Media Lab at World University and School



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Ideas
How would an internet-centric Media Lab at WUaS look, in each of 3,000-8,000 languages and in around 200 countries, building on/extending the MIT Media Lab? I'd like to suggest that all of MIT and all of World Univ & Sch are Media Labs themselves ... with an invitation to play and make here.

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

Select Blogs
MIT Media Lab Blog. 2011. MIT Media Lab blog. Cambridge, MA: /blog.media.mit.edu.

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 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 Forums, Spaces, etc.
Hackerspaces. 2012. Hackerspaces. hackerspaces.org.

Select Labs
Doe, Kelvin. 2012. Self-taught African Teen Wows M.I.T.. Sierra Leone: MIT.

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 Quotes, Quotations, etc.
Ito, Joichi. 2013. "Anti-disciplinary" Joi Ito @ #Davos #WEF write-up. January 25. storify.com.

Select References
Chung, Michelle. 2012. Festival of Learning 2012 | Day 1. Cambridge, MA: MIT Media Lab.

Erickson, Megan. 2011. A DJ Saved My Life: Lessons from the Director of the MIT Media Lab. December 14. bigthink.com.

hal. 2011. App Inventor at MIT. MIT Center for Mobile Learning @ The Media Lab.

Hoffman, Reid and Joi Ito. 2012. LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman: Conversation Archive. April 4. (http://www.media.mit.edu/events/2012/04/04/media-lab-conversations-series-reid-hoffman-summary). Cambridge, MA: blog.media.mit.edu/

Ito, Joichi. 2011. In an Open-Source Society, Innovating by the Seat of Our Pants. December 5. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Ito, Joichi. 2011. Joi Ito: How to Save the Internet from its Success. June 7. Providence, RI: radioopensource.org.

Ito, Joi. 2012. The Media Lab is against SOPA and PIPA. January 15. blog.media.mit.edu.

Ito, Joi. 2012. MIT Media Lab @Tokyo 2012. January 15. http://www.media-lab-tokyo.jp/en

Ito, Joi. 2012. A New Window on Media Lab Research. February 24. blog.media.mit.edu.

Ito, Joi. 2012. Openness at the MIT Media Lab. June 17. Cambridge, MA: blog.media.mit.edu.

Kalin, Sari. 2012. [Connection Central: A champion of all things open, Joichi Ito sees the Media Lab as a platform for fast-moving, collaborative innovation]. September/October. Cambridge, MA: MIT News.

Liu, Debbie. 2012. Opinion: GUEST COLUMN: A love letter to MIT - The Institute affects its immediate community too. Cambridge, MA: tech.mit.edu.

Markoff, John. 2011. Speed of Light Lingers in Face of New Camera. December 12. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Marsh, Geoff. 2012. How to see around corners: Ultra-fast camera can create images of hidden objects using scattered laser light. Nature.com.

Matias, J. Nathan. 2012. The Festival of Learning. January 31. Cambridge, MA: MIT Media Lab.

Papert, Seymour. 1990. A Critique of Technocentrism in Thinking About the School of the Future. (A version of this piece was published as "M.I.T. Media Lab Epistemology and Learning Memo No. 2" (September 1990). Its content was based on a talk presented at Children in an Information Age: Opportunities for Creativity, Innovation, and New Activities (Sofia, Bulgaria, May 1987).). Cambridge, MA: papert.org.

Pentland, Alex. 2012. The New Deal on Data. January 30. Cambridge, MA: MIT Media Lab and IDcubed.org

Resnick, Mitchel. 2007. All I Really Need to Know (About Creative Thinking) I Learned (By Studying How Children Learn) in Kindergarten. Cambridge, MA: web.media.mit.edu.

Rosenbaum, Eric. 2012. Eric Rosenbaum Lifelong Kindergarten group at MIT Media Lab Projects. web.media.mit.edu/~ericr/

Rowan, David. 2012. Open university: Joi Ito plans a radical reinvention of MIT's Media Lab. November 12. London, UK: wired.co.uk.

Slotnick, Stacie. 2012. Innovation, Rocky Mountain Style. June 26. Cambridge, MA: blog.media.mit.edu.

Stempeck, Matt (and Mark Rolston). 2011. How Does Society React When Technology Approaches Magic?. November 29.

Tischler, Linda. 2013. MIT Builds An Open-Source Platform For Your Body. February 5. fastcompany.com.

Zuckerman, Ethan. 2011. Joi Ito on Openness and the Media Lab. Cambridge, MA: ethanzuckerman.com.

Select Video and Audio
Education Nation heads to Cambridge, Massachusetts to talk technology in the classroom at the MIT Media Lab. 2012. Education Nation heads to Cambridge, Massachusetts to talk technology in the classroom at the MIT Media Lab. September 13. Cambridge, MA: MIT Media Lab.

Ferguson, Dave. 2013. Mitchel Resnick’s “Kindergarten Thinking”. daveswhiteboard.com.

Wachsmuth, Friedemann. 2011. Lego Super-8 Video Projector. May 22. (fascinating (and useful) Super-8 video camera from what appears to be common parts Lego Technic parts). idle.slashdot.org

Select Websites
Common Crawl. 2012. Common Crawl. (Common Crawl has the goal of democratizing access to web information by producing and maintaining an open repository of web crawl data that is universally accessible).

hal. 2011. MIT Center for Mobile Learning @ The Media Lab. Cambridge, MA: MIT Center for Mobile Learning @ The Media Lab.

