Template for Pioneer Pages
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Introduction
The IAE-Pedia.org Wiki contains a number of pages highlighting the work of pioneers in the field of computers in education. Readers are encouraged to add material to these pages and/or start new pages for other pioneers they feel should be added to the current list. The information in the two main sections given below does two things:
- The first section tells how to create and name a new page.
- The second section lists the main section headings for a new page. (That is, it is a template for the contents of a page.)
Creating a New Pioneer Page
- Go into edit mode for this page that you are currently reading. Copy the text from the top of the Page down through and including the TOC line, with its double underscore before and after the word TOC. Then click on the Cancel menu item near the bottom of this page.
- In the "search" box at the left of the page you are currently reading, key in the first and last name of the pioneer, with a blank space in between the names.
- Click on "Go." If a page has already been created for this person, the computer system will tell you that is the case. You can go to that page, edit it, and make additions.
- If a page has not been created, the computer system will tell you this and tell you where to click to create this new page. This clicking process will create a new page and put you into edit mode for that new page.
- Paste in the material you copied in Step 1. Continue your writing by following the general outline given below. Feel free to make adjustments that you feel will improve the document you are writing. When you are through writing, click on the Save button in the menu near the bottom of the page.
Outline of Sections for a Pioneer Page
Here is a 9-part rough outline for a Pioneer page. As you create such a page, please make appropriate use of main headings (surrounded by == on each side) sub headings (surrounded by === on each side) and, if you feel it to be appropriate, sub sub headings (surrounded by ==== on each side).
1. General demographic types of information such as birth date and place, education, employment, and so on.
2. Setting the scene. This might go all the way back to the Pioneer's childhood. Try to capture the essence of how the world was before the pioneer began to do his or her pioneering work. Pay particular attention to the levels of Information and Communication Technology, and their use in education, at the time.
3. Major pioneering efforts and contributions. Try to capture the essence of the Pioneer's legacy contributions to the field of ICT in education. Be factual. Provide references if possible.
4. Up close and personal stories about the Pioneer. These can be contributed by many different authors. Try to flesh out the pioneer as a person and his or her contributions as part of the overall human endeavor of developing the field of ICT in education.
5. Autobiographic materials written by the pioneer in the past and/or written especially for this IAE-pedia document.
6. Interview. If the Pioneer is not deceased, try to gather interview information via face to face meeting, phone, or email. Here are three sample interview questions:
- Q. Looking back over your pioneering activities, which do you feel best about? What is your legacy?
- Q. Drawing upon your years of experience and accumulated wisdom, what do you think are some of the very best ways to improve our current informal and formal educational systems?
- Q. What else do you want to say to today's students, teachers, parents, and other people?
7. References. This includes references to sources of information about the Pioneer as well as references to some of the published works or and other activities of the Pioneer.
8. Author or Authors. You are encouraged to include your name as the initial author of the document.
9. Finally, at the very bottom of the page you are creating, on a line all by itself and in double square brackets, enter the text: Category: Pioneer
Links to Other IAE Resources
This is a collection of IAE publications related to the IAE document you are currently reading. It is not updated very often, so important recent IAE documents may be missing from the list.
This component of the IAE-pedia documents is a work in progress. If there are few entries in the next four subsections, that is because the links have not yet been added.
IAE Blog
IAE Newsletter
IAE-pedia (IAE's Wiki)
I-A-E Books and Miscellaneous Other
David Moursund' Learning and Leading with Technology Editorials.
Template for Links to Other IAE Resources
This is a collection of IAE publications related to the IAE document you are currently reading. It is not updated very often, so important recent IAE documents may be missing from the list.
IAE Blog
IAE Newsletter
IAE-pedia (IAE's Wiki)
I-A-E Books and Miscellaneous Other
David Moursund' Learning and Leading with Technology Editorials.
Authors of this Document
This page was initially created by David Moursund with help from Grant Conway and Dick Ricketts.
