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Welcome to World University and School, a global, virtual, digital, open, (potentially degree-granting - Bachelor, Ph.D., Law, M.D., & Music School, etc.), free-to-students, university and school, with great universities (e.g. MIT OCW, Ivy League Schools, Stanford, U.C. Berkeley, Oxford, T.U.M., Sorbonne, L.M.U., Juilliard Music School, Cambridge, Collège de France, Cal Tech, B.T.U., University of Chicago, etc.) as key web content generators, based on a Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware model, especially for the developing world, and for everyone.
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Thus far, World University and School has been on the internet for about 4 years. Without funding we've accomplished the following.
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Subjects
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages (including plans for translation between all 3000-8000 languages in an universal translator)
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[[Fundraising Plan]]
Most schools have their monies in the following spheres:
1) general, - philanthropists / individuals, online bookstore / computer store
2) plant, - online, developing, virtual campus, with rentals
3) endowment, and
4) grants - companies, governments, philanthropic organizations.
WUaS plans to focus its financial operations in the specific areas in these spheres.
Resources for foundation information:
Charity Navigator: http://www.charitynavigator.org
Foundation Center: http://foundationcenter.org/
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'''Foundations'''
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Funding possibilities
MacArthur
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Ethos Foundation
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Endowment goals
Fiscal year,
$200,000 dollars in this first year
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= $30,000 in January
1 million dollars in the 2nd year
20 million dollars in the 3rd year
30 million in the 4th year
100 million in the 5th year
200 million in the 6th year
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Quarter 4
==WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources==
===Ideas===
"Most schools have their money in roughly four buckets: 1) general, 2) plant, 3) endowment, and 4) grants. Most for-profits, Jim notes, have just one such bucket; the nature of the accounting in schools is different in this important way. There are three types of money: 3) permanently restricted (e.g., many endowed funds); 2) temporarily restricted (e.g., grants and other “use-it-or-lose-it money”); and 3) unrestricted (within reason; the board can still constrain its usage somewhat, if needed). Jim emphasized the importance for heads of institutions to be the “translator” of the financial issues related to the school for the community at large. He cites to Herzlinger’s four questions that we (as leaders and trustees) should ask about the financials regularly: 1) are the organization’s goals consistent with its resources?; 2) are the sources and uses of resources matched?; 3) is there intergenerational equity?; and, 4) are present resources sustainable? ”High performing organizations aren’t just lucky,” Jim tells us. Another good line: in education, “you can’t cut your way to prosperity.”" (Harvard business school Professor James P. Honan)
- Palfrey, John. 2012. [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2012/07/10/new-heads-of-school-institute-part-ii/ New Heads of School Institute (Part II)]. (4 buckets - for financial sustainability) July 10. Cambridge, MA: blogs.law.harvard.edu/.
===Publish my article in a WUaS academic journal in this subject===
Open Journal Systems. 2012. [http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs Open Journal Systems]. Public Knowledge Project.
Related wiki, blog, etc.
===Select Bibliographies===
===Select Blogs===
===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 Book Reviews===
===Select Books===
===Select Databases===
===Select Films===
===Select Forums, Spaces, etc.===
===Select Humor===
===Select Idea Competitions / Conversations / Dialogues===
===Select Institutes, etc.===
===Select Interviews===
===Select Journals, Serials, etc.===
===Select Labs===
===Select Lectures===
===Select Libraries, Archives, Collections, etc.===
(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).
===Select Maps===
===Select Museums===
(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).
===Select Office Hours===
===Select Photos===
===Select Programs, Applications, Software===
===Select Questions, Inquiries, Problems===
===Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.===
===Select References===
Palfrey, John. 2012. [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2012/07/10/new-heads-of-school-institute-part-ii/ New Heads of School Institute (Part II)]. (4 buckets - for financial sustainability) July 10. Cambridge, MA: blogs.law.harvard.edu/.
Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan. 2012. [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/3/37/2011-12_Wikimedia_Foundation_Plan_FINAL_FOR_WEBSITE_.pdf Wikimedia Foundation
2011-12 Annual Plan]. wikimedia.org
===Select RSS Feeds===
===Select Simulations, Applets and Visualizations===
===Select Slideshows===
===Select Societies, Associations, Groups, Networks, etc.===
===Select Study Guides===
===Select Syllabi===
===Select Teachers with Email Addresses/Contact Information===
===Select Tests, Exams, etc.===
===Select Textbooks===
===Select Timelines===
===Select Video and Audio===
===Select Websites===
===Select Wikis===
===World University and School Links===
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===Academic Press at World University and School===
Academic Books at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Academic_Books_at_WUaS
Academic Journals at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Academic_Journals_at_WUaS
Academic Press at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Academic_Press_at_World_University_and_School
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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.
Contacts for this page
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===Blog
http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/
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===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
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Counseling: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Counseling
===Credits===
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Android
Brainwave device / Headset
Broadcast to radio frequency
Broadcast to TV
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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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Send to phone
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
- Coordinates in virtual worlds
<br />
- Add a learning-oriented virtual world here.
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
Google Earth. http://www.google.com/earth/index.html
Google Maps | Street View. http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/
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://questatlantis.org/ and http://atlantisremixed.org/ (http://questatlantisblog.org/ - 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.
Unity3D. 2012. unity3d.com/
- Travel to this virtual island to learn virtual world building
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Facebook.com's World University and School - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48753608141 (
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LinkedIn's World University and School - http://www.linkedin.com/groups/World-University-School-4024337
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===Tutoring===
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Apple iChat - http://www.apple.com/support/ichat/
Google Video Chat - https://www.google.com/chat/video/
Skype - http://www.skype.com/
=== Universal Translator at WUaS ===
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Universal_Translator
=== Wiki Software for Courses ===
Media Wiki - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
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World University and School incorporated as a nonprofit in April 2010 and is
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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