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 * Add or take a free, open Gaming - Digital course.

Select Courses

 * Add free, open Gaming - Digital courses below.

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

(WUaS's wiki, information technologies and criteria for this - informed by the WUaS academic journal subject matter - are developing, since you can already publish your article at http://www.academia.edu).

Select Blogs
Terra Nova. 2013. Terra Nova. (game research blog). Bloomington, IN: terranova.blogs.com.

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
Bogost, Ian. 2012. Alien Phenomenology, or What It's Like to Be a Thing (Posthumanities). Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.

Bogost, Ian. 2011. How to Do Things with Videogames. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota 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 Labs
Holographic Imaging Labs. 2003. http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/media-arts-and-sciences/mas-450-holographic-imaging-spring-2003/labs/ Holographic Imaging Labs]. Cambridge, MA: MIT Open Course Ware.

Videogame Theory and Analysis Labs. 2006. http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies/cms-998-videogame-theory-and-analysis-fall-2006/labs/ Videogame Theory and Analysis Labs]. Cambridge, MA: MIT Open Course Ware.

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 Programs, Applications, Software
Elude. 2010. Elude. (Life is a never-ending struggle, full of rising and falling moods. Elude mirrors this struggle against the rising tide of depression, and the search for a path to happiness). Cambridge, MA: gambit.mit.edu.

Play Elude. 2010. Play Elude. (Elude explores the complex landscape of mood by creating a metaphorical gaming experience. The goal is to raise awareness and understanding among the friends and family members of those who suffer from clinical depression.). Cambridge, MA: gamesforchange.org/play/elude/.

Select References
Arden: The World of Shakespeare. 2013. Arden: The World of Shakespeare. Wikipedia.

Bates, Laura. 2012. 10 Of The Best Educational Online Games. (The games listed are: Danger Zone, The Blood Typing Game, Kodu, Climate Challenge, Play My Code, Wasteland Adventure, Electrocity, Virtual Surgery, Peace Doves). October 5. fractuslearning.com.

Hill, Jr., Randall W. 2014. How Virtual Humans Can Build Better Leaders. July 25. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business Review.

Huotari, Kai and Juho Hamari. 2012. Defining Gamification - A Service Marketing Perspective. Aalto, Finland: academia.edu/7962656/Defining_Gamification_-A_Service_Marketing_Perspective.

New Learning Lab Will Research, Develop Games to Engage Students, Measure Learning. 2012. New Learning Lab Will Research, Develop Games to Engage Students, Measure Learning. June 28. Chicago, IL: MacArthur Foundation.

Price, Ludovica. 2014. The Sims: A Retrospective - A Participatory Culture 14 Years On. August. The Journal of Cult Media.

Reynolds, Ren. 2012. A reasonable remedy. September 19. terranova.blogs.com.

Schwartz, Katrina. 2013. SimCityEDU: Using Games for Formative Assessment. March 14. blogs.kqed.org.

Top Video Game Design Press Release. 2013. Top Video Game Design Press Release - THE PRINCETON REVIEW NAMES TOP UNDERGRAD AND GRAD SCHOOLS TO STUDY GAME DESIGN FOR 2013: U-Utah #1 On Undergrad List / U-Southern Cal #1 on Grad List. New York, NY: princetonreview.com.

Zielinska, Edyta. 2013. Playing for Words Children with dyslexia have an easier time learning to read after playing action video games that don’t incorporate reading. February 28. The Scientist.

Select Reviews
Hamilton, Kirk. 2013. Mass Effect 3: Citadel: The Kotaku Review. kotaku.com.

Select Video and Audio
Addressing Skepticism Around Using Video Games for Learning. 2014. Addressing Skepticism Around Using Video Games for Learning. Connected Learning.

GameDesk on YouTube. 2013 GameDesk on YouTube. youtube.com/user/GameDesk90064

Gordon, Eric. 2013. Eric Gordon on Transforming Local Civic Engagement Through an Online Game. Cambridge, MA: Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

McGonigal, Jane. 2011. Jane McGonigal:Reality is Broken. Computer History Museum and KQED television.

Oculus Rift

Dasher. 2013. [VR Jamulus Rift with Dasher (Oculus Rift Mini Game)]. ResetLoad Youtube channel.

