What started a few years ago as a concept for a single "portal" for conservation and environmental education resources has grown into a way to connect resources and use them in innovative ways for meeting standards, evaluation and new yet-to-be imagined connections.
Just like open APIs offered through Flickr, Facebook and Twitter, Resource Commons will offer ways to interact with and share data across the internet - and mash it up with other content and display it in new ways. Soon, you will be able to publish education on your own site and broadcast it throughout hundreds of other education, environmental and conservation organization sites and mobile devices.
The demo site at Demo.OutdoorResource.org provides a glimpse of how a single site might work. But this is only the tip of the 'berg. You'll also be able to:
- Create your own organization site directly connected to Resource Commons
- Add customized widgets to your site that broadcast your education content to the network
- Connect directly with resources offered through the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Park Service and other agencies
- Locate grants, employment and other valuable resources
