Re: [Textbook-l] Open Dictionary

Send Textbook-l mailing list submissions to textbook-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/textbook-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to textbook-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at textbook-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Textbook-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Open Dictionary (Karen Fasimpaur) 2. Re: Open Dictionary (Andrew Whitworth) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:10:56 -0700 From: Karen Fasimpaur <karen(a)k12opened.com> Subject: [Textbook-l] Open Dictionary To: textbook-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: <20080804161101.870DE2FB71(a)coal.k12handhelds.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed We have recently launched the first completely open kids dictionary (http://dictionary.k12opened.com) and are looking for folks to help work on it. This dictionary is the first of its kind intended for kids (though it can certainly be used for adult learners as well). As words are completed, they will be reviewed for quality and appropriateness and ultimately "frozen" for export into a variety of formats, including text, PDF, ebooks, wikis, web, etc., for use on a variety of devices. This work is being licensed as a public domain resource that anyone can use for any purpose. We see this as a fundamental building block for many OER projects and hope that it will be used by teachers, students, publishers, hardware manufacturers, VARs, and others. We have just launched a build-your-own-glossary tool (which should work well for Wikibooks and other projects; I hope to have an example up for a Wikibook soon.) Over time, we will be adding other new features, such as audio pronunciations, pictures, support for additional languages, and a wide variety of export functions. This is a mass collaboration project, and we hope that many people around the world will jump in and add a definition or two. We would love to see you at the dictionary at http://dictionary.k12opened.com and hope that you will also spread the word to others. Thank you. Regards, Karen Fasimpaur K12 Open Ed ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:28:04 -0400 From: "Andrew Whitworth" <wknight8111(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Textbook-l] Open Dictionary To: "Wikimedia textbook discussion" <textbook-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Message-ID: <3b66f84e0808040928w1b900e8g720fc09b93632801(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello Karen, thanks for the email to the list. I have a few questions that I wanted to ask: 1) What software is your website using? I'm pretty sure it isn't MediaWiki, but I can't find that information in your FAQ. 2) That glossary creator, how is it implemented? What license is the software released under? Would it be possible for us to "borrow" it for our own website, assuming we gave proper credit and a link back? This is a really cool-looking project, and I definitely think we should post a link from Wikijunior. Thanks for the heads-up. --Andrew Whitworth On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Karen Fasimpaur <karen(a)k12opened.com> wrote: ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Textbook-l mailing list Textbook-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/textbook-l End of Textbook-l Digest, Vol 49, Issue 3 *****************************************