Despres, Draxtor. 2014. the drax files radio hour (with jo yardley). Berlin, DE: draxfiles.com/2014/03/14/show-10-oculus/.

Despres, Draxtor. 2014. Draxtor says: SL looks good today (with Oculus)!. Draxtor Despres Youtube channel.

MacLeod, Scott. 2013. Developing a virtual Harbin, Oculus Rift digital immersive goggles, Claude Monet-informed style, into interactive, and also realistic, 3-D, immersive environments, Ethno-wiki-virtual-world-graphy too (for group building as in OpenSim and Second Life, etc.) ... See, too Virtual Worlds and Wearable Electronics at WUaS, E-Meditation. August 3. Canyon, CA: scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2013/08/chameleons-developing-virtual-harbin.html.

Oculus Facebook Rift gameplay footage. 2014. Oculus Facebook Rift gameplay footage. Marc Tschudi Youtube channel.

Weerts, Marc. 2014. Oculus Rift - Second Life - Beta viewer. Marc Weerts Youtube channel.

Select Websites
GameDesk. 2013. GameDesk. (GameDeask looks to help close the achievement gap and engage students to learn core STEM curriculum. It develops project-based learning with a strong focus on purpose, ownership, and personal value). gamedesk.org/.

MIT Game Lab. 2013. MIT Game Lab. Cambridge, MA: gamelab.mit.edu/.

Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Wikipedia
Wikipedia: https://www.wikipedia.org/

Wikiquotes
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Wikisource
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Wikivoyage
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Sociology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Sociology

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

Visual Anthropology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Visual_Anthropology

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Ask a question in a specific discipline, or find, for example, a Robotics' or Computer programmer, or Translator, easily and freely.

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Flyer seeking degree-oriented, WUaS students: 'Quaker-informed World University & School seeks friendly, undergraduate students for free, online, Greatest Universities-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.

Digital and Print catalog

Blog at World University and School
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Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) 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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Counseling
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Coordinates
... in a virtual world

Credits
Many thanks to each of you!

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Digital To Do
Android

Brainwave device / Headset

Broadcast to radio frequencies

Broadcast to TV / television

Create EMail group for page

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

Google Glass

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

Oculus Rift

Print

Publish to DVD

Recommend

Send to phone

Tablets

Translate

Videophone

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In Google Earth
Google Earth.

In Virtual World
(Search on the word 'lists' here, too: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Virtual_Worlds)

3D Learn. 2013. http://www.learningin3d.info/

Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com

Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/

Minecraft. 2012. www.minecraft.net

Edusim. 2013. http://edusim3d.com/

Gifted Kids.ie. 2013. http://www.giftedkids.ie/daynuv.html

ISTE – SIGMS. 2013. http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/secondlifeplayground2010

Kaneva. 2014. http://www.kaneva.com/

Open Cobalt. 2013. http://www.opencobalt.org/

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 and http://www.opencroquet.org/

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

Primary Games. 2013. http://www.primarygames.com/arcade/virtualworlds.php

Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://atlantisremixed.org/ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoT3pilNPI).

SimScience. 2012. http://simscience.org/

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.

SmallWorlds. 2014. https://www.smallworlds.com/

There.com. 2014. http://www.there.com/

Twinity. 2014. http://www.twinity.com/en/choose-your-free-avatar

Unity3D. 2012. http://unity3d.com/

WiloStar3D. 2013. https://www.wilostar3d.com/

World of Warcraft in School. 2014. http://wowinschool.pbworks.com/w/page/5268731/FrontPage

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

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

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://anymeeting.com/homepage/

Google + Hangout - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/hangoutplugin - http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/

Meeting Burner - http://www.meetingburner.com/index?page=signup-v2 – up to 15 connection

ooVoo - http://www.oovoo.com/home.aspx

Paltalk - http://www.paltalk.com

sifonr - free communication - http://www.sifonr.com/‎

Tokbox | OpenTok - API - http://tokbox.com/opentok

Vyew - http://vyew.com/

Web Huddle - https://www.webhuddle.com/homepage.jsp - http://sourceforge.net/projects/webhuddle/

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

Universal Translator at WUaS
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Google Translate language:

Sugar Labs: Translation System language:

Region:

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

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

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

Wikidata / Bots
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