[Foundation-l] Fwd: [SharedKnowing] WatchKnow launches!

[David Gerard]

This is actually a fantastically cool idea.


- d.





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From: Larry Sanger <sanger at citizendium.org>
Date: 2009/10/19
Subject: [SharedKnowing] WatchKnow launches!
To: sharedknowing at mail.citizendium.org




Dear all,

I'm delighted to announce that WatchKnow (http://www.watchknow.org/)
is launching today!  Dive in!

The new site makes educational videos for kids ridiculously easy to
find.  We are launching with over 10,000 videos placed in over 2,000
categories, arranged in a very handy directory.  The site is a new
kind of wiki: working together, contributors can edit video
information, and they can also edit the directory by drag and drop,
which will make building the resource truly "wikiwiki"--fast.  While
the project is wide open and easy to get involved with (even
anonymously), the project engages teachers to act as community
moderators.  It is non-profit and generously supported by an anonymous
donor through the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi.  See
how to edit the site in this screencast video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pOgSt2nWu0

We decided to get the word out on the grassroots level--in other
words, virally--before we do a press release in a couple days (maybe
next week).  So please, please, tweet about WatchKnow, blog about it,
talk about it with your friends, etc.--and start working on the site!
This is one Web 2.0 project that really has the potential to change
the world in great ways, so it needs your support.  If you love
WatchKnow, say so and spread the word!

Regards,
Larry
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Lawrence M. Sanger, Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief, Citizendium.org
Executive Director, WatchKnow.org
sanger at citizendium.org

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