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| AIDS and Poverty in Africa
| http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/special-programs/sp-253-aids-and-poverty-in-africa-spring-2005/
| MIT
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| Dr. Lee Perlman, Raja Bobbili
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| Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Executive Training: Evaluating Social Programs 2011
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| The Challenge of World Poverty
| http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/
| MIT
| non-degree
| Prof. Esther Duflo, Prof. Abhijit Banerjee
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| D-Lab I: Development
| http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/special-programs/sp-721-d-lab-i-development-fall-2009/
| MIT OCW
| non-degree
| Amy J. Smith, Prof. Bishwapriya Sanyal, Victor Grau Serrat
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| Development Economics: Macroeconomics
| http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-772-development-economics-macroeconomics-spring-2013/
| MIT
| non-degree
| Prof. Robert M. Townsend
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| English
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| Poverty, Public Policy and Controversy
| http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-020-poverty-public-policy-and-controversy-fall-2003/
| MIT
| non-degree
| Prof. Martin Rein
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| English, Mandarin
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| Targeting the Poor: Local Economic Development in Developing Countries
| http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-471-targeting-the-poor-local-economic-development-in-developing-countries-spring-2010/
| MIT OCW
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| Prof. Judith Tendler, Karin Brandt, Course Assistant
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===Ideas===
One vision for One Laptop per Child / OLPC - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child_-_XO_Laptop_-_$100_Laptop_-_MIT - was to make rugged computers available to the 2 billion poorest children in the world, which focus on literacy and computing access for the poor is a remarkable action to eliminate poverty.
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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 http://www.academia.edu).
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Mandell, Betty Reid. 2014. [http://newpol.org/blog/7 Betty Reid Mandell's blog]. New York, NY: New Politics.
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Yunus, Muhammad. 1999. Banker to the Poor: Micro-lending and the battle against world poverty. New York, NY: Public Affairs' Books.
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(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).
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===Select Multimedia===
===Select Museums===
(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).
===Select Newspapers, News===
Street Sheet.
Street Spirit.
Survival News.
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Brown, Desmond. 2011. [http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/11/07/363117/census-programs-poverty/ New Census Data Shows Safety Net Programs Keep Millions Out Of Poverty]. November 7. Cambridge, MA: Think Progress.
The Challenge of World Poverty » Readings. 2009. [http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-fall-2009/readings/ The Challenge of World Poverty » Readings]. Cambridge, MA: MIT OCW.
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.
eentory. 2012. [http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/07/23/138249/economists-us-poverty-on-track-to-hit-highest-level-since-1960s Economists: US Poverty On Track To Hit Highest Level Since 1960s]. July 23. news.slashdot.org/
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Goodman, Amy. 2012. [