Hi Alison, When used in a well planned manner, category can facilitate systematic (and micro level) branching out of a curriculum – which should be one of the priorities of WE. Go ahead! -- Warm regards
Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 7:52 AM, Alison Snieckus <alison.sniec...@gmail.com>wrote: > A few years ago, a few wikieducators started the Categories > Workgroup<http://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:Categories>. > The purpose of the group is "... to achieve a category structure which > facilitates browsing related content, as well as finding specific content, > inasmuch as categories are capable." The group has languished over the past > 2+ years, but the early thinking is still available. > > In my opinion, the current state of categories on WikiEducator is chaotic > and, although it's not a top priority, it would be nice if we could bring > some structure to our offerings. > > As a first step in this effort, I propose that we create Category: > Contents <http://wikieducator.org/Category:Contents> as the top (root) > level of the WE category system. My reasoning for this suggestion is that > the term "Contents" is easily understood by educators, generally, and also, > Wikipedia uses "Contents" as its top category, offering good precedent for > the choice (although most of the other Wikimedia projects use > "Category:Categories" as their top level). If you are interested, you can > access a short discussion from > 2009<http://wikieducator.org/Thread:Brainstorming!_(3)>on alternatives. > > Please reply post with any thoughts on this suggestion. > > Thanks, Alison > User:ASnieckus <http://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com