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ThePlaz: add more: hotmath and ocw

2008-12-06T01:41:32Z

add more: hotmath and ocw

ThePlaz: fix link

2008-10-18T17:05:16Z

fix link

ThePlaz: add helped me in school

2008-08-21T17:05:04Z

add helped me in school

ThePlaz: add praise letters and section

2008-06-14T22:23:28Z

add praise letters and section

ThePlaz: add more info relavant now

2007-07-23T03:13:14Z

add more info relavant now

ThePlaz: make a few final changes and remove draft tag

2007-03-23T02:43:22Z

make a few final changes and remove draft tag

ThePlaz: edit a bunch and add template

2007-03-22T02:09:46Z

edit a bunch and add template

ThePlaz: write out all ideas - almost done

2007-03-21T02:36:25Z

write out all ideas - almost done

ThePlaz: add more draft ideas

2007-03-12T02:44:20Z

add more draft ideas

ThePlaz: put more in here and put in map

2007-02-27T03:28:08Z

put more in here and put in map

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 ==Limited Knowledge==
-Part of the reason of why I do this site is that the distribution of knowledge in the world is limited.  Not everyone has the opportunity to attend a very good public school in an advanced nation with good teachers and a good education system.  Not every culture has the same amount of schooling as we do, and the internet represents a way to spread knowledge all over the word.  So by making sample questions and course work available on ThePlaz.com, I give others the chance to learn from me, from my teachers, and my peers.
+Part of the reason of why I do this site is that the distribution of knowledge in the world is limited.  Not everyone has the opportunity to attend a very good public school in an advanced nation with good teachers and a good education system.  Not every culture has the same amount of schooling as we do, and the internet represents a way to spread knowledge all over the word.  So by making sample questions and course work available on ThePlaz.com, I give others the chance to learn from me, from my teachers, and my peers.  The internet connects us in ways which could never have been imagined done before.
-It's also why I believe that [[English: The Primary Language|English should be the primary language]].  The internet connects us in ways which could never have been imagined done before.  But language differences stands in the way.  The internet brings to focus these language problems.
+===Open Content===
 ==Work Lives On==
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 Plus, I have also found that it gives me a little extra incentive to keep clean, consistent notes and correct my work.  This helps me personally do better at school by staying focused.  I've found this to be very helpful pulling me through hard times where I didn't want to do the work to my high standards.
 ==Online Transparency==
 Information should be available to all.  Transparency allows people to better connect with one another.  The internet is powerful.  Content can put online and can be used in so many ways by so many people.  Transparency is necessary to prevent corruption and to find better ways of doing things.  It's one of the reasons I'm a big fan of the [[Facebook]] mini-feed.  It allows you to see what's going on with your friends.  Sure there are privacy implications, but see my essay [[Privacy is Dead]].
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 So by making information available online, I help spread knowledge and communication through increased openness.
 ==One to Many==
 I find that its more efficient to volunteer One to Many.  Normal volunteering and tutoring is One to One.  That's fine in some cases, but it's inefficient and you can't make a difference in many people.  But One to Many, affects and helps thousands of people.  For example, my [[French Revolution Timeline]] has been viewed over a thousand times.
-I can best make use of my special skills to attempt to educate many people at once.  By luck I am good at computers and website building.  Computers have a bright future and will continue to change our world.  By exploiting my special skills, I can have the biggest influence and make the biggest change.
+I can best make use of my special skills to attempt to educate many people at once.  By luck I am good at computers and website building.  Computers have a bright future and will continue to change our world.  By exploiting my special skills, I can have the biggest influence and make the biggest
 ===And it's worked===
 The following messages were not solicited. They were just posted on my site or emailed to me.

