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<table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" width="80%"><tr><td>'''Canadawiki''' is a "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki]", or hyperlinked collaborative authoring system where people can share knowledge about Canada and Canadians.</td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" width="80%"><tr><td>The '''Canadawiki''' project currently has '''[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]]''' articles, starting with social studies material (primarily the '''[[CanLine Canadian Chronology - by Dates|CanLine Canadian Chronology]]''' and '''[[{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}|Canaday - Today in Canadian History]]'''), as well as Canadian stories and biographies ([[Biography|starting with Alberta and Saskatchewan biographies, to celebrate the centennials]]), and the [[CanQuotes Canadian Quotations]] collection, Canada's largest.</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Canadawiki''' is using some basic [http://canadachannel.ca History of Canada Online], [http://northernblue.ca/cblog/index.php Canadian History News] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia] articles to help seed the portal, but we are gradually replacing these and developing unique '''Canadawiki''' content, starting with timelines and biographies.</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Canadawiki''' is a controlled portal. If you want to create or edit content, we provide a User IDs and password on request. In this way, we can prevent submission vandalism, vanity publishing and graffiti. Teachers can also manage class efforts if they want their students to contribute and share deeper, local content. </td></tr> <tr><td>We also reserve the right to lock some '''Canadawiki''' pages to prevent over-editing and overcomplication, and to refuse content if the quality and utility are questionable. In terms of providing narrative articles, we currently rely on links to sites such as our [http://canadachannel.ca/index.php History of Canada Online], [http://www.odawa.org/index.php Canada's First People] and [http://www.civicschannel.com/textbook/cco.php Civics Canada Online] textbook portals, with permission from the copyright holders.</td></tr> <tr><td>'''Canadawiki''' is NOT an online encyclopedia. In general, we prefer lists and point form content to long narrative articles. We ask for submissions in raw and plain form that students can use for research and to assemble their own work. We don't want to spoon feed conclusions and points of view (NO-POV). As with any public wiki, we do not guarantee this information source to be accurate.</td></tr> <tr><td>In the case of biographies, say, [[John A. Macdonald]], we believe students can go far beyond cribbing a narrative encyclopedic biography, and produce their own content by reworking their own timelines and images.</td></tr> <tr><td>As the great educator Piaget wrote, ''"Each time one prematurely teaches a child something he could have discovered for himself, that child is kept from inventing it and consequently from understanding it completely."''</td></tr> <tr><td>We believe that is the case for any form of learning. So above all, '''Canadawiki''' is a way for Canadians to understand Canada.</td></tr> <tr><td>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Sweeny Alastair Sweeny], Executive Producer</td></tr></table> [[Image:beaver2.jpg]] ([mailto:civicschannel@gmail.com e-mail]) ---- <table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" width="80%"><tr><td>'''Canadawiki''' was launched in December, 2005, and is produced by [http://www.northernblue.ca/products/index.php/Welcome_to_Northern_Blue_Publishing Northern Blue Publishing] ([mailto:info@northernblue.ca Contact]).</td></tr></table>

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