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===Ideas===
 
 
How can information technology facilitate developments in approaches to conservation?
===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.
 
(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 Academia.edu http://www.academia.edu or Research Gate - http://www.researchgate.net/ - or Spire - http://spire.sciences-po.fr/web/ - for example); See Library Resources below at WUaS for further resources.
 
 
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John Muir in the New World. 2011. [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/john-muir-in-the-new-world/watch-the-full-documentary-film/1823/ John Muir in the New World]. PBS.
 
 
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Daily, Gretchen. 2011. [http://www.naturalcapitalproject.org/InVEST.html InVEST: Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University - The Natural Capital Project.
 
 
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Schwartz, Noaki. 2011. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/10/peter-douglas-retiring-california-coastal-commission_n_923940.html Peter Douglas, California Coastal Commission Crusader, Announces Retirement]. August 10. Huffington Post.
 
 
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with educational electronics, as well;
with musical instruments;
value pricing ... 2% below market, consistently;
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Brainwave device / Headset
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Digital Text to Audio file format (Browse Aloud / Read Aloud?)
 
 
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Gifted Kids.ie. 2013. http://www.giftedkids.ie/daynuv.html
 
ISTE – SIGMS. 2013. http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/secondlifeplayground2010
 
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Open Croquet. 2012. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OpenCroquet and http://www.opencroquet.org/
 
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Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://atlantisremixed.org/ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoT3pilNPI).
 
SimScience. 2012. http://simscience.org/
 
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Twinity. 2014. http://www.twinity.com/en/choose-your-free-avatar
 
Unity3D. 2012. http://unity3d.com/
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WiloStar3D. 2013. https://www.wilostar3d.com/
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.
 
World of Warcraft in School. 2014. http://wowinschool.pbworks.com/w/page/5268731/FrontPage
Unity3D. 2012. unity3d.com/
 
 
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''Free video conferencing''
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Google + Hangout - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/hangoutplugin - http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/
 
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Tokbox | OpenTok - API - http://tokbox.com/opentok
 
Vyew - http://vyew.com/
 
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