On 05/02/2013 07:19 AM, Max Semenik wrote:

On 02.05.2013, 13:12 Connor wrote:

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Please review my Google Summer of Code proposal:

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Link https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Connorschlesiger/GSoC_2013_Proposal

Unfortunately, your proposal is not related to MediaWiki or Wikimedia projects and as such it will be declined. If you want to write your own wiki using Node.js, fine, but that's not something we're interested in mentoring.

Connor,

Thank you for your interest in improving educational resources and technology. I bet that someday you'll be able to build tools that aid people in learning from each other! Your desired features:

Navigable semantic network initially derived from Wikidata
Easy to build, collaborative curriculum/syllabi
Collection and organization of educational materials

all sound like useful things.

I think this proposal is WAY too big for one summer. If you want to plunge into a GSoC project for this summer with Wikimedia, talk to Wikiversity, look at their wishlist, and figure out something you could implement this summer (although the fact that you have no MediaWiki development experience makes you an unlikely candidate). If you want to work towards being an effective creator of educational technology in the long run, look at P2PU, Moodle, http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMWCon_Spring_2013/Using_SMW_in_Universit... , edX, and other OER tech resources. Help improve one of them. Then you'll have far more experience and credibility for your own project.

Good luck!