Wow Chris! SuperUser is looking great! All MediaWiki too! Give this man a job... he is at where I hope Wikied will be at some day...
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Chris Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's also a tag and tag cloud extension, you can see it in use on my > wiki on the mainpage > > http://superuser.com.au/Main_Page > > If you look on the following page you can see down the bottom to "add tag" > which is sort of the same as categories. > > http://superuser.com.au/News_aggregator_lesson > > Warm Regards > Chris > http://chris.superuser.com.au/ > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 7:05 AM, Brent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Categories are kind of like tags but categorizing something as >> [[Category:Valierieslist]] probably isn't that helpful to anyone besides >> Valerie :-) .. thats what the watchlist function is for. The De.licio.ustip >> is a good one, and as Leigh has suggested you can then embed the RSS >> from any del.icio.us tag back into a page off of your user page say as a >> way to keep track of pages you've "tagged/bookmarked" like this. It is also >> worth exploring the http://www.wikieducator.org/Special:RecentChangespage a >> bit. There is functionality in there to limit recent changes to just >> certain categories as well. I had been working somewhat on these as well: >> http://www.wikieducator.org/Portal:Primary but they still need quite a >> bit of work/content to be useful. >> >> brent. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Leigh Blackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> >>> Regarding Valerie's suggestion for a way to browse, and Maria's example >>> of Flickr and tagging: >>> >>> Valarie - I agree, it would be nice, especially for when introducing the >>> wiki to people. >>> Maria - Welcome (nice to have another experienced social media user with >>> us) good suggestions - I think the category feature in the wiki can be used >>> as a kind of tagging system. >>> >>> When you come across a page that you think should be added to the browse >>> list, simply click edit and type [[category:browselist]] or some other tag >>> word. >>> If it is useful to you for something else, add perhaps add >>> [[category:valerieslist]]. >>> These category tags will be added as links to the bottom of the page. >>> When you click those links, you'll be taken to an index page where all the >>> tagged pages are listed in alphabetical order. Now, at the techtonic shift >>> way back, I asked the tech madician behind Wikied if we could apply a tag >>> cloud look to the category feature which would give us a clearer idea of >>> what category tags where popular. >>> >>> An alternative way to achieve this is to use Del.icio.us. Use it to >>> bookmark and tag a wikieducator page. Go to Del.icio.us to view your >>> list. When viewing your list, look for the RSS feed for that list. Take the >>> URL for that RSS feed, and create a page on Wikieducator called "Browse >>> List". Add that RSS feed to that page. After that RSS feed URL has had a few >>> bits of wiki syntax added to it by me or anyone who knows how, then the page >>> will display the Del.icio.us list right there on the page. This method >>> is a type of third party media embed and can be done for video and audio as >>> well. >>> >>> Personally, I think both methods are good - but I have a preference for >>> Del.icio.us because it decentralises content a little. I am quite >>> nervous about putting everything into the wiki and prefer to distribute >>> across services as a type of backup plan - as well as broader range of >>> digital literacy development. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 8:10 AM, Patricia Schlicht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Dear Valerie, >>>> >>>> Those are great thoughts, Valerie. Why don't you add them to the >>>> Community Portal for WikiEducator under the appropriate to-do list. >>>> >>>> http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Community_Portal >>>> >>>> Thank you. >>>> Warm regards, >>>> Patricia >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: wikieducator@googlegroups.com [mailto: >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of valerie >>>> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 8:14 AM >>>> To: WikiEducator >>>> Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: WIkiEducator 3.0 -- Asking the right >>>> questions >>>> >>>> >>>> I don't know if this is something new that is needed or something that >>>> already exists. >>>> >>>> What I would really like to do is "browse" or "graze" through >>>> WikiEducator - like flipping through a magazine or a journal. I'm sure >>>> there is lots of great stuff, but I have yet to find a good way to see >>>> the broad spectrum and stumble upon stuff. >>>> >>>> Search isn't the answer, because I don't know what I'm looking for but >>>> I'll know it when I see it. >>>> >>>> What would be even better would be some over layer / meta data layer - >>>> sort of like social bookmarking but just for WE content (at least for >>>> now). I would like to hop "sequentially" through all the WE content - >>>> start anywhere - see the high level pages or a map that showed number >>>> of links, child pages, last update, creation date, tags, categories. >>>> >>>> I want to just scroll or click through the list in some orderly but >>>> quick way - browse! Like scanning the Sunday New York Times. If I see >>>> something of interest, I'd like to note and tag it against my criteria >>>> - my subject/ classification, remember to revisit, and some general >>>> site wide criteria - completeness, readability. >>>> >>>> There are a couple of frustrations with WE now, as I see it. I'm not >>>> aware of any good, quick way to see everything that is out there. >>>> Finding the "good stuff" that is complete enough for consideration as >>>> an OER or Learning object is way too hard. >>>> >>>> There are also some general WE housekeeping issues - I know, I'm part >>>> of the problem. Personal notes, brain dumps, kernels of future >>>> projects or topics of interest, or worse - tried it and abandoned >>>> pages. This is all interspersed with fine materials that really should >>>> be seen and promoted, both within WE and the WE community and to a >>>> global audience. >>>> >>>> It would be nice if this were easy. I hope there are tools available >>>> or forthcoming to address some of these needs. Some of us see >>>> ourselves as noders and linkers - reviewing and classifying entries in >>>> this great WE resource but lack the tools to be effective. >>>> >>>> Are there tools available now? I did review the WE 3.0 page, but I >>>> didn't come away with too much on questions like this - too process >>>> oriented? Too far down the hierarchy of issues? Are they part of the >>>> plan? >>>> >>>> ..Valerie >>>> >>>> On Oct 11, 4:01 pm, Wayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> > Hi everyone, >>>> > >>>> > In a socially connected world it is more beneficial to have the right >>>> > questions than the right answers to the wrong questions. >>>> > >>>> > I've been working on a WikiEducator 3.0 draft node. Please read >>>> through >>>> > the summary provided on this page to familiarise yourself with our >>>> > current context: >>>> > >>>> > http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:WikiEducator_3.0 >>>> > >>>> > WE are inviting the community to help us in brainstorming a list of >>>> the >>>> > "right" questions for the third phase of our strategic plan. Once >>>> we've >>>> > generated a reasonable list of questions we will engage in discussion >>>> > and reflection on whether we have listed the right questions -- before >>>> > we attempt to answer them :-). These discussions will form the >>>> > foundation of our operational plan for Phase 3 of our strategic plan. >>>> > >>>> > Cheers >>>> > Wayne >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> Leigh Blackall >>> +64(0)21736539 >>> skype - leigh_blackall >>> SL - Leroy Goalpost >>> http://learnonline.wordpress.com >>> http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Leighblackall >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > -- -- Leigh Blackall +64(0)21736539 skype - leigh_blackall SL - Leroy Goalpost http://learnonline.wordpress.com http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Leighblackall --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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