Content templates

Templates

This page was started by a discussion between user:sj, ian bicking, User:jeff, josh gay, and User:mchua on 5/5/07. It discusses templates/guides we'll be needing in order to build strong content communities - or rather, to enable content communities to build themselves. Mchua 18:12, 5 May 2007 (EDT)

Getting involved /grassroots activism

Create a LoCo

Ideally, this should be "automated" in the same way Sourceforge sets up project spaces for open-source software projects.

• Affiliate/identity
• Mailing lists
• Webpages
• Other communication tools
• Arrange meetings
• Host an event
• Write local groups (gov't, NGO, etc)

Start/join a project

• Content libraries
• Localization/translation
• Games
• Creative software libraries
• Tools (for developers)
• Curriculum (not just syllabi!)
• Other (software) tools
• Other projects

Create a...

• Book! Collage! Story! Choose your own adventure! Textbook!
• Remix! (audio, video)
• Game!
• Piece of code!
• Warning sign / pamphlet
• Newspaper/newsletter!

How To

• Bootstrapping
• Storytelling
  • screencapture
  • videocast/screencast
  • photo essays
  • MAKE-style / Instructables

The Knights Template

Templates of increasing automation.

0th order

Instructions (text)

1st order

Automated form-based creation (send to wiki, email)

• Example: using a task list generator to create a template of tasks - things you need to do in otrder to make a book, for instance. (Open Plans?)

2nd order

• Code to generate content (send to files, make more code)
• Using available APIs