Said, One other thought - the wiki can be a great place to actually develop a funding proposal. We have a very strong precedent for this, as evidence of the recent Learning4Content proposal, that was successful in securing $100K from the Hewlett Foundation. Here's a link for your review: http://www.wikieducator.org/Metawikieducator/Learning4Content
- Randy On Jan 1, 2008 4:37 PM, Randy Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Said, > Very interesting thoughts, and commendable personal vision! > > There are a variety of very cool initiatives in this area, and it would be > great to see it play out on WikiEducator, for kids, adults and other points > in between. > > One of the ways that I've seen WikiEducator work quite well, is as a > 'play-space' for the development of the very ideas you suggest below....so > that it can become a 'project' that further draws people in. It also can > help indicate a critical mass of people and interest, so there is less > 'risk' in joining the project, or even funding proposal possibility... > > As you hone in on what specific ideas you want to focus on, I suggest > creating a web page on WikiEducator, and begin writing these things down, > and inviting input. Even for the wiki-challenged, there's a way to provide > input these days - through Open Office (see tutorial by the Otago folks). > You can invite input in the forums just as you've done here, or even by > sending a email with the link therein....it's very useful, and has a way of > engaging people who might otherwise not know about your project / ideas. > > Regarding your vision, are you aware of other people who share this vision > - and might be interested in collaborating ....? > > I haven't seen your User Page - have you done one? What part of the world > are you from? > > - Randy > > > On Dec 31, 2007 8:56 PM, Said Hamideh < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It's great to see that I've broadcasted in the right channels! Stefan, > > Randy, a pleasure e-meet like-minded people! > > > > I just wanted to add that my personal wish is to be co-director of a > > non-profit whose mission is to utilize online collaborative tools that > > faciliate dialogue and reconciliation between people who need it most. I > > very much intend to not only pursue funding for this project, but to partner > > with other people interested in developing curriculum for and/or > > operationalizing collaborative writing/research projects. It's application > > is virtually limitless given the surplus of the miseducated and the > > misunderstood! Another idea is to have kids collaboratively propose > > different solutions to political gridlock in a way that has them doing > > research on conflict resolution strategies. The formula, in my head, always > > involves an equal measure of collaborative research and Wikipedia-style > > deliberation. > > > > As far as the collaborative playscript document in a wiki -- just > > imagine that everyone gets a turn to improvise a line of dialogue as it > > would fit within the constraints of a reasonable storyline. Each utterance > > which is inserted by one participant allows the community to evaluate its > > appropriateness within the unfolding storyline. A different participant > > might do some cross-checking to find out that what someone else said could > > never happen since it would contradict how things were done in that > > historical time period. The participant that contributed the scrutinized > > line of dialogue would then be engaged in a process of refining the > > utterance. > > > > There would be rules put in place to allow for a certain degree of > > creative control that each participant would have to insert there own > > "twist," to the plot, thus allowing for enough improvisation. A lot of fun > > could a plot line which has several viable continuations... > > > > any thoughts thus far? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 31, 2007 1:28 PM, Randy Fisher < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Stefan & Said, > > > > > > I've heard very good things about the Gulf Island school ~ as I > > > recall, they may have had a showing at the Ridge Theatre in Vancouver. In > > > my > > > view, any project that breaks down 'walls' between people - > > > Jewish/Palestinian; aboriginal / white folks, or just about anyone > > > else...is > > > a good thing...I've heard of it being done with sports, and it's really > > > neat > > > when it comes to arts and entertainment. > > > > > > Regarding a wiki as a collaboration space, I think it is very useful. > > > However, beyond the technical functionality of the wiki itself, I think > > > it's > > > critical to consider the Community of Support within and around the > > > wiki.....thus, I'd like to make a case for you to conduct said (no pun > > > intended!) activities on WikiEducator.... > > > > > > Our community is growing, and we'd like to hook up like-minded people, > > > to form clusters that are geographic and interest-based....It sounds like > > > there are already two-like-minded people here! > > > > > > Imagine using collaborative scriptwriting as you suggest - for > > > developing curricula for high school kids, or even primary school > > > kids....That is right up WikiEd's alley...and from my experience in the > > > business and nonprofit world, it seems to me that a well thought out > > > curricula might be a great candidate for some kind of funding... > > > > > > What do you think about these ideas? > > > > > > - Randy > > > > > > On Dec 30, 2007 1:59 AM, Rasporich <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hello Said, > > > > > > > > I thought you might be interested in the Gulf Islands Film and > > > > Television School in Canada, who have had students from Israel and > > > > Palestine work together on collaborative filmmaking. > > > > > > > > http://www.gulfislands.net/news.asp?ID=1636 > > > > > > > > Also, I have had some experience doing playwriting collaboratively > > > > online, and used google docs, but I really like the idea of the wiki > > > > - it would seem to be a natural way to explore historical context > > > > linked to from the play, all embedded in the wiki. (As for 3rd > > > > party widgets I have no idea, but am interested to see what comes up > > > > - > > > > how exactly do you envision the learner using the social networking, > > > > play collaboration and wiki to interact?) > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Stefan Rasporich > > > > > > > > On Dec 30, 10:05am, Said <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > check out the learning community I am launching today. It involves > > > > > > > > > ethinic reconciliation through collaborative historical research > > > > and > > > > > improvisational playwriting: > > > > > > > > > > http://performing4peace.ning.com/ > > > > > > > > > > It makes sense that a playscript would be written in a wiki rather > > > > > than through a discussion forum. So far I have yet to find any 3rd > > > > > party widgets that have wiki functionality for social networking > > > > > sites. 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