Lifelong Kindergarten. 2011. MIT Media Lab - Lifelong Kindergarten. Cambridge, MA: www.media.mit.edu/research/groups/lifelong-kindergarten

Minecraft.Print. 2011. Minecraft.Print. (A project by Cody Sumter and Jason Boggess in the MIT Media Lab). Cambridge, MA: MIT Media Lab.

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

MIT Media Lab - Past Talks and Colloquia. 1995. http://www.media.mit.edu/events/past MIT Media Lab - Past Talks and Colloquia].

MIT Media Lab Students. 2012. MIT Media Lab Students. Cambridge, MA: MIT.

The Media Lab at MIT. The Media Lab at MIT. Cambridge, MA: MIT Media Lab.

MIT Media Lab Research. MIT Media Lab Research.

Silver, Jay. 2011. Drawdio: A Pencil that Lets You Draw Music. Cambridge, MA: web.media.mit.edu/~silver/drawdio/

World University and School Links
Anthropology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Anthropology

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

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

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

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

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

Computer Science: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Computer_Science

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

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

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

Educational Software: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Educational_Software

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

Film Making: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Film_Making

Gaming - Digital: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Gaming_-_Digital

Hacking: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hacking_-_Computers_%28certified,_ethical%29

Hardware Resource Possibilities: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hardware_Resource_Possibilities

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

Internet Studies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Internet_Studies

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology_-_MIT

Media Arts and Sciences: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Media_Arts_and_Sciences

Media Lab at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Media_Lab_at_World_University_and_School

Media Studies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Media_Studies

One Laptop per Child - XO Laptop: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child_-_XO_Laptop_-_$100_Laptop_-_MIT

Open Access Resources: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Open_Access_Resources

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

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

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

Social Science: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Social_Science

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

Theater Arts: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Theater_Arts

Urban Studies and Planning: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Urban_Studies_and_Planning

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

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

Academic Press at World University and School
Academic Press at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Academic_Press_at_World_University_and_School

Access to Live, or Email, University Technical Expertise
Ask a question in a specific discipline, or find, for example, a Robotics' or Computer programmer, or Translator, easily and freely.

Admissions at World University and School
Admissions' Department: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School

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
http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/

Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at World University and School
Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bookstore_/_Computer_Store_%28New_%26_Used%29_at_WUaS

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

Calendar (Schedule what you'd like to teach)
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/.

Careers
Career counseling: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Career_counseling

Finding / creating a job you really love: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Finding_/_creating_a_job_you_really_love

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

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

Coordinates
... in a virtual world

Credits
Many thanks to each of you!

Please feel free to hyperlink your name to a location of your choice (or tell WUaS where to link to - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com). Please do not hesitate to let WUaS know if you think that somebody (including yourself) has been forgotten, now or in the future; please include a URL, which is, of course, one main way identity created on the internet.

Digital To Do
Android

Brainwave device / Headset

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/

Print

Publish to DVD

Recommend

Send to phone

Tablets

Translate

Videophone

Free Degrees / Credit
Admissions at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School

Conference Method of Teaching and Learning: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_Method_of_Teaching_and_Learning

The College at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School

Ph.D. Degrees at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ph.D._Degrees_at_World_University_and_School

World University Law School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Law_School

World University Medical School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Medical_School

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:

Item Number
Global ID and Multiple IDs - see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/New_sites_system

Learning Networking
Teach and Learn using free Social Bookmarking software to identify what courses, etc. you find edifying.

Academia.edu's World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.academia.edu/

Delicious.com's World University and School - http://www.delicious.com/WorldUniversityandSchool

Digg.com's World University and School - http://digg.com/worlduniversityandschool

Facebook.com's World University and School - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48753608141 (This group may be archived).

Google + - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com (Scott MacLeod) - https://plus.google.com/115890623333932577910/

Google Profiles World University and School - https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/108179352492243955816/posts

Google Groups' World University and School - http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School

Like

LinkedIn's World University and School - http://www.linkedin.com/groups/World-University-School

Redditt.com's World University and School - http://www.reddit.com/user/WorldUnivandSch/

Tribe.net's World University and School - http://tribes.tribe.net/worlduniversityandschool

Twitter.com's World University and School - http://twitter.com/WorldUnivandSch

World University & School subject group

World University & School Share This

Yahoo Groups' World University and School: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worlduniversityandschool/

TV-Live Broadcasting
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

World University and School Licensing
World University and School incorporated as a nonprofit in April 2010 and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity, as of 2011.

World University & School is a community of learners and teachers who value — and are themselves strengthened by — the rich diversity of its participants. In order to cultivate a flourishing teaching, learning and creating conversation in a diverse and complex world, WUaS welcomes all languages, students, families, faculty, board members, and staff with differences based on (but not limited to) race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, family structure, and economic background.

All content on this site is freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/.

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

Library Resources: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources

Nation States: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Nation_States

You at World University: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University

Educational Software: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Educational_Software

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

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

Hardware Resource Possibilities: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hardware_Resource_Possibilities

Frequently Asked Questions at World University & School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions

World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation

SUBJECT TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE

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