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==WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources==
===Ideas===
Fascinating overview of Africa from Google's Chairman Eric Schmidt -
Jan 22, 2013 -
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+EricSchmidt/posts -
"A Week of Africa
After a week of business meetings in the cities of sub-saharan africa, we can surely say three things are new for the continent:
a) the despotic leadership in Africa from the 1970s and 1980 is in decline, replaced by younger and more democratic leaders
b) a huge youth demographic boom is underway, with a majority of the population of 25, or even under 20
c) mobile phones are everywhere, and the Internet in Africa will be primarily a mobile one
Many of the older problems are still severe, including a lack of electric power, the general trend of rural to urban migration, and pervasive corruption. Every country we visited had an internal security problem, or a significant border problem, and the elites are sheltered from this pervasive concern behind guarded walls, hotels and restaurants with gates and security checks, and ubiquitous guards. I try to imagine what the US would be if we had the types of security problems in Africa.. how would WE deal with such threats?
Connectivity is much more important for security than many analysts think. Societies who are not connected lack opposing viewpoints and are much more subject to easy radicalization. The virtue of having more connectivity is that people will have more choices, and more choices lead a better understanding of the value to go to school, the need to treat women equally, the choice to not demonize others, etc.
Nairobi has emerged as a serious tech hub and may become the African leader. A combination of relatively stable politics, the British legal system, and a benign climate seem to attract a significant share of foreign investment. Incubators are hosting potential solutions to many problems, including connecting M-Pesa (their mobile money solution on simple phones using SMS) with payment systems for local stores. If they manage to get through the upcoming March elections without significant conflict, they will grow quickly.
Rwanda is a jewel with a terrible past. High economic growth and the development of a significant middle class is threatened by the withdrawal of aid due to UN complaints over the Congo. Rwanda feels like Singapore, an island inside of Africa whose small size allows great focus and a dynamic, stable government. A visit to the Genocide Museum in Kigali, and a trip to the Volcanic National Park where eight groups of eight can trek to see the gorillas made famous by Diana Fossey, are well worth it. Gorilla treks are also available through Uganda and the Congo, over the same mountains.
After fifty years of war, South Sudan is the worlds newest country. In a country where every issue is an urgent one, mobile networks can unify a poor country with isolated villages, significant flooding in the rainy season, and the constant threat of attacks from rebels from the north. A courageous group, the Satellite Sentinel project. uses satellite data and other sources to document ethnic cleansing in remote areas of Sudan (the northern Sudan) and serve as a record of the terrible ongoing violence against innocents.
Chad is a poor petro-state, with a long history of conflict and one pipeline and one fiber link. Africa has submarine fiber cables on the west and eastern side. Landlocked countries are at the mercy of their neighbors, and all have learned that competition with multiple fiber connections from differing borders dramatically reduces costs. Chad like some others, has determined that future spectrum should not be auctioned as that only increases the eventual mobile costs and are simply allocating it to a set of competitive carriers. Less than 1% of Chad has electricity.
Nigeria, known as a land of oil corruption and the ubiquitous 419 email scams, is the biggest surprise to a first time visitor. Nigerians are entrepreneurial, stylish, educated, and have the belief that their country can emerge as the next Brazil. With 170 million citizens, and a record breaking eleven years of civilian elected government, the compound growth and the shared memory of real internal conflict almost guarantees their short term success. Future growth of Nigeria should help with its international image problem, as the real story of its success gets out.
The emergent model of the African internet is a set of competitive fiber suppliers to the capital, a set of fiber rings owned by local telco's, and 3G and 4G networks. Some of the countries are late with licensing plans for 3G and 4G, a costly delay for countries that have very little residential broadband. Solar charging can help with the power needs of handsets, but the electricity needs to be more reliable or costly backup systems will be built at each tower. Many of these countries have telecommunications as a major contributor to their GPD (Cote d'Ivory is about 12%) and even Somalia, which we did not visit this time, has a profitable competitive telecommunications industry.. the most profitable legal industry in that country. Some countries are reluctant to turn on the data portion of their telecommunications industry, another costly delay to their future digital commerce, education and entertainment industries.
Many Africans will be last, unfortunately, to be connected to the rest of us. For them, the best short term outcome will be feature phones (inexpensive voice and SMS phones) and a private network of microSD cards that can be traded behind oppressive authorities to get information in and out of trapped, occupied and remote locations. Information is power, and more information means more choices. Documenting abuses, getting pressure from outside to fix real problems, and solving illiteracy are just a few functions of even the most limited of feature phones.
The demographic dividend in Africa of young people is their greatest hope, in my opinion. Today high rates of unemployment show an economy underperforming to its true potential. This new generation expects more, and will use mobile computing to get it. Optimism is appropriate for Africa, as the people we met will do much more with less than we can imagine, and the devices and systems built in the first world will be used in the most creative ways in the emerging new world of Africa."
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African Arguments Online. 2013. [http://africanarguments.org/ African Arguments Online]. (African Arguments Online is a multi-blogging site that covers both contemporary African events as they unfold, and develops debates on themes we believe are centrally important to an ever changing continent). africanarguments.org.
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Alcayna-Stevens, Lys. 2015. [https://www.academia.edu/8249415/Contemporary_Congolese_Studies_Congo_Research_Network Contemporary Congolese Studies | Congo Research Network]. Cambridge, UK: academia.edu/8249415/Contemporary_Congolese_Studies_Congo_Research_Network .
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Reporting grants for China-Africa stories. 2012. [http://www.journalism.co.za/index.php/opportunities/opportunities129/114-special-events/5077-reporting-grants-for-china-africa-stories Reporting grants for China-Africa stories: Wits Journalism is offering reporting grants to African journalists interested in unpacking the China-Africa relationship]. South Africa: www.journalism.co.za.
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Anderson, Mark. 2015. [http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/may/20/elearning-africa-conference-addis-ababa-further-education Out of Africa: e-learning makes further education a reality for tens of thousands: As the eLearning Africa conference gets underway in Addis Ababa, there is a growing recognition that online courses can boost further education access]. www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/may/20/elearning-africa-conference-addis-ababa-further-education .
Anthropological Quarterly. 2005. West African Warscapes. 78:2 Spring. Washington DC: George Washington University - Institute for Ethnographic Research.
Bah, Abdoulaye, and Rakotomalala (translator). 2014. [http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/08/12/can-president-obama-change-african-dictators-ways-not-likely-says-chadian-blogger/ Can President Obama Change African Dictators’ Ways? Not Likely, Says Chadian Blogger]. August 12. Cambridge MA: globalvoicesonline.org/2014/08/12/can-president-obama-change-african-dictators-ways-not-likely-says-chadian-blogger/.
Blier, Suzanne. 2004. [https://www.academia.edu/10448103/Butabu_West_Africa_s_Extraordinary_Earthen_Legacy Butabu West Africa’s Extraordinary Earthen Legacy]. (Winter 2003/2004). Cambridge, MA: academia.edu/10448103/Butabu_West_Africa_s_Extraordinary_Earthen_Legacy .
Blodgett, Leslie. 2012. [http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/09/09/512010/budding-geothermal-markets-light-up-east-africa/ Budding Geothermal Markets Light Up East Africa]. Sep 9. Think Progress.
Bryant, John Hope. 2014. [https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140525174426-23074630-africa-teaching-us-a-new-way-to-learn Africa: Teaching Us A New Way To Learn!]. May 25. Mountain View, CA: linkedin.com.
Development through Dialogue, Design and Dissemination. 2009. [http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/special-programs/sp-721-d-lab-i-development-fall-2009/course-notes/MITSP_721F09_lec01.pdf Development through Dialogue, Design and Dissemination]. Cambridge, MA: MIT OCW.
Rakotomalala (Translated by Chris Ensor). 2014. [http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/03/11/reducing-the-gap-between-africas-rich-and-poor/ Reducing the Gap Between Africa's Rich and Poor]. Cambridge, MA: Global Voices Online.
Following Africa’s Lead conversation. 2012. [http://liberationtechnology.stanford.edu/events/following_africas_lead_opportunities_and_threats_of_the_mobile_internet_revolution/ Following Africa’s Lead: Opportunities and Threats of the Mobile Internet Revolution]. October 11. Stanford, CA: Stanford University.
Foster, Chris. 2015. [http://blogs.oii.ox.ac.uk/policy/why-havent-digital-platforms-transformed-firms-in-developing-countries-the-rwandan-tourism-sector-explored/ Why haven’t digital platforms transformed firms in developing countries? The Rwandan tourism sector explored]. February 10. Oxford, England: blogs.oii.ox.ac.uk/policy/why-havent-digital-platforms-transformed-firms-in-developing-countries-the-rwandan-tourism-sector-explored/ .
Hodson, Hal. 2013. [http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21829235.900-wifihopping-brings-phone-signal-to-remote-villages.html Wi-Fi-hopping brings phone signal to remote villages]. June 28. New Scientist.
Macha, Ndesanjo. 2015. [https://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/05/26/what-africa-day-means-to-africans-and-friends-of-africa/ What Africa Day Means to Africans and Friends of Africa]. May 26. Cambridge, MA: globalvoicesonline.org/2015/05/26/what-africa-day-means-to-africans-and-friends-of-africa/ .
Powell, Alvin. 2013. [http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/12/still-transcendent/? Mandela’s legacy: Harvard experts on a giant of the 20th century and the country he changed]. December 5. news.harvard.edu.
Reporting grants for China-Africa stories. 2012. [http://www.journalism.co.za/index.php/opportunities/opportunities129/114-special-events/5077-reporting-grants-for-china-africa-stories Reporting grants for China-Africa stories: Wits Journalism is offering reporting grants to African journalists interested in unpacking the China-Africa relationship]. South Africa: www.journalism.co.za.
Sengeh, David. 2013. [http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130123134405-17110883-transforming-aid-to-africa-into-made-in-africa Transforming 'Aid to Africa' into 'Made in Africa']. January 23. linkedin.com.
timothy. 2013. [http://politics.slashdot.org/story/13/01/17/1510205/how-mobile-operators-are-caught-in-the-middle-in-the-middle-east-and-africa How Mobile Operators Are Caught In the Middle In the Middle East and Africa]. politics.slashdot.org.
Verbelen, Filip. 2012. [http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/how-an-american-corporation-sparked-anger/blog/41279/ Herakles Farms and how a US agri-corporation sparked anger in Africa]. July 6. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.
Zuckerman, Ethan. 2012. [http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2012/11/ideas-bank/africas-hackers-are-todays-world-class-tech-innovators Ethan Zuckerman: 'Africa's hackers are today's world-class tech innovators']. November 26. www.wired.co.uk.
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Boettiger, Sara. 2013. [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2013/12/boettiger Re-Thinking Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Models for the Poor]. (Global Access in Action Project). December 10. Cambridge, MA: cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2013/12/boettiger .
Contee, Cheryl. 2013. [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2013/10/contee The Innovation Intermission]. Cambridge, MA: Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
Doe, Kelvin. 2012. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOLOLrUBRBY Self-taught African Teen Wows M.I.T.]. Sierra Leone: MIT.
Macha, Ndesanjo. 2015. [http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/02/24/tanzanian-schools-will-teach-students-in-swahili-not-english/ Tanzanian Schools Will Teach Students in Swahili, Not English]. (In Swahili, English). 24 February. Cambridge, MA: globalvoicesonline.org/2015/02/24/tanzanian-schools-will-teach-students-in-swahili-not-english/ .
Ras Iyah V, and Charles Nesson (interviewer). 2015 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrsT-zYdikw Justice Ras Iyah V]. Cambridge, MA: Charles Nesson Youtube channel.
Shapshak, Toby. 2013. [http://www.ted.com/talks/toby_shapshak_you_don_t_need_an_app_for_that You don't need an app for that]. (Subtitles available in 2 languages: English and French). TEDx.
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African Virtual University. 2012. [http://www.avu.org/ African Virtual University]. Senegal and Kenya, Africa: www.avu.org/ .
AgShare. 2013. [http://www.oerafrica.org/agshare/AgShareHome/tabid/1290/Default.aspx AgShare]. (The aim of the AgShare project is to create a scalable and sustainable method of filling critical gaps in agriculture related curriculum through a redesigned MSc process). Michigan: OER Africa is an initiative of the South African Institute for Distance Education (Saide).
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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.
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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).
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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===Learning Networking===
Teach and Learn using free Social
About Me - World University and School -
http://about.me
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Good Reads - http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/99021-worlduniversityandschool
Google + Profiles - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com
Google + Profiles Company page - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com - World University and School - https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/108179352492243955816/posts
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LinkedIn's World University and School - http://www.linkedin.com/groups/World-University-School-4024337
Quora - http://www.quora.com/
Research Gate - http://www.researchgate.net/
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Wer Kennt Wen - World University
World University & School 'subject page' group
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Yahoo Groups' World University and School: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worlduniversityandschool/
===Linked Open Data===
Linked Open Data, Linked Data for artificial intelligence and machine learning, with a focus on privacy and security.
===List of Wikipedias===
List of Wikipedias. 2015. [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias List of Wikipedias]. meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias .
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===Save this page for download in the following formats===
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Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software to the web:
Google + Hangouts - https://plus.google.com/hangouts
Justin TV - http://www.justin.tv
Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com
MIT UnHangouts - https://unhangout.media.mit.edu/
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''Free, group video conferencing''
AnyMeeting - http://
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/
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http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Universal_Translator
Google Translate language:
Sugar Labs: Translation System language:
Region:
'''Select Translators'''
Babelxl. 2015. [http://babelxl.com/ Babelxl: the best translator]. http://babelxl.com/ .
Babylon Online Translation. 2015. [http://translation.babylon.com/ Babylon Online Translation]. (Offering hundreds of dictionaries and translation in more than 800 language pairs). translation.babylon.com/ .
Free-translator.com. 2015. [http://free-translator.com/ Free-translator.com]. free-translator.com/ .
Google Translate. 2015. [https://translate.google.com/ Google Translate]. translate.google.com/ .
SDL Free Translation. 2015. [http://www.freetranslation.com/ SDL Free Translation]. freetranslation.com/ .
Word Lingo Free Translation Tools. 2015. [http://www.worldlingo.com/en/products/ Word Lingo Free Translation Tools and Machine Translation Products]. worldlingo.com/en/products/ .
'''Select Video with Subtitles for Translation'''
Amara.org. 2015. [http://www.amara.org/en/ Amara.org: Captions, subtitles, and translations simplified]. (Amara makes video globally accessible: Captions, subtitles, and translations simplified). amara.org/en/
TED Open Translation Project. 2015. [https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-open-translation-project TED Open Translation Project]. (See - https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-open-translation-project - and - https://www.ted.com/participate/translate/get-started). ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-open-translation-project .
===The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and School===
[[The "Universitian" Newspaper at WUaS]]
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Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.
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===World University and School Licensing===
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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.
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