Hi I fully agree and would like all to see the link below where a lot was discussed.
http://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:Categories Looking forward to making this more meaningful Gita Mathur On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Anil Prasad <aplett...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. 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 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 on alternatives. >> >> Please reply post with any thoughts on this suggestion. >> >> Thanks, Alison >> 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 -- Dr. Gita Mathur Associate Professor of Botany Gargi College, University of Delhi New Delhi 110049 Web. http://wikieducator.org/User:Gita_Mathur Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. -- 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
