User talk:AtHomeDad

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Good to have you here
Hi there, just saw your userpage (pretty much as a result of your username), and I just thought I'd say "good on" what you're doing. We actually have a page on Homeschooling (we had two homeschoolers as regulars on our IRC channel) but I wonder of how much use Wikiversity is to someone in your position. Perhaps you can help us improve on this account by documenting how it does/doesn't work, changing bits that you can, and raising those you can't with others in the community. That would be most useful. :-) Cormaggio talk 01:15, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * To clearly state my vision: I want to see this site become a sort of free http://www.k12.com/ available to the world. There is plenty of great content out there, but it needs a central hub and consistent format.--AtHomeDad 03:30, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Pre-tertiary portal
Do you think Wikiversity should have a single "Pre-tertiary portal" or several options as suggested at Template:Main Page navigation? --JWSchmidt 23:10, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't really understand the tradeoffs/advantages of a single portal vs. the navigation. I do like the options at the main navigation page.  I could see a benefit of discussion and to-do at the pre-tertiary level (man, that name has to go - I have a couple other ideas: wikicyberschool, wikivirtualacademy, but wikiprep is short and sweet.)  I have loads of ideas about who could provide/reformat content.  Are you the central contact in this decentralized effort?  I think a request from an admin might have more weight than coming from me.  Shall I just post my suggested contact sites here? --AtHomeDad 03:30, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I think most people here are oriented around college-level learning. We could start with one portal that would be friendly for "pre-tertiary" stuff, but I have a hunch that we need several different portals that emphasize various age groups and learning approaches. We have Outreach as a starting point for making plans about outreach.....like many things around here nobody has gotten too serious about it. There really is not any central structure here....we are all volunteers. If you see something that needs to be done, jump in and get it started. --JWSchmidt 04:37, 28 January 2008 (UTC)