re: WikiEducator office hours and IRC - informal problem solving

2012-03-29 Thread Declan
I can attest that Jim is very helpful by whatever way you contact him -- 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

[WikiEducator] Next biology idea - Skull morphology

2012-03-29 Thread Declan
? Any suggestions to improve it before I start photography? Cheers, Declan -- 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

[WikiEducator] Booklet feature

2012-02-25 Thread Declan
Hi folks, I recall that there was a way to build booklet-scale PDFs by somehow collecting a series of WE wikis. I think you could make a single page- numbered PDF from 2 or more wiki pages. Do we still have that feature and if so what is it called so that I can relearn. Cheers, Declan

[WikiEducator] Re: Booklet feature

2012-02-25 Thread Declan
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[WikiEducator] Re: Booklet feature

2012-02-25 Thread Declan
. This may become even more important if we start importing more photos from other photographers. Thanks again. Declan -- 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

[WikiEducator] Re: Stream insect site is up and runing

2012-02-20 Thread Declan
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[WikiEducator] Re: Stream insect site is up and runing

2012-02-20 Thread Declan
the number of points under 15 so that the work could be done in spread sheets. Lots of possibilities :) Night Declan -- 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

[WikiEducator] Re: Citations, the Internet, and Wikipedia

2012-02-14 Thread Declan
Jim, I would say you are exactly on topic. If we can engage students, get them thinking critically about new material, and considering the quality of sources, then we will have taken an important step. Cheers, Declan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[WikiEducator] Stream insect site is up and runing

2012-02-13 Thread Declan
interested, we'd welcome collaborators. We are adding more photographs as time permits and will shortly add more rivers. Thanks Jim T for all of the support in getting up and running. Cheers, Declan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group

[WikiEducator] Re: Stream insect site is up and runing

2012-02-13 Thread Declan
analysis you may be interested in teaching. Continuous/discrete/categorical. Cheers, Declan -- 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

[WikiEducator] Re: Citations, the Internet, and Wikipedia

2012-02-13 Thread Declan
There was an interesting article comparing scientific accuracy in Wikipedia with Britannica published in Nature: Internet encyclopedias go head to head. Giles, Jim; Nature; Dec 15, 2005; 438, 7070; Britannica rebutted the article and Nature fired back. Fascinating, but ironically you'd need

[WikiEducator] Navigation bar misplaced

2012-01-17 Thread Declan
Hi folks, I noticed that the navigation bar on the left side of Wikieducator seems to have slipped down to the bottom of the page. The problem seems to occur only in Firefox (I use 9.0.1). All appears fine when I dust off MS Hexplorer :) Cheers, Declan -- You received this message because

[WikiEducator] Re: Navigation bar misplaced

2012-01-17 Thread Declan
Thanks Jim, you fixed it indeed! Cheers, Declan Thanks for the report.  I only use the newer Vector skin, so I hadn't noticed. Firefox 9 confused our old version of Mediawiki's browser detection code which made it think it was the KDE browser and applied some fixes to the layout that were

[WikiEducator] Re: Is my bug project a match for W.E.?

2011-12-28 Thread Declan
Happy holidays all, thanks for the many suggestions and help with this project. It is now coming along and I should have the first river pages running in the early new year. It's great to be back and active in the WE community once again. Cheers, Declan -- You received this message because

[WikiEducator] Re: students service learning and student to be a small teacher

2011-12-08 Thread Declan
Declan , do you think , if suppose to let you to do that , any future challenges you might think of ? leo Hi Leo, I did not attempt to organize the older children to work with the younger ones. I do know that one of our partner schools (Mater Christi School in Burlington Vermont) runs very

[WikiEducator] Re: students service learning and student to be a small teacher

2011-12-07 Thread Declan
of staffing changes I no longer offer the program. Feel free to use any of the lessons; that's why they are on Wikieducator. It is a wonderful thing you have planned. Enjoy. Declan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit

[WikiEducator] Re: Is my bug project a match for W.E.?

2011-11-29 Thread Declan
://wikieducator.org/User:JimTittsler/Data would be very useful! It would give control to the teachers. Right now I make a static web site and if the schools find a new bug they must send it to me to get it added to their web site - so rather clumsy. Cheers, Declan -- You received this message because you

[WikiEducator] Is my bug project a match for W.E.?

2011-11-28 Thread Declan
. But I think it has some potential if the WE community feels that it has a place for something such as this. What do folks think? Declan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit

[WikiEducator] Re: Is my bug project a match for W.E.?

