WatchKnow ready for beta-testing
WatchKnow, our new project to collect and organize educational videos for kids, is now ready for “beta testing.” Check it out:
It works and it’s pretty nice, I think. Still, we haven’t officially launched. We are going to add a couple of essential tools, making it dead simple to contribute to, before we start announcing it widely and loudly. But you can feel free to pass this announcement around groups you’re in, and to friends and colleagues, if you like.
We’ve got a great way of organizing and displaying videos from all over the Internet as part of a single directory and interface. (Check out the “Browse Videos” tab and click the “Browse Videos” button.) It’s nonprofit, and open to everyone but moderated by educators.
By the way, in our “pre-contest,” the following video won a $500 prize: http://www.watchknow.org/Video.aspx?content=bf8c-93
Here’s a brand new video about WatchKnow from me: http://www.watchknow.org/Video.aspx?content=c2c6-142
–Larry (splitting my time between Citizendium and WatchKnow, working hard!)
Nice idea. Some random comments:
1. each video page should contain a CC logo saying what license it’s under
2. I’d prefer it if videos were hosted on YouTube rather than TeacherTube, for two reasons (i) YouTube content can be embedded in more other websites, and (ii) if you pause a YouTube video, streaming carries on so you don’t gret annoying pauses while it catches up.
3. I had a look at http://www.watchknow.org/Video.aspx?content=16af-143 and the science is a bit muddled, for example at one point it says mass is proportional to force divided by acceleration. This is true, but misleading, since m = F/a.
Comment by Philip Hunt — November 20, 2008 @ 5:13 pm