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WHAT YOU CAN DO > donate your brain |
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Content Around the
world, thousands of websites need compelling content to continue promoting
awareness about specific causes and spread the wealth of knowledge. The
traffic they generate heavily relies on the quality of what they show.
Additionally, many projects today rely on the support of externals – from
Linux to NASA Photos and
editorial content can often be provided directly to the main editors and
webmasters of those websites, and sometimes in the form of a blog or a wiki.
If you feel that you have something to show or say that is newsworthy just
identify the sites that you want to support and contact them. Where do you
find recipients of educational materials? Try the following: www.Wikepedia.org: the world’s largest
online, free-of-charge encyclopedia. The webpages are built in such a way
(wikis) that everyone can contribute. And they start building study curricula
too. Many language versions are available. A great great start to provide
access to information for free to everyone. Where do you
find materials to be shared: Yourself, if you know that you have good knowledge on a
specific topic. Topics can be extremely specific, such a information about a
specific village in the world, or the solution to a difficult chemical
equation. Forget about academia: very often practical knowledge is as
important as well-written textbooks. Online: millions of people publish great information.
Transporting this content further is as important as building new one. Just
ask for permission unless the content you find is explicitly public. An
example: www.howstuffworks.com Translate online content: whether we like it or not, much
of the online content is in English. If you have good knowledge of another
language, you can bridge the language gap by translating things into another
language from English – just ensure that you know what you are talking
about…And of course, make sure that you do not infringe any copyright. Remember to
respect the rules of intellectual property – but do not overdo it: check www.creativecommons.org for
options to protect yourself and others while sharing the wealth! www.globalideasbank.org is full of
ideas for a better world, and needs everyone’s ideas Educational Materials The first points
of entry to ship physical educational materials are local charities that can
aggregate the delivery and make it cost effective. Look for organizations in
your neighborhood, be them religious or school-based. In the case of
religious organizations, we suggest that you check with them what the
criteria for the distribution of the materials to the recipients are – in
some cases, the recipient will need to be part of a local church or similar,
which might be a source of discrimination or undue “evangelization”. This
said, it is up to you to decide if your contribution should be used to promote
a specific faith, or should rather be unrestrained. Some schools in
third world countries may also need digital educational materials. In this
case there are no problems with the shipping. Just make sure that you have
the copyrights needed to distribute those materials to the recipients. This also
applies to institutions operating in specialized fields, be them in
developing or developed countries. They may need specialized information that
you may be having. Just try to find them out. www.throwplace.com/ is a repository of
information about where to send unused goods (including books), and where to
source them from |
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