domingo, 12 de junio de 2011

jueves, 5 de mayo de 2011

Wikipedia

Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia :Wikipedia is a free, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its name is a portmanteau of the words wiki (a technology for creating collaborative websites, from the Hawaiian word wiki, meaning 'quick') and encyclopedia. Wikipedia's 13 million articles in over 250 languages (2.9 million articles in the English Wikipedia) have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world, and almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone who can access the Wikipedia website. Launched in January 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, it is currently the most popular general reference work on the Internet.



Wikinews: Wikinews is a free-content news source wiki and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The site works through collaborative journalism. Jimmy Wales has distinguished Wikinews from Wikipedia by saying "on Wikinews, each story is to be written as a news story as opposed to an encyclopedia article." The neutral point of view policy espoused in Wikinews distinguishes it from other citizen journalism efforts such as  Indymedia and OhmyNews. In contrast to most projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikinews allows original work under the form of original reporting and interviews. The English Wikinews is the only Wikimedia site that grants press passes to reporters endorsed by the local community.



Wikiquote,Collection of quotations: Wikiquote is one of a family of wiki-based projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation. Based on an idea by Daniel Alston and implemented by Brion Vibber, the goal of the project is to produce collaboratively a vast reference of quotations from prominent people, books, films and proverbs, and to give details about them. Though there are many online collections of quotations, Wikiquote is distinguished by being among the few that provide an opportunity for visitors to contribute. Wikiquote pages are cross-linked to articles about the notable personalities on Wikipedia. There are Wikiquote projects in 89 languages.





Wiktionary, The free dictionary: Wiktionary (a portmanteau of the words wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content multilingual dictionary, available in over 151 languages. Unlike standard dictionaries, it is written collaboratively by volunteers, dubbed "Wiktionarians", using wiki software, allowing articles to be changed by almost anyone with access to the website. Wiktionary includes usage notes, audio pronounciations, definitions of foreign words and links between languages.



Reference 

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/.../Wikimedia_Foundation_-_Trading_Card_Game.pdf


Eportfolio in education

What is an e-portfolio? As we know the word  is used for electronic things as in e-mail so, and e-portfolio is an electronic portfolio. It is a method of exchanging digital collection of a user´s life in internet. An academic portfolio is more than a record of students had achieved or their goal, according to Skawinski and Thibodeau (2002) is “a purposeful collection that tells the story of the student´s efforts, progress, or achievements in a given area”. In education is an interesting and useful tool to be organized and keep everything in just one place. The user can Include documents, videos, audio, images, hyperlinks and more. E-portfolios can facilitate students' reflection on their own learning, leading to more awareness of learning strategies and needs. It can be use anytime-anywhere with no restrictions, no limits. Aloud student’s thoughts and ideas, individual needs, teacher´s feedback, evaluation and assessment, personal development and multiple tasks. In few words is everything that a student needs!