[Foundation-l] Fwd: [SharedKnowing] WatchKnow launches!
Jiri Hofman
hofmanj at aldebaran.cz
Tue Oct 20 17:24:29 UTC 2009
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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