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How did all this began? What was it that started WikiEducator?

There is a nice history of WikiEducator in Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikieducator

Goal: WikiEducator aims to build a thriving and sustainable global community dedicated to the design, development and delivery of free content for learning in realization of a free version of the education curriculum by 2015.

Could it be done before 2015? 

Possibly - there have been several recent collaborations established that have significantly increased the breadth of curriculum covered.

Will it really be accomplished by 2015?

Projects like WikiEducator are never really "complete" because there is always more that could be done. Education, teaching and learning, technology are changing rapidly so there are new possibilities that are changing the goal and the deliverables. But that's ok. WikiEducator is very much on the leading edge of this evolution, and that is the objective.

How will WikiEducator spread the word? How will they advertise to get more people aware/interested? 

WikiEducator already has a significant community of users who can be reached via email, and various groups. These users are themselves involved in other educational organizations and can help spread the word. Many of the significant leaders in global education who present to broad audiences are including references to WikiEducator and promoting WikiEducator, as well.

It is important to have fresh new promotional information available so that these users and supports have something to say and distribute to potential new users. There are lots of people all over the world who can influence others. But they need to have interesting material to distribute.

That's where you come in. These WikiEducator promotional pages that your groups are creating will be available to everyone for public relations outreach and reference.