SocraticDiscourse

I have a dream that one day socratic discourse will be the practice everywhere and that it needs to start somewhere, so why not here?

SocraticDiscourse

 Socratic - trying to ask and pose questions that will cause inquiry or debate between the community with the attempt to promote critical thinking and to illuminate new ideas and perspectives.  Discourse - communication of thought by words

 I have an idea about a website called SocraticDiscourse.com/net/org (redirecting to socraticdiscourse.com) where this can take place

 I want socraticdiscourse to be a place where people can exchange new ideas and new takes on old concepts to a new audience for the purpose of fostering creative thinking and new view points.  I am looking for people to join me with the design of the site and the creation of content. This would be part of the digital medium section of the class. I am hoping that this site has a life after the course and would love to have a few weekly contributors at least for the duration of the course.

My three major topics are: I am looking for people to join me on these issues. Storytelling Roleplaying games and Net Neutrality

This website would be for any and everyones topics, in order to join this site and be a contributor you DO NOT need to join me on one of my three issues. You can do your own topics and post them on the site.

Thanks, Will

Feel free to ask me any questions about this idea.

Contact me by email - sokshock@gmail.com wisbiste@uoguelph.ca Contact me by phone - 519-830-3545

Hey guys, I just signed up for the forum on Will's website and posted a topic regarding internet safety and privacy. Feel free to join in the discussion and maybe get a little socratic discourse happening. It took no time at all to create an account, and the forum is set up really well, and therefore is easy to navigate. I recommend checking it out. My post is under the name "dotheevolution1" because old handles die hard. *edit* - apparently my posts need to be reviewed by a moderator before they can be seen. I posted a second topic on birth tourism as well.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Hey there, logged into the main page, and saw where I can continue posting but wondering about recovering my initial posts? Would be a shame for those to be lost altogether, so maybe you can figure it out?

- Graeme

I'm in.

Going to catch up on the posts and get my Socratic Discourse on.

Connor

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Will! I would like to participate, but it slipped my mind to stay after class, my apologies! I'm sure we can work something out though, let me know what I can/should do to be up to date!

Thanks :)!

- Alanna

Did you get my email, Will? I am still trying to figure WordPress out!

Connor

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Hey everyone contributing on Socratic Discourse here is a walkthrough on how to create new pages on Socratic Discourse, from logging in to publishing.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Step 1: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Go to @http://www.socraticdiscourse.com/

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Step 2: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">On the right side of the page there are a bunch of links with headings, Recent comments and such. If you look below that you'll see Meta below that is a link marked "Log in"

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Step 3: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Enter your user name and password, click Log in

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Step 4: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">On the left side of the page you will see Dashboard, posts, media, pages, and comments... etc. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Click Pages.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Step 5: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">At the top of the page you'll see Pages, with an Add New button next to it. Click it.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Step 6: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Now this is the page that allows you to create Pages on the site. Add your title and your content below that. If you haven't make an intro page you should do that before writing a piece.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Step 7: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Now that you have the title and your content you need to publish. On the right hand side two boxes, Publish, and Page attributes. Under publish you can change how you want it published, or the status. The default status is draft, so if you want it to be on the site you'll need to change that to Pending Review. (It uses a small drop down menu that is available after you click edit.) click Ok. You can change the visibility, if you want it private, public or password protected.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Step 8: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Below the Publish section there is Page Attributes. Here you only need to change one thing, and that is "Parent". If it's your Corner page or whatever you decide to name your intro page then it should not have a parent and should show "(no parent)". After you make your main intro page. Mark every other page you create as having your intro page as the parent,

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Say I write a piece and put it under Will's Corner, the article I have written will have the parent of Will's Corner.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Step 9:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Make sure everything is correct, and click Publish.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">There you're done, you have now published your first page on Socratic Discourse. Unfortunately I still have to approve it. I will be checking twice a day to accept new pages. Please note, everything will appear as you have written. Let me know if you need formatting help.