Randy - Thanks for the info. I do see the Glossary as an excellent project for students to participate in and as Alison says you don't need to be an expert!
Alison - Thanks. Of course, you do not need to be an expert, that is one of the big advamntages of the wiki. Also thanks for the attribution information, I did not think of that John http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS http://johnsearth.blogspot.com ________________________________ From: Randy Fisher <wikira...@gmail.com> To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Cc: Ruth Rominger <rromin...@montereyinstitute.org> Sent: Wed, February 10, 2010 9:29:13 PM Subject: Re: [WikiEducator] Invitation to the Environmental Glossary Hi All, WikiEducator and the OER Foundation has a relationship with the Monterey Institute of Technology and Education (www.montereyinstitute.org). The have a considerable number of environmental science course material through their HippoCampus Site: http://www.hippocampus.org/Environmental%20Science;jsessionid=824287CC11FCC3E9E6F2338065B79E5F Ruth: what are the possibilities for getting some environmental definitions for this developing glossary? - Randy On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Alison Snieckus <alison.sniec...@gmail.com> wrote: Great idea, John. > >I added the term Biosphere to the B page. I'm not experienced enough in this >field to offer original content, so I searched for a resource that I could >reuse. I found one easily on the Connexions site (cnx.org), licensed CC-BY: > >AP Environmental Science (AP stands for Advanced Placement, indicating that >this resource reflects an introductory college course, organized for use with >secondary school students in the US) - lots of good information in this >resource from which we can adapt glossary entries. > >Also, the "how to help" page you created is very useful (see link from main >navigator on the glossary pages). I added a reference to the environmental >science resource mentioned above and some info about how to attribute. > >Thanks for getting this all organized. Hopefully many of us can participate in >adding entries (you don't need to have expertise to adapt existing >information), making this important WE glossary a real collaborative effort. > >Alison >http://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus > > >On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 3:01 AM, john stampe <jwsta...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >This invitation is to all those interested in the environment, and especially >to biologists. I have set up an environmental glossary at >http://www.wikieducator.org/EnvGloss, and am now invited anybody to join the >fun by adding terms. >> >>There is no set format for glossary entries, as the fields of study are so >>diverse (biology, chemistry, engineering, social sciences, etc.). 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