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

[Jiri Hofman]

Not free, not own content, not interested.

Categorizing content of internet has been repeatedly unsuccessful. Why it should be successful now?

Sorry,
Jiri


On Tuesday, 20. October 2009 16:44:22 David Gerard wrote:
> This is actually a fantastically cool idea.
> 
> 
> - d.
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 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
> ----------------
> Lawrence M. Sanger, Ph.D.
> Editor-in-Chief, Citizendium.org
> Executive Director, WatchKnow.org
> sanger at citizendium.org
> 
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