newcaje: technology development 201
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Technology (Development)In Education 201
Efraim Feinstein(Open Siddur Project)NewCAJE 2August 2011
Tech development on one foot
The Internet is made up of read-write resources
Web 2.0 is driven by social interactions over the network
A natural environment for student activities and outlet for creativity
Beyond the classroom
You frequently control access to the resources you put up
Putting up resources on the Internet is an opportunity to increase the value of the available resources for everyone
What can you do?
Augment existing resourcesEditing
Remixing
Add entirely new resources within an existing framework
Start something completely new
The minimum you need to know about copyright and sharing material on the Internet...
DON'TPANIC
Free software,
Open source software,
Free culture content
Framework for facilitating remixing and sharing in a world designed for property (whether you like it or not)
Everything you produce is under copyright
In order for large repositories to allow sharing and remixing of what you produce, they need your permission
Free software,
Open source software,
Free culture content
Use material without restriction
Share the material without restriction
Make modified versions (Remixing)
Share your modified versions
Usually involve certain requirements in exchangeMaintain Attribution Notices
Share-Alike
Common free culture content licenses that you will see
GNU Free Documentation License
Creative Commons Zero
Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY)
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA)
Avoid No-commercial use/ educational use only
Limits the scope of who can make use of/corrections of your work
Improvements can come from anywhere
Parasitism can be avoided with share-alike terms
Basic rules online
Credit your sources
Follow the licenses of your sources
Credit is not enough: don't infringe copyrights
Learn and follow the rules of the frameworks you're sharing in
Augment existing resources
English Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org
Hebrew Wikipedia: http://he.wikipedia.org
Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org
English Wikisource: http://en.wikisource.org
Hebrew Wikisource: http://he.wikisource.org
Wikipedia
Encyclopedia anyone can edit
Localized to a lot of languages, including Hebrew
Shares under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license
Basic rules of Wikipedia
Encyclopedic in nature
Anything on Wikipedia should be verifiable (sourced)No original research
Perfection is not required
Do fix problems!
Do explain your edits (use talk pages) the more major the edit, the more likely it is that it requires explanation
Issues on Wikipedia
You are participating in a very large community: not everyone will agreeCommon disagreements Notability
Neutral Point of View
Wikipedia has etiquette
Unfortunately, it will not always be followed
New resources within a : Open Siddur
Goals are to produce a web application and database of Jewish liturgical material with translations and commentary
All material in the Open Siddur will be editable and remixable
Make a personalized siddur with chosen translations and commentaries
Open Siddur
Can be found at http://opensiddur.orgOpen Siddur font pack and Hebrew keyboard setup
Is under development (that is: not ready)
Is accepting and sharing contentCurrently placed in a blog-like format
Will eventually be placed in a database
Is developing an applicationOpportunities for young developers!
Finding material to put online...
http://hebrewbooks.org
Seforim Online
Jewish National and University Library Digitized Book Collection
Google Books
Always verify that the work is in the public domain! (If it was published before 1923, it is, otherwise, it's harder.)
It's not just about transcribing...
Learn what you're transcribing
Comment on it
Open Siddur
Talk to contributors and developers opensiddur-talk discussion group
Mentoring available for advanced students interested in tech developmentopensiddur-tech discussion group
Email: efraim@opensiddur.org
Making your own project I
You can even build smartphone apps without programming
and without a smartphone
Google App InventorPoint and click smartphone app creation
No programming required
Programming optional for new features
Making your own project II
Is your need unmet elsewhere?Use Google!
Forming collaborationsUse your social media resources!
Jewish Education Change Network: Integrating Technology in Jewish Education
Just putting it on the Internet doesn't mean instant collaborators
Share in a way that lets others take off where you left off
Exercises
Wikipedia: Pick a Jewish topic on Wikipedia and begin reading.Did you find any mistakes?
Is anything missing that should be there?
Can you find any topics that are missing entirely?
Open Siddur: Preparing your own siddurYou want to produce a siddur with your class: what material is already out there? What do you need? How would you go about putting it online?
Google App Inventor: Think about building an app:What do you want it to do?
What data do you need? Is it already there? Accessible?
How do you represent it on screen using the existing controls (the real challenge!)
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