Hi Nellie - Wow that was fast!!!
Thinking out loud here .... From my perspective a WikiEducator glossary should: 1. Define/describe the concepts we typically use in our community discussions, eg "free content", "community values" etc. 2. For me a glossary is a short description of the concepts we use rather than an alternate navigation system for finding content resources in the wiki. So I'm thinking that we should: 1. Think about criteria that would qualify listing of a concept within the glossaries emerging on the site -- wow this is a hot development idea gaining traction on WE! 2. Decide on a uniform layout for glossaries. For example in the Math glossary it seems that the following layout is emerging: * Definition * Alternate definitions * Examples * Links See for example: http://www.wikieducator.org/MathGloss/G/Graph In the case of the WikiEducator glossary, I've been playing with the following layout: * Description * Clarifying questions * Links See for example: http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator/Glossary/F/Free_content What do you think? Cheers Wayne On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 16:22 -0700, NELLIE DEUTSCH wrote: > Thank you, Wayne, > Here is my contribution to the New Year: > http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator/Glossary/E > Warm wishes, > Nellie Deutsch > Doctoral Student > Educational Leadership > Curriculum and Instruction > http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C19 > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Nelliemuller > skype:nelliedeutschmuller > > > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Wayne <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Nellie -- > > No worries :-). I've made a humble start describing the > following terms: > > Values (http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator/Glossary/V ) > and > Free content > (http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator/Glossary/F ) > > Still very much work in progress and WE still have lots of > work to do. > > If you have any suggestions for concepts which you feel should > be included in the glossary --- just add them under the > appropriate letter. You'll see an example of the syntax for > adding concepts here: > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/index.php?title=WikiEducator/Glossary/F&action=edit > > I think the WE glossary resource will be a valuable resource > --- it's certainly going to save me a lot of time when > responding to all the email queries I get on a daily basis. > Pretty soon I'll be able to point folk to a link on the site > and become more productive :-). > > Cheers > Wayne > > > > > > On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 15:58 -0700, NELLIE DEUTSCH wrote: > > > Wayne, > > I would love to start using it as soon as it is available, > > is what I meant to say. > > Happy 2009!!! > > Warm wishes, > > Nellie Deutsch > > Doctoral Student > > Educational Leadership > > Curriculum and Instruction > > http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C19 > > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Nelliemuller > > skype:nelliedeutschmuller > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Wayne <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Hi Nellie -- > > > > Its a wiki -- go for it :-) > > > > I believe you can start populating the glossary > > here: > > > > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator/Glossary > > > > > > Cheers > > Wayne > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 13:53 -0700, NELLIE DEUTSCH > > wrote: > > > > > Randy, > > > Is the glossary ready for me to use? > > > Warm wishes, > > > Nellie Deutsch > > > Doctoral Student > > > Educational Leadership > > > Curriculum and Instruction > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C19 > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Nelliemuller > > > skype:nelliedeutschmuller > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Randy Fisher > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I think that there are multiple > > > motivations as to why one might want to > > > consider developing a glossary. > > > > > > That being said, it's high time that we > > > had a place where some of the terms used > > > (er, thrown around) in WikiEducator, have > > > a place for 'definition'. > > > > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator/Glossary > > > > > > As we go merrily along (er, lurch and > > > fall), perhaps these definitions can be > > > inserted into this new home.... > > > > > > - Randy > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Leigh > > > Blackall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 12:36 AM, > > > jkelly952 > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > To design a useful > > > dictionary and one that > > > can be a platform (no > > > quotes) for developing > > > materials you need to > > > consider the age level of > > > the learner (as you > > > noted). While the word > > > "triangle" is used on > > > every > > > age level's math learning > > > materials, its meaning > > > progressively changes > > > as the learner ages. To > > > develop mathematics > > > programs lists of terms > > > by age group need to be > > > developed and definitions > > > that match that > > > learner's world need to be > > > done. > > > > > > For example in reviewing > > > textbook series over the > > > last 30 years in the > > > United States the average > > > 5 year old (plus or minus > > > 1 year) has > > > consistently been exposed > > > to 24 terms out of a list > > > of 78 terms that > > > have been used for that > > > age level. Developing an > > > on line dictionary > > > by age level will help > > > many people. The teacher > > > (and parents) of a 5 > > > year old will have a > > > resource; the material > > > developer will have a > > > resource; a language group > > > wanting to develop a math > > > program in their > > > language will have a > > > resource. > > > > > > Jim Kelly > > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 30, 7:32 pm, Wayne > > > <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > This is an invitation to > > > all Math educators in > > > WikiEducator > > > > > > > > Gladys Gahona > > > > (http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Chela5808) has started > > > > developing a Math > > > Glossary in WikiEducator. > > > > > > > > See: > > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/MathGloss/A > > > > > > > > This is an open > > > invitation to all > > > WikiEducators with a > > > passion for Math > > > > to assist Gladys in > > > developing this resource. > > > > > > > > Follow the example from > > > this page: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/MathGloss/A > > > > > > > > If you have a free > > > moment --- feel free to > > > add your favourite > > > definition > > > > to the glossary :-) > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Wayne > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > -- > > > Leigh Blackall > > > +64(0)21736539 > > > skype - leigh_blackall > > > SL - Leroy Goalpost > > > http://learnonline.wordpress.com > > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Leighblackall > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > ________________ > > > Randy Fisher > > > Change/Transition Management; Performance, > > > Collaboration & Engagement; Sustainable > > > Communities & Organizations > > > > > > + 1 604.684.2275 > > > [email protected] > > > > > > http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, > > > WikiEducator Community Council > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher > > > > > > * Can You Do the Wiki-Wiki? > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/Wiki_Wiki > > > > > > Skype: wikirandy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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