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To volunteer your own expertise, contact volunteers@k-web.org
The Knowledge Web is an ambitious and complex project, so we need nearly any skills you have.
Our current volunteer teams are:
Education
Assist in the creation of a new student-centered way of learning; advise the technology team on features, create curriculum, participate in professional development to investigate emerging technology and teaching methods.
Technology
Inspired by our advisor Doug Engelbart's mission to push the envelope on data visualization and collaboration to cope with more complex problems, this group develops and tests Knowledge Web features. In particular, we currently need database, Java and sysadmin help.
Administration
Legal, accounting and logistical functions. We especially need help with grant-writing.
Content
This team researches and writes text, but we also have folks finding images and creating video and even 3D Virtual Reality content.
Communications
Prepares online and print publications, as well as Powerpoint and video.
Volunteer Team Leaders
Patrick McKercher,
Knowledge Web Project Manager
Patrick McKercher leads the overall development and operation of the Knowledge
Web project. He teaches courses in writing, technology, and the environment
at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He serves on several educational
technology advisory boards and has long been involved in using technology
for outreach to public schools—particularly through the investigation
of virtual reality spaces for educational exploration, collaboration,
and mentoring.
Becky Barber, Content Team Leader
Becky Barber leads the research and creation of content for the Knowledge
Web's database of historical people, places, and events. She teaches graduate-level
courses in San Jose State University's School of Library and Information
Science.
Judy Bonne, Educational Technology Team Leader
Judy Bonne leads a team of educators exploring the use of the Knowledge
Web as an educational tool and as a way to develop curriculum. She is
a professional educator and administrator who specializes in creating
curriculum and professional development programs and was co-founder of
the Spectrum alternative school, a private, K-9 school in Rockford, Illinois.
Spectrum is recognized as a model by Dr. Howard Gardner and uses the multiple
intelligences and constructivist pedagogy.
Gary Kelly, Technology Team Leader
Gary Kelley leads the technical development of the Knowledge Web. He is
a Vice President of Oracle Corporation's Portland Development Center,
where he is responsible for middleware architecture. Gary has also worked at Informix, Sequent and 3Com.