2011-11-28 Thread Declan
to see if this might technically work and I'm confident it would: http://wikieducator.org/User:Dmccabe/My_sandbox/obscure_Bugs. Clearly I'm ahead of my grading if I can do this tonight. Cheers, Declan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator

[WikiEducator] Re: abandoned pages with little or no content

2010-12-29 Thread Declan
Agreed; most of the pages in question were long-since abandoned and I deleted them. I left the U Auckland logos for the user to take care of the licensing. I admire Anil's Herculean effort. People are busy and it is a challenge to attract their time and energy to even worthy projects. -- You

[WikiEducator] Re: abandoned pages with little or no content

2010-12-27 Thread Declan
). But I just looked at the listed files today, and all but one of the pages were created by one user and the deletion was requested by a different user. I'm not comfortable deleting them in this case; I agree that adding a stub template would be more appropriate. Cheers, Declan -- You received

[WikiEducator] Re: Aquatic insect images

2010-12-11 Thread Declan
on this in the new year. Cheers, Declan -- 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

[WikiEducator] Aquatic insect images

2010-12-07 Thread Declan
? These will be black ink line drawings: what format is best? PNG? Cheers, Declan -- 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

[WikiEducator] Re: Help Needed;Teaching/Learning Resources

2010-11-09 Thread Declan
Hi Elizabeth, some primary school science resources here: http://wikieducator.org/Biology_in_elementary_schools Cheers Declan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit

[WikiEducator] Re: Scitable by Nature Knowledge

2010-11-07 Thread Declan
the attribution have been handled in this situation? Cheers, Declan -- 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

[WikiEducator] Scitable by Nature Knowledge

2010-11-06 Thread Declan
Hi folks, this is a new resource that may be of use to the science educators out there: http://www.nature.com/scitable It's a free science library. Cheers, Declan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http

[WikiEducator] Re: removing entomology content

2010-04-07 Thread Declan
terrestrial specimen collection, but the college's teaching collection would be more than adequate to get many of the images needed to populate a general entomological resource. Cheers, Declan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit

[WikiEducator] Re: Form-based Upload file page

2010-04-02 Thread Declan
found my own images in wikimedia that were uploaded to wikipedia and no trace of attribution or whatever (arbitrary) license I had used. Simple transfer among the wiki resources would make it easier. Cheers, Declan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[WikiEducator] Re: Form-based Upload file page

2010-04-02 Thread Declan
Thanks Alison! that's perfect! -- 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] Figure caption issues in Rich Text Editor

2010-03-13 Thread Declan
that problem? Cheers, Declan -- 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

[WikiEducator] Re: WE environmental resources

2010-01-12 Thread Declan
be signed electronically. Others would be very welcome to take our wording, develop their own and link them from this starting page. Cheers, Declan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org

[WikiEducator] Biology in Elementary Schools

2010-01-07 Thread Declan
in the classrooms of our partner schools in Vermont (USA). Cheers, Declan -- 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

[WikiEducator] Re: Where to report spam

2009-12-09 Thread Declan
A delete template will cause some admins to take a peek! Seems like as good a use of the template as any other. Cheers! Declan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit

[WikiEducator] Re: December UPE

2009-12-01 Thread Declan
Congrats Nellie, amazing work and well deserved. Cheers, Declan -- 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

[WikiEducator] page rankings

2009-11-19 Thread Declan
Hi folks, I recall that there is a WE link that ranks all pages by hit counts. Can someone point me in the right direction please? Thanks, Declan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group

[WikiEducator] Re: Wikipedia model

2009-11-11 Thread Declan
it. If the images are of broader use to biologists let us know; we'll 'Wikimedia' them. Cheers, Declan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org

[WikiEducator] Re: Ideas and thoughts WE's working in the school sector

2009-06-24 Thread Declan
(or discussion page); type {{citations}} and hit save. Similar templates can quickly be made for other common writing mistakes. Good luck, Declan On Jun 24, 6:30 am, Gurmit gurmit.si...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Wayne and everyone I am tasked with creating an open access toolkit on scientific writing

[WikiEducator] Re: Please be careful not to contribute to the e-divide.

2009-06-15 Thread Declan
When I discussed the free resources available on WE with a grade school teacher just back from Tanzania, she gently informed me that reliable electricity and even more basic needs were larger issues for her former school than access to even a very basic computer. I wonder what we can do about

[WikiEducator] Vandalism?

2009-05-31 Thread Declan
in same time frame might suggest same individual). Cheers, Declan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[WikiEducator] Re: Vandalism?

2009-05-31 Thread Declan
OK then, I blocked 4 user names. If any are in error,please let me know. I did not fix the sites; I'll leave that to the site authors. Cheers, Declan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator

[WikiEducator] Re: Bring in the Ning

2009-05-30 Thread Declan
Were it not for the problems with liquid threads, I'd be for discussing WE on WE. Never heard of Ning; but willing to try. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator:

[WikiEducator] Calling all biologists; seeking collaboration

2009-05-21 Thread Declan
recruit your friendly neighborhood biologist to the project and let's see what can be done. Let's have something excellent before the text books can catch up with us. Cheers, Declan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

[WikiEducator] Re: Hugely important fossil description published under CCA License

2009-05-19 Thread Declan
On May 19, 9:35 pm, aprasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Declan, I followed the link you have provided. It is Great. Shall WE community wikify it? Anil We certainly should! I suspect this will be in the next edition of a great many Biology text books and will be the basis for exploring

[WikiEducator] Re: Hugely important fossil description published under CCA License

2009-05-19 Thread Declan
model for other collaborations and more importantly to increase usability. Anil, and Sarita, thank you both for your interest. Let's see who else we can recruit! This may well keep me in WE in my off season. Good night, Declan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

[WikiEducator] Re: May UPE is Declan McCabe

2009-05-13 Thread Declan
gratifying to be listed among such excellent company on the UPE site! Declan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[WikiEducator] Re: Reflections

2009-05-08 Thread Declan
://academics.smcvt.edu/Vermont_rivers/ It's a complete change of gears and I focus on it for my summer; it leaves little time for WE, but I tend to return refreshed. See you all in 2010! Declan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

[WikiEducator] Site down?