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 [[Image:Traffic Map.JPG]]
 ==Its helped me in School==
-As I finished my 3rd year with the website, I realized that this website has helped me a lot too.  As I wrote [[Laptops for Students and E-Note Taking]], I remembered that I hardly never go back and read my notes.  As my [[AP Macro Econ]], [[AP Micro Econ]], and [[American Students]] teacher, Dr. Reilly told me, just the act of writing notes helps me.  ThePlaz.com has turned out to be a trick for me to make my notes neat and organized (something I struggled with in Middle School) because I knew that I would have to scan, tag, organize, and post them for others to read.  So as I am starting [[12th Grade]], I realize that perhaps more than anything, ThePlaz.com has helped me focus in school.
+As I finished my 3rd year with the website, I realized that this website has helped me a lot too.  As I wrote [[Laptops for Students and E-Note Taking]], I remembered that I hardly never go back and read my notes.  As my [[AP Macro Econ]], [[AP Micro Econ]], and [[American Studies]] teacher, Dr. Reilly told me, just the act of writing notes helps me.  ThePlaz.com has turned out to be a trick for me to make my notes neat and organized (something I struggled with in Middle School) because I knew that I would have to scan, tag, organize, and post them for others to read.  So as I am starting [[12th Grade]], I realize that perhaps more than anything, ThePlaz.com has helped me focus in school.
 {{Personal Philosophies}}

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 ==From Where==
 If you look at our visitor map for a 7 day period when I wrote this initially, only 10% of users were from Pennsylvania.  The rest come from Fairbanks to Beirut to Bangalore.   Below is map of traffic from 2/17/2007 to 2/23/2007.  Yes there is a large dot near Philadelphia, but look at all of the smaller dots around the world.  This shows how the knowledge on ThePlaz.com is spreading around the world.  As universal internet access spreads, the flow of knowledge online will only increase.  I hope that ThePlaz.com and content on it will help some people.
-[[Image:Traffic Map.JPG]
+[[Image:Traffic Map.JPG]]
 {{Personal Philosophies}}

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 I think that I write pretty good notes and essays compared with others.  This work shouldn't be done just for my benefit and then thrown away or confined on a hard drive somewhere.  I think that I'm making stuff of quality others will want to read, perhaps even if not directly for school.  By making it available online and licensing it under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5] license people can use it and build upon it.  Its also the reason why I made [[SeniorQuoter]], a freely available, open source web application to collect senior quotes for high school yearbooks.  It's like a form of community service which benefits many.
-Plus, I have also found that it gives me a little extra incentive to keep clean, consistent notes and correct my work.  This helps me personally do better at school by staying focused.
+Plus, I have also found that it gives me a little extra incentive to keep clean, consistent notes and correct my work.  This helps me personally do better at school by staying focused.  I've found this to be very helpful pulling me through hard times where I didn't want to do the work to my high standards.
 ==Online Transparency==
 Information should be available to all.  Transparency allows people to better connect with one another.  The internet is powerful.  Content can put online and can be used in so many ways by so many people.  Transparency is necessary to prevent corruption and to find better ways of doing things.  It's one of the reasons I'm a big fan of the [[Facebook]] mini-feed.  It allows you to see what's going on with your friends.  Sure there are privacy implications, but see my essay [[Privacy is Dead]].
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 I can best make use of my special skills to attempt to educate many people at once.  By luck I am good at computers and website building.  Computers have a bright future and will continue to change our world.  By exploiting my special skills, I can have the biggest influence and make the biggest change.
 ==Community==
 I initially wanted to create a community like [[Wikipedia]] where others could contribute, but after a year that hasn't happened yet.  My site runs [[MediaWiki]], the software which powers Wikipedia.  That means that anyone can edit my pages.  So far only a few have legitimately contributed and a few have vandalized pages.  I was surprised at the lack of editing (both good and bad) over the first year of my site.  So the site has become more about me and authored by me then planned.  Perhaps later on, others will get the importance of building a community of knowledge.
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 ==From Where==
 If you look at our visitor map for a 7 day period when I wrote this initially, only 10% of users were from Pennsylvania.  The rest come from Fairbanks to Beirut to Bangalore.   Below is map of traffic from 2/17/2007 to 2/23/2007.  Yes there is a large dot near Philadelphia, but look at all of the smaller dots around the world.  This shows how the knowledge on ThePlaz.com is spreading around the world.  As universal internet access spreads, the flow of knowledge online will only increase.  I hope that ThePlaz.com and content on it will help some people.
-[[Image:Traffic Map.JPG]]
+[[Image:Traffic Map.JPG]
 {{Personal Philosophies}}

