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Vota, Wayan. 2010. [http://www.olpcnews.com/laptops/xo1/xo-1_laptop_repair_and_rebuild.html XO-1 Laptop Repair and Rebuilding Workshop Video]. November 4. Cambridge, MA: OLPC//News |
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Second Life, or other virtual world or space, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for classes? Check out Harvard's virtual island in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 and teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat. |
Second Life, or other virtual world or space, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for classes? Check out Harvard's virtual island in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 and teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat. |
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Revision as of 21:55, 6 November 2010
Welcome to World University and School Wiki
which anyone can edit.
The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, Degree-Granting, Multilingual University & School
where anyone can teach or take a class or course
Hardware Resource Possibilities
- World University and School is for the developing world, and everyone, starting with One Laptop Per Child countries
- Add open, free, or very low cost, hardware possibilities here
- World University and School is looking for video capable mobile devices, with which people can post and watch video.
| Hardware | Web site | Organization | Other info |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Internet Bandwidth, Video-capable, Handheld computer | URL | With high bandwidth capability for handheld video streaming in 'OLPC' countries - Rwanda, Ethiopia, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, Peru, USA (Birmingham, Alabama), Uruguay, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Cambodia, & Papua New Guinea, in parallel with OLPC
Stan Schroeder India Develops World’s Cheapest Tablet | |
| India's $35 tablet computer | http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jK-xNItHUfhfEVUEP_BvLbXmDlrwD9H4MP680 | http://mashable.com/2010/07/23/india-cheapest-laptop/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29 | |
| Lab equipment | http://www.seedinglabs.org/ | Seeding Labs | Reclaims and refurbishes laboratory equipment from universities, hospitals and biotechnology companies in order to equip talented scientists and clinicians living and working in the developing world - founded in 2002 by graduate students at Harvard Medical School to address this lack of infrastructure |
| One Laptop per Child / XO computer | http://laptop.org/en/ | One Laptop per Child | Buy one / give one program |
| One Laptop per Child $20 dollar Laptops in Bits and Pieces | http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/23/20-dollar-laptops/ | One Laptop per Child | |
| Open source hardware | http://www.buglabs.net/ | Bug Labs | Make your own hardware |
| Sakshat $20 laptop computer | http://www.sakshat.ac.in/ | India's $20 laptop | |
| Siftables | http://www.ted.com/talks/david_merrill_demos_siftables_the_smart_blocks.html | David Merrill | MIT-originating, interactive, computer building blocks, cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too |
| View-Master 2009: Make your own virtual reality goggles | http://recombu.com/news/view-master-2009-make-your-own-virtual-reality-goggles_M11150.html | Virtual Reality Goggles |
Open Source Hardware References
| Hardware | Web site | Organization | Other info |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAKE's Open source hardware 2009 - The definitive guide to open source hardware projects in 2009 | http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/12/open_source_hardware_2009_-_the_def.html | MAKE's yearly open source hardware guide is now online with over 125 projects in 19 categories | |
WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources
Ideas
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(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).
Select Maps
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Select Programs, Applications, Software
Select References
Negroponte, Nicholas. 2010. Nicholas Negroponte Welcomes India's $35 Tablet for Education. Cambridge, MA: OLPC//News.
Select Simulations, Applets and Visualizations
Select Slideshows
Select Study Guides
Select Syllabi
Select Textbooks
Select Video and Audio
Vota, Wayan. 2010. XO-1 Laptop Repair and Rebuilding Workshop Video. November 4. Cambridge, MA: OLPC//News
Select Websites
Select Wikis
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): http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School.
Digital To Do
Broadcast to Television
E-Mail
Print
Recommend
Send To Phone
Translate
Videophone
Free Degrees / Credit
In Virtual World
Second Life, or other virtual world or space, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for classes? Check out Harvard's virtual island in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 and teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.
Travel to this virtual island to learn building in Second Life:
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Labels
RSS Feed
Social Bookmarking
Teach and Learn using free Social Bookmarking software to identify what courses, etc. you find edifying.
Delicious - http://delicious.com/
Digg - http://digg.com/
Facebook
Google Buzz
Like
Twitter
World University & School Groups
World University & School Share This
TV-Live Broadcasting
Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software
Justin TV - http://www.justin.tv
Ustream TV - http://ustream.tv
Video Communication
Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software
Google Video Conferencing - in Gmail
iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html
Skype - http://www.skype.com/
Wiki Software for Courses
Media Wiki - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
PB Works - http://pbworks.com/
Wikia - http://www.wikia.com/Wikia
Home: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University