2009-04-22 Thread Declan
Hi folks, Is this just me? Wikieducator seems to be down so, any thoughts on how long we might be out of action? Minor panic for me; I'm in the process of grading several wiki projects. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

[WikiEducator] Re: Site down?

2009-04-22 Thread Declan
OK; panic over; seems to be back, phew!! On Apr 22, 2:24 pm, Declan declanjmcc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, Is this just me?  Wikieducator seems to be down so, any thoughts on how long we might be out of action?  Minor panic for me; I'm in the process of grading several wiki projects

[WikiEducator] Deleting pages

2009-04-22 Thread Declan
interest that we should link it from a tutorial? Your thoughts would be welcome. Cheers, Declan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org

[WikiEducator] Re: a question of copyright

2009-04-07 Thread Declan
Most journals I have published in permit me to post a pdf file online. Google scholar links to those pdf, so I recommend that when ever possible and legal, we should post the pdfs online to facilitate access. It is important to check however, because not all publishers permit posting of pdfs.

[WikiEducator] Re: wikieducator - 14 new messages in 4 topics - digest

2009-04-02 Thread Declan
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[WikiEducator] Re: Non Formal Education *NFE discussion

2009-03-19 Thread Declan
by others, or by you if your mood brings you back this direction. Most important, I would not let the technical learning curve get in the way of content. All the best, Declan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[WikiEducator] Re: Ages (age ranges) on educational materials.

2009-02-26 Thread Declan
Good thought! My students currently develop and tag their projects based on U.S. grades. However, that does not translate universally and an age rating would be universal. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[WikiEducator] Uploaded file names, overwritten pictures

2009-02-25 Thread Declan
be ignored? Cheers, Declan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[WikiEducator] Text wrapping question

2009-02-18 Thread Declan
templates patterned on the basic model. Cheers, Declan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[WikiEducator] New message notification not working

2009-02-17 Thread Declan
does not seem to work for me. Has this been a problem for others? Cheers, Declan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit

[WikiEducator] Re: February UPE is Gladys Gahona

2009-02-16 Thread Declan
Gladys, Congrats on all you have achieved in a short period of time. Congrats also on the well-deserved recognition. Cheers, Declan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit

[WikiEducator] Re: Wikieducator.com?

2009-02-16 Thread Declan
Hi Wayne and Randy, I appreciate the thought and planning going into this exploration. Ultimately we all need to make a living and if there is some payback for for WE then so much the better. I don't see an immediate way to jump in, but I hope others do! Cheers, Declan

[WikiEducator] Re: Featured Project category; Community Media

2009-02-16 Thread Declan
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[WikiEducator] Sustainability

2009-02-15 Thread Declan
here. Cheers, Declan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[WikiEducator] Wikieducator.com?

2009-02-13 Thread Declan
Hi all, one of my students stumbled onto our .com alter ego. I noticed a lot of familiar users. Has there been discussion here that I missed in my off season (June through December)? How will it work? Do we anticipate that the products will be generated mostly by WE users? Declan

[WikiEducator] Re: 15 Useful Things Students Do with Mobile Phones

2009-02-10 Thread Declan
east) I think the phone angle is interesting. Perhaps we also need a '15 things to do with a wiki' list. Just 15 won't cut it, but a top 15 might be useful. Perhaps we can add that polling feature that some wikis use. Cheers, Declan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

[WikiEducator] In praise of wikieducator tutorials

2009-02-10 Thread Declan
, Helena, and the many other contributors to this wonderful resource. Cheers Declan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit

[WikiEducator] Re: deletions

2009-02-06 Thread Declan
Gladys, here's a first stab at this: http://www.wikieducator.org/Template:Personal Let me know what you think! Edit away to improve it. Cheers, Declan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator

[WikiEducator] Re: deletions

2009-02-03 Thread Declan
Never mind! it seems my computer was pulling up a cached version of the category On Feb 3, 9:36 am, Declan declanjmcc...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately the 'Deletion requested' category remains active after the page has been deleted.  Looks like the tag will have to be removed prior

[WikiEducator] Re: deletions

2009-02-03 Thread Declan
Unfortunately the 'Deletion requested' category remains active after the page has been deleted. Looks like the tag will have to be removed prior to deletion. Any clever solutions? For now I'll add a note to the category page. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

[WikiEducator] Re: Generate PDF file on WE

2009-02-02 Thread Declan
frequently mishandles hotlinks resulting in words being smashedtogetherlikethis. Cheers, Declan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit

[WikiEducator] deletions

2009-02-01 Thread Declan
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