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 ==Needed Content==
 Lets face it, I needed some content to put online.  I thought "I have all of this work for school I'm doing anyway, why not upload that for easy content."  It only takes a few minutes to upload stuff, so I have lots of content which attracts visitors with little additional work.  Now I'm also starting to add additional, non-school work, like this, my [[Personal Philosophies]] and [[:Category:TI|TI programs]] among others.
 ==Internet Presence==
 My site also brings together all of what I have produced to start building a strong web presence.  As I start to look for a web career, I felt I needed a strong showcase for my work and center to communicate with others in the computer community.  I believe that the site and some of the content is a strong online resume to show off what I am capable of.  ''See also [[Self-Branding]]''
 ==Cheating==
 You shouldn't copy my work word-for-word and hand it in.  That's plagiarism, and we've been  against that from our inception.  But look at my ideas, my style, links to my sources, and gain knowledge from that.  Don't cheat directly, because the only one you're cheating is yourself.  --[[User:ThePlaz|Plaz]] 22:28, 26 February 2007 (EST) And also as a side note, every other information source is vulnerable to the same thing.

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 '''People ask me why do I post content on here?  Why do I spend my time? Doesn't it help people cheat?'''
-There is so much information and good content which is being thrown away.  Why not give it a second home and educated thousands of people around the world, some less fortunate then us.
+Well I would like to provide a little information on why I put school work on ThePlaz.com
 ==Limited Knowledge==
 Part of the reason of why I do this site is that the distribution of knowledge in the world is limited.  Not everyone has the opportunity to attend a very good public school in an advanced nation with good teachers and a good education system.  Not every culture has the same amount of schooling as we do, and the internet represents a way to spread knowledge all over the word.  So by making sample questions and course work available on ThePlaz.com, I give others the chance to learn from me, from my teachers, and my peers.
 ==Work Lives On==
-I think that I write pretty good notes and essays.  This work shouldn't be done just for my benefit and then thrown away or confined on a hard drive somewhere.  I think that I'm making stuff of quality others will want to read, perhaps even if not directly for school.  By making it available online and licensing it under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5] people can use it and build upon it.  Its also the reason why I made [[SeniorQuoter]], a freely available open source web application to collect senior quotes for high school yearbooks.
+I think that I write pretty good notes and essays compared to others.  This work shouldn't be done just for my benefit and then thrown away or confined on a hard drive somewhere.  I think that I'm making stuff of quality others will want to read, perhaps even if not directly for school.  By making it available online and licensing it under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5] people can use it and build upon it.  Its also the reason why I made [[SeniorQuoter]], a freely available open source web application to collect senior quotes for high school yearbooks.  It's like a form of community service which benefits many.
 Plus, I have also found that it gives me a little extra incentive to keep clean, consistent notes and correct my work.  This helps me personally do better at school.
 ==Online Transparency==
-Information should be available online to all.  This forces transparency and allows people to better connect with one another.  The internet is powerful.  Content put online can be used in so many ways.
+Information should be available to all.  This forces transparency and allows people to better connect with one another.  The internet is powerful.  Content can put online and can be used in so many ways.
-Transparency is necessary to prevent corruption and find better ways of doing things.  It's one of the reasons I'm a big fan of the [[Facebook]] mini-feed.  It allows you to see what's going on with your friends.
+Transparency is necessary to prevent corruption and find better ways of doing things.  It's one of the reasons I'm a big fan of the [[Facebook]] mini-feed.  It allows you to see what's going on with your friends.  Sure there are privacy implications, but see my essay [[Privacy is Dead]].
-It's also one of the reasons I created [[Tecker]], the social help site for technology.  There's so much information out there.  It just needs to be organized.
+It's also one of the reasons I created [[Tecker]], the social help site for technology.  There's so much information out there.  It just needs to be organized and available to all.
-One of the habits in the [[GO Program]] was "Think Win-Win".  When people have the information they can build up to find a better solution together.  When people do the minimum and find the easy way out, they are not doing what's best.  Transparency allows people to want to talk and work together.  Look at Wikipedia.  It's fully transparent which allows users to communicate and work together to produce great things.
+One of the habits in the [[GO Program]] in [[9th Grade]] was "Think Win-Win".  When people have the information they can build up to find a better solution together.  When people need to replicate other's actions, they are not doing what's best and most efficient.  Transparency allows people to want to talk and work together.  Look at Wikipedia.  It's fully transparent which endues volunteers to work together and produce something rich and useful.
 ==One to Many==
-I find that its more efficient to volunteer One to Many.  Normal volunteering and tutoring is One to One.  That's fine in some cases, but its inefficient and you can't make a large difference.  But when helping One to Many, the things I do affect and help thousands of people.  For example my [[French Revolution Timeline]] has been viewed over a thousand times.
+I find that its more efficient to volunteer One to Many.  Normal volunteering and tutoring is One to One.  That's fine in some cases, but it's inefficient and you can't make a large difference to many people.  But when helping One to Many, the things I do affect and help thousands of people.  For example my [[French Revolution Timeline]] has been viewed over a thousand times.
-I can best make use of my special computer skills to attempt to educate many people at once.  That way I can have the biggest influence and make the biggest change.
+I can best make use of my special skills to attempt to educate many people at once, by luck I am good at computers and website building.  Computers have a bright future and will continue to change our world.  By using my special skills, I can have the biggest influence and make the biggest change.
 ==Community==
-I initially wanted to create a community like [[Wikipedia]] where others could contribute but after a year that hasn't happened yet.  So the site has become more about me exclusively.  Perhaps later on other will get the importance of building a community of knowledge.  Also some are afraid of changing the page.
+I initially wanted to create a community like [[Wikipedia]] where others could contribute, but after a year that hasn't happened yet.  My site runs [[MediaWiki]], the software which powers Wikipedia.  That means that anyone can edit my pages.  So far only a few have legitimately contributed and a few have vandalized the page.  I was surprised at the lack of editing (both good and bad) over the first year of my site.  So the site has become more about me exclusively.  Perhaps later on other will get the importance of building a community of knowledge.  As a side note, those who contributed positively were exclusively computer enthusiasts who go to my school.  Many of them also have contributed to Wikipedia.  This shows the culture among the computer community.
 ==Needed Content==
-Lets face it, I needed some content to put online.  I thought I have all of this work for school I'm doing anyway, why not upload that for easy content.  It only takes a few minutes to upload stuff, so I have lots of content which attracts visitors with little additional work.
+Lets face it, I needed some content to put online.  I thought I have all of this work for school I'm doing anyway, why not upload that for easy content.  It only takes a few minutes to upload stuff, so I have lots of content which attracts visitors with little additional work.  Now I'm starting to add additional, non-school work, like this, my [[Personal Philosophies]] and [[:Category:TI|TI programs]].
 ==Cheating==
-You shouldn't copy my work word-for-word and hand it in.  That's plagiarism, and we've been  against that from our inception.  But look at my ideas, my style, links to my sources, and gain knowledge from that.  Don't cheat directly, because the only one your cheating is yourself.--[[User:ThePlaz|Plaz]] 22:28, 26 February 2007 (EST)
+You shouldn't copy my work word-for-word and hand it in.  That's plagiarism, and we've been  against that from our inception.  But look at my ideas, my style, links to my sources, and gain knowledge from that.  Don't cheat directly, because the only one your cheating is yourself.  And also, every other information source is vulnerable to the same thing.  --[[User:ThePlaz|Plaz]] 22:28, 26 February 2007 (EST)
 ==From Where==
-If you look at our visitor map for a 7 day period when I wrote this, only 10% of users were from Pennsylvania.  The rest come from Fairbanks to Beirut to Bangalore.   Below is map of traffic from 2/17/2007 to 2/23/2007.  Yes there is a large dot near Philadelphia, but look at all of the smaller dots around the world.
+If you look at our visitor map for a 7 day period when I wrote this, only 10% of users were from Pennsylvania.  The rest come from Fairbanks to Beirut to Bangalore.   Below is map of traffic from 2/17/2007 to 2/23/2007.  Yes there is a large dot near Philadelphia, but look at all of the smaller dots around the world.  This shows how the knowledge on ThePlaz.com is spreading around the world.  As universal internet access spreads, the flow of knowledge online will only increase.  I hope that ThePlaz.com will help some people.
 [[Image:Traffic Map.JPG]]

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	Part of the reason of why I do this site is that the distribution of knowledge in the world is limited. Not everyone has the opportunity to attend a very good public school in an advanced nation with good teachers and a good education system. Not every culture has the same amount of schooling as we do, and the internet represents a way to spread knowledge all over the word. So by making sample questions and course work available on ThePlaz.com, I give others the chance to learn from me, from my teachers, and my peers. You shouldn't copy my work word-for-word and hand it in. That's plagiarism, and we've been against that from our inception. But look at my ideas, my style, links to my sources, and gain knowledge from that. Don't cheat directly, because the only one your cheating is yourself.--[[User:ThePlaz\|Plaz]] 22:28, 26 February 2007 (EST)		Part of the reason of why I do this site is that the distribution of knowledge in the world is limited. Not everyone has the opportunity to attend a very good public school in an advanced nation with good teachers and a good education system. Not every culture has the same amount of schooling as we do, and the internet represents a way to spread knowledge all over the word. So by making sample questions and course work available on ThePlaz.com, I give others the chance to learn from me, from my teachers, and my peers. You shouldn't copy my work word-for-word and hand it in. That's plagiarism, and we've been against that from our inception. But look at my ideas, my style, links to my sources, and gain knowledge from that. Don't cheat directly, because the only one your cheating is yourself.--[[User:ThePlaz\|Plaz]] 22:28, 26 February 2007 (EST)
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		+	*work not terminal
		+	**needs a place beyond just grade
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		+	*help others
		+	*tutor 1 to many not 1 to 1

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−	Part of the reason of why I do this site is that the distribution of knowledge in the world is limited. Not everyone has the opportunity to attend a very good public school in an advanced nation with good teachers and a good education system. Not every culture has the same amount of schooling as we do, and the internet represents a way to spread knowledge all over the word.	+	'''People ask me why do I post content on here? Doesn't it help people cheat?'''
		+	:Not really. If you look at our visitor map for a 7 day period when I wrote this, only 10% of users were from Pennsylvania. The rest come from Fairbanks to Beirut to Bangalore. Below is map of traffic from 2/17/2007 to 2/23/2007. Yes there is a large dot near Philadelphia, but look at all of the smaller dots around the world.
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		+	Part of the reason of why I do this site is that the distribution of knowledge in the world is limited. Not everyone has the opportunity to attend a very good public school in an advanced nation with good teachers and a good education system. Not every culture has the same amount of schooling as we do, and the internet represents a way to spread knowledge all over the word. So by making sample questions and course work available on ThePlaz.com, I give others the chance to learn from me, from my teachers, and my peers. You shouldn't copy my work word-for-word and hand it in. That's plagiarism, and we've been against that from our inception. But look at my ideas, my style, links to my sources, and gain knowledge from that. Don't cheat directly, because the only one your cheating is yourself.--[[User:ThePlaz\|Plaz]] 22:28, 26 February 2007 (EST)