Thanks. I've looked at Simple English Wiktionary. The approach is perfect, but the problem is that it is very sparse. Of 10 "sample" words I looked up in various pd or open dictionaries, only 2 of the 10 were even listed in the Simple English Wiktionary. There are definitely some synergies between these two projects, though the needs of primary native English speaking students are somewhat different than general English language learners I think.
On Nov 1, 8:36 pm, "Leigh Blackall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > not sure if this relates or is useful but here goes anyway: > > Simple English Wikipedia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · * > Learn more about citing > Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_Wikipedia> > * · > Jump to: > navigation<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_English_Wikipedia#column-one>, > search <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_English_Wikipedia#searchInput> > [image: Favicon of > Wikipedia]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wikipedia-favicon.png>Simple > English Wikipedia > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wikipedia-logo-simple.png> > URL<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator>http://simple.wikipedia.org/ > Commercial? No Type of site Internet > encyclopedia > project<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_encyclopedia_project> > Registration Optional Available > language<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_language> > (s) Basic English <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_English> Owner > Wikimedia > Foundation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation> Created by > > *Simple English Wikipedia* is an > English<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language>edition of the > Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia> > encyclopedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia>, > written in Basic English <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_English>. The > site's stated aim is to be useful for children, those learning > English<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language_learning_and_teaching> > ,[1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_English_Wikipedia#_note-0> those > wanting to know basic information about a topic (not in > depth),[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_English_Wikipedia#_note-1>and > those who are partially literate in English. It also intends to serve > as > a basis for translating articles to other > Wikipedias.[3]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_English_Wikipedia#_note-2> > > Many articles are shorter than their English > Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia>counterparts. > > On July 26 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_26>, > 2006<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006>, > the Simple English Wikipedia reached 10,000 articles. As of August > 24<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_24>, > 2007 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007>, it has more than 18,000 articles, > over 50,000 pages and over 11,000 registered users. > > [edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simple_English_Wikipedia&ac...> > ] References > > 1. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_English_Wikipedia#_ref-0>*Lim, > Daryl. (January 30, 2007) Digital > Life <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Press_Holdings>. *Vandals > beware:Wikipedia, the free-to-edit online encyclopaedia, doesn't maintain > itself. <http://derekbaby.spaces.live.com/>* Section: Digital Life - > Internet. (writing "Terence: You improve your reading and writing skills, > too." and "Ding Xiang became an administrator of the Simple English > Wikipedia in November last year.") > 2. *^ > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_English_Wikipedia#_ref-1>*Blakely, > Rhys. (March 24, 2007) The > Times <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times>. *The week on the > web.<http://www.newsint-archive.co.uk/pages/S.asp?pubsel=TIM&SrchText=Simp...> > * Section: Home news; Page 36. (writing, "Spin doctors: Amateur > scientists rushed to edit the entry for "Earth" on Simple English > Wikipedia, > the version of the online encyclopedia "written in simple English for easy > reading". "The Earth spins like a basketball on Dennis Rodman's finger," an > early version read. Obviously not simple enough, it was altered to: "The > Earth spins (that means it turns around itself) ..." > simple.wikipedia.org"). > 3. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_English_Wikipedia#_ref-2>* > Wikipedia:Simple > English > Wikipedia<http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simple_English_Wikipedia>(from > the Simple English Wikipedia), retrieved on November > 17 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_17>, > 2006<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006> > . > > > [edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simple_English_Wikipedia&ac...> > ] External link > > - Simple English Wikipedia main page <http://simple.wikipedia.org/> > > On 11/2/07, Erik Moeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On 11/1/07, Karen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am working on starting up a collaboration an open kids simple > > > dictionary. In doing so, I've looked at what is already available in > > > terms of free dictionaries (See > >http://www.k12opened.com/blog/archives/43 > > > and > >http://www.k12opened.com/wiki/index.php/Dictionary#Kids_Simple_Dictio... > > ), > > > but there does not seem to be anything available for primary aged > > > students. > > > Hello Karen, > > > besides WikiEducator, I'm involved with a project called OmegaWiki. > > It's a special wiki software developed by a non-profit organization to > > maintain structured data like dictionaries in a more systematic way. > > One of our content projects is the dictionary for the "One Laptop Per > > Child" project: > > >http://www.omegawiki.org/OLPC_Children%27s_Dictionary > >http://www.omegawiki.org/OLPC_Children%27s_Dictionary/Lists_of_terms > > > If you want, I can get you in touch with the people who are > > coordinating this initiative. :-) > > -- > > Toward Peace, Love & Progress: > > Erik > > > DISCLAIMER: This message does not represent an official position of > > the Wikimedia Foundation or its Board of Trustees. > > -- > -- > Leigh Blackall > +64(0)21736539 > skype - leigh_blackall > SL - Leroy Goalposthttp://learnonline.wordpress.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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