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WatchKnowLearn en
WatchKnowLearn is a free, non-profit, K-12 repository of educational videos. The website aggregates and organizes videos found on existing websites, as well as inviting users to upload original content. The vision of the company is for the community to organize into one, super directory, the plethora of education videos already available on the Internet, and to invite teachers, instructors, and educators to review, approve, and assign videos into appropriate categories suitable for children between the ages of 1-18. WatchKnowLearn was founded in 2006 by Tom Pittman, president of the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi. Funding for the project came from a retired Memphis, Tennessee businessman and philanthropist who began conversations with Pittman, having meet him through the Foundation, and having a desire to fund research into using technology to help students learn better. Pittman and the aforementioned philanthropist then sought out the expertise of Dr. Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia and founder of the Citizendium to act as the project's Executive Director. In November 2007, WatchKnow.org began development with the intention of having a fully functional [ - ]
