Educational resources we have set up is different to educational directory we launched a couple days ago. Educational directory is basically is a cache from DMOZ directory and only authorized editors can add more links to the list. If previously there were six categories based on topic such as math, arts, literature, technology, and so on, this time we have changed the category into educational games, educational software, educational videos and educational slideshow.
In each category, there would be subcategories based on the topic such as literature, math, and so on. We believe this will help users to find what they need with an easy yet relevant. In this educational resources directory, anyone can submit new link or url according to its topic, of course every submission would be reviewed first before accepted. We encourage you to build also this educational resources directory either you were teachers, parents or even students.
Posted on November 16th, 2008 by admin
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Educational directory is a project to integrate Kids and Teens and also Reference category from DMOZ directory into our site. In this educational directory, students and teachers can find more resources without leaving our site. DMOZ is an open directory which is a largest human-edited directory on the web. Each link is reviewed by approved editors around the world so the directory is very resourceful.
We have set up two separate categories which are Kids & Teens and Teachers Reference. The links in each category is automatically updated when DMOZ editors add or eleminate certain links in the future. We let the layout to be very simple - it’s mainly white! - as we like to have an easy navigation which is more important for users. Moreover, if you hover your mouse onto the links, a pop-up from Snap will open to show the thumbnail of the website.
To visit this educational directory, there is a link from the Links menu on the left of the search box at the homepage. Then, you will need to choose between Kids & Teens directory or Teachers Reference directory. Press the button and it will reload to the directory page you have chosen. Please note that in order to add more links in the directory, you need to apply to be DMOZ editors.
Posted on November 15th, 2008 by admin
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We got a great suggestion from Rob Ted who has tried Kigose and found out that it is good for classroom use except that there was no clear level of approppriateness. Actually we had this thought long time ago but did not really consider it is important. Thanks to Rob, we have now set 3 levels of search which are Kids (age 6-11), Teens (age 12-16) and Teachers.
Since we need to renew each database, the resuly may not be many at the moment, moreover, we plan not to add lots of database because we found out that relevancy is more important rather than numbers of results. Though Kigose can give you 10,000,000 result for a keyword, we believe that users won’t click them all, in fact they will only click the links which are relevant to their query.
Theefore, we will try to ensure that Kigose will give relevant and appropriate results. We also try to only include websites with high resolution, have many pages, and show appropriate advertisement, and also websites which are resourceful and not only a directory list.
The only flaw in this level of age option is that if you do a search, your level of age preference will reset to Kids again so you need to check the button if you do another search for Teens or Teachers result. We hope we can fix this bug soon. We have solved this problem!
Posted on November 9th, 2008 by admin
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