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Publish my article in a WUaS academic journal in this subject
Open Journal Systems. 2012. Open Journal Systems. Public Knowledge Project.

Select Blogs
Seed Media Group. 2010. Science Blogs. Seed Media Group.

Select Book Groups, Study Groups, Musical Groups, etc.
Begin a Google + Hangout: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108179352492243955816/posts

Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/

Select Books
Nielsen, Michael. 2011. Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Select Communities, Email lists, etc.
(See also editable World University and School's 'You at World University' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University).

Select Libraries, Archives, Collections, etc.
(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).

Select Museums
(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).

Select Photos
Djorski, S. George. 2011. 2011. Second Life residents Desdemona Enfield and Curious George work on a virtual-reality visualization that classifies stars, galaxies and quasars according to their colors, brightness, distance and morphology. (see, too - http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/25/6344843). www.polls.newsvine.com.

Lin, Thomas (prod.). 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/science/species-readers-photos.html#index Welcome to Our Backyard]. ("What’s the most surprising species close to home? Readers responded with a variety of wild organisms, large and small. Click here to submit a photo.") New York, NY: The New York Times.

Select Programs, Applications, Software
ScienceSim. 2011. http://www.sciencesim.com/wiki/doku.php. Research, teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.

Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.
Science is awesome because we are not. Our ability to perceive things is limited and flawed, our memories are limited and flawed, and our minds are filled with biases that distort reality even when the information is right in front of us. Science helps us overcome our own limitations (to the extent we are able). -- Kevin Bonham

Select References
Amos, Jonathan. 2010. Voyager near Solar System's edge. December 13. San Francisco, CA: BBC.

arkenian. 2011. 350 Years of Science Online. October 26. science.slashdot.org

Boyle, Alan. 2011. Science thrives in virtual worlds. March 25. cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com

Brown, Mark. 2012. [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/fundamentals-of-biology-ocw-scholar.htmlFundamentalsofBiologynowavailablein OCW Scholar format Course is the last of seven OCW has published this year specifically to meet the needs of independent learners]. September 6. Cambridge, MA: MIT OpenCourseWare.

Chakravartty, Anjan. 2011. [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-realism/ Scientific Realism. Stanford, CA: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Drew, Christopher. 2011. Why Science Majors Change Their Minds (It’s Just So Darn Hard). November 4. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Fish, Stanley. 2010. Pragmatism's Gift. March 15. New York, NY: New York Times.

jearbear. 2011. Ask Slashdot: Crowdfunding For Science — Can It Succeed?. November 12. ask.slashdot.org.

Johnson, Caroline. 2012. MIT uses reality TV, online games to show science’s appeal. September 3. Boston, MA: Boston Globe.

Lehrer, Jonah. 2010. The Truth Wears Off: Is there something wrong with the scientific method?. December 13. New York, NY: The New Yorker.

Madrigal, Alexis. 2011. The Dark Side of the Placebo Effect: When Intense Belief Kills. September 14. The Atlantic.

Nielsen, Michael. 2008. The Future of Science. July 17. Australia: michaelnielsen.org.

Novella, Steven. 2010. The Decline Effect. Neurologicablog.

Pickens, Hugh. 2012. Scientists Themselves Play Large Role In Bad Reporting. September 13.science.slashdot.org/

Revkin, Andrew. 2011. Can Scientists Arouse and Fulfill?. May 20. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew. 2011. Is Confidence in Science as a Source of Progress Based on Faith or Fact?. December 23. New York, NY: dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com.

Revkin, Andrew. 2011. On Flu Strains, Folkies and Faith in Science. December 21. New York, NY: dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com.

sciencehabit. 2012. A New Record For Scientific Retractions?. July 03. science.slashdot.org

Soulskill. 2012. Ask Richard Dawkins About Evolution, Religion, and Science Education. October 18. interviews.slashdot.org

timothy. 2011. Superannuated Scientists Still Productive. December 20. science.slashdot.org

Wired Science Staff. 2010. Top Scientific Breakthroughs of 2010. December 30. wired.com/wiredscience

Ynnerman, Anders. 2011. Anders Ynnerman: Visualizing the medical data explosion. Göteborg, Sweden: TED Talk.

Select Video and Audio
Attenborough, Goodall, Sagan. 2011. Symphony of Science - 'The Unbroken Thread' (ft. Attenborough, Goodall, Sagan). http://symphonyofscience.com.

Djorski, S. George. 2011. TEDxCaltech - S. George Djorgovski - Evolving Science and Technology in Cyberspace. Pasadena, CA: TEDxTalks.

Exploratorium. 2012. Exploratorium. San Francisco, CA: Exploratorium.

Nielsen, Michael. 2011. Doing Science in the Open. Cambridge, MA: Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

Gates, Bill, and Richard Feynman. 2011 (1964). Welcome to Project Tuva - Bill Gates Introduction, and the Feynman Messenger Lecture Series. (Microsoft Research Project Tuva presents Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman's Messenger Series lectures within an enhanced video player ... "to teach people about the "core scientific concepts" of Feynman's lectures using interactive media. According to his video introduction, Gates saw the lectures when he was younger. He enjoyed the physics concepts and Feynman's lecturing style, and later acquired the rights to make the video available to the public. He hopes that this will encourage others to make educational content available for free."). research.microsoft.com.

Select Websites
New York Times' Science Section. 2011. New York Times' Science Section. New York, NY: The New York Times.

The Symphony of Science. Symphony of Science. (The Symphony of Science is a musical project headed by John Boswell, designed to deliver scientific knowledge and philosophy in musical form. Here you can watch music videos, download songs, read lyrics and find links relating to the messages conveyed by the music. The project owes its existence in large measure to the classic PBS Series Cosmos, by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steve Soter, as well as all the other featured figures and visuals). The Symphony of Science.

World University and School Links
Animal Behavior: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Animal_Behavior

Animal Studies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Animal_Studies

Astronomy: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Astronomy

Astrophysics: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Astrophysics

Battery Technologies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Battery_Technologies

Biochemistry: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Biochemistry

Biological Anthropology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Biological_Anthropology

Biological Engineering: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Biological_Engineering

Biology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Biology

Biomedical Engineering: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Biomedical_Engineering

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Botany: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Botany

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Electrical Engineering: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Electrical_Engineering

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Geology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Geology

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Life Sciences: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Life_Sciences

Longevity: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Longevity

Marine Science: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Marine_Science

Materials Science: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Materials_Science

Mathematics: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Mathematics

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Medical Anthropology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Medical_Anthropology

Medical Technology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Medical_Technology

Medicine: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Medicine

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Nanotechnology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Nanotechnology

Neurobiology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Neurobiology

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Organic Chemistry: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Organic_Chemistry

Paleontology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Paleontology

Pharmacology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Pharmacology

Philosophy: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Philosophy

Philosophy of Science: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Philosophy_of_Science

Physics: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Physics

Plant Evolution: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Plant_Evolution

Primatology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Primatology

Programming: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Programming

Quantum Computing: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Quantum_Computing

Quantum Physics: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Quantum_Physics

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Research: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Research

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Virtual Worlds: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Virtual_Worlds

Wind Energy: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Wind_Energy

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Zoology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Zoology

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Flyer seeking degree-oriented, WUaS students: 'Quaker-informed World University & School seeks friendly, undergraduate students for free, online, MIT OCW-centric, bachelor’s degrees to apply in the autumn of 2013, for matriculation in autumn 2014' - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSFriendsFlyerforProspectiveStudentApplicants.pdf - and accessible here, also - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSNoticeArchive.html. WUaS holds open, electronically-mediated, hour-long, monthly business meeting on the second Saturdays at 9 am Pacific Time, in the manner of Quakers - email worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com if you'd like to participate.

Blog at World University and School
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with educational electronics, as well; with musical instruments; value pricing ... 2% below market, consistently; available via mail and electronically;

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Join the World University and School Google + Group to add to its wiki-like calendar to teach an open, free class or course, converse about ideas, and jam (e.g. musically or theater improvisation): https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/.

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WUaS Job hunting: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Job_hunting

Counseling
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Coordinates
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Credits
Many thanks to each of you!

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Broadcast to radio frequency

Broadcast to TV

Create EMail group for page

Digital Text to Audio file format (Browse Aloud / Read Aloud?)

MIT OCW Mirror Site Instructions: http://ocw.mit.edu/about/mirror-site-program/mirror-site-instructions/

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Recommend

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Tablets

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World University Music School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Music_School

WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme (probably in United Nations' languages only - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)

In Google Earth
Google Earth.

In Virtual World
Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com/edu/

Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=what_is_alice/what_is_alice Minecraft. 2012. www.minecraft.net

OpenSim. 2012. http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page (http://www.scribd.com/doc/57959626/OpenSimulator-School-Quick-Start-Guide)

Open Croquet. 2012. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OpenCroquet

Open Wonderland. 2012. http://openwonderland.org/

Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://crlt.indiana.edu/research/qa.html (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoT3pilNPI).

ScienceSim. 2012. http://www.sciencesim.com/wiki/doku.php. Research, teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.

Second Life - Harvard's virtual island. 2012. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 - and teach, learn and share ideas - in group voice chat, or in group type chat, and via building.

Unity3D. 2012. unity3d.com/

Add a learning-oriented virtual world here:

Travel to this virtual island to learn building:

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Broadcast to television

Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software to the web:

Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com

Justin TV - http://www.justin.tv

Ustream TV - http://ustream.tv

Video Communication
Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software

Free video conferencing

iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html

Skype - http://www.skype.com/

Free, group video conferencing

AnyMeeting - http://l.anymeeting.com/homepage/

Google + Hangout - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/hangoutplugin

Zoom.us - Cloud HD Video Meetings - http://zoom.us/

Universal Translator at WUaS
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Universal_Translator

Wiki Software for Courses
Media Wiki - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

PB Works - http://pbworks.com/

Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/

Wikia - http://www.wikia.com/Wikia

Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/

Wikidata / Bots
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Bots

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