Happy New Year to all. I read with interest this discussion. When I read the request of Gladys Gahona (excellent work by the way and congratulations), I remembered this site http://www.khanacademy.org/ using youtube to explain maths. The level of the student is very important. There is a lot of material available as Wayne said and the real problem now is to get it in the right place for use. Can help if needed, as the Japanese say with a cat's hand, lending a "small" helpful hand. Happy Year of the Ox. Nadia
On Jan 1, 10:14 am, Wayne <[email protected]> wrote: > Nellie -- > > Sure ... but we need to do a little preparatory work. Eg. where > prospective volunteers should enrol, what they'll be doing etc -- this > will ensure optimal results. > > I agree -- the best time is the present --- Go for it -- set up a page > in WE, scope the project and call in the troops! > > Cheers > Wayne > > On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 18:01 -0700, NELLIE DEUTSCH wrote: > > Wayne, > > We can post the invitation on the WE main page or in the newsletter. > > The best time is always in the present. :) > > 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 5:52 PM, Wayne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey Nellie -- > > > I agree totally! -- We need to get started with the barn > > before we loose some of of the livestock. > > > I take it that you're volunteering for the work group to help > > raise the barn. Count me in as part of this work group. Let's > > see if we can raise a few more volunteers to help temper the > > livestock losses :-) > > > Not the best time of the year to recruit volunteers --- > > however, we'll repost the invite in the new year. If we don't > > get a satisfactory response -- we'll post another free > > invitation :-) Do you think this will work? > > > Cheers > > Wayne > > > On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 17:41 -0700, NELLIE DEUTSCH wrote: > > > > Wayne, > > > I am very familiar with the barn-raising idea. I think we > > > should get started with the barn before it gets too cold and > > > we lose some of the livestock. :) > > > 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 5:27 PM, Wayne <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > Nellie > > > > You're right -- searching and finding resources in > > > WE is currently a nightmare :-(. > > > > We are victims of our own success in that the growth > > > in content development in WE has exceeded our > > > capacity to properly classify content within the > > > project. That said -- I don't think that a glossary > > > approach is an optimal solution to this challenge > > > --- especially since the glossary approach will not > > > scale. However, behind the scenes we have a number > > > of building blocks to tackle the challenge. > > > > In my view ( a new year's resolution :-) ) is to > > > launch a co-ordinated WE project to address the > > > problem. This would invlove: > > > > 1) Establishing a work group from the community to > > > work on solving the challenge of searching, finding > > > and classifying resources in WE > > > 2) Building on the foundations of the portal work > > > which Brent Simpson > > > (http://www.wikieducator.org/User:BrentSimpson) has > > > pioneered. Currently Brent has developed prototypes > > > for the following portals: > > > > 2.1) http://www.wikieducator.org/Portal:Primary > > > 2,2) http://www.wikieducator.org/Portal:Secondary > > > 2.3) > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/Portal:Higher_Education > > > 2.4) > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/Portal:Professional_Development > > > > 3) Operationalising the use of the ContentInfobox > > > which has a couple of smart features to track > > > metadata for content resources in WE > > > > > (http://www.wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_tutorial/Developing_a_teachi...) > > > > 4) Developing tutorials and support resources on how > > > to use these tools. > > > > 5) Finding smart ways to link with OER initiatives > > > that categorise and list WE OER resources, for > > > example the OER Commons > > > (http://www.oercommons.org/) and Creative Commons > > > listings of free cultural works. > > > > 6) Launching a Barn raising project in WE to help > > > implement these features > > > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_raising). > > > > I share your frustrations about finding content in > > > WE --- However, this is a motivation for us to > > > collaboratively solve the challenge in the new year! > > > > Cheers > > > Wayne > > > > On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 16:56 -0700, NELLIE DEUTSCH > > > wrote: > > > > > Wayne, > > > > I would like to have an index similar to a > > > > glossary of terms so that people can find what > > > > they are looking for on WE. > > > > 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 4:43 PM, Wayne > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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: > > ... > > read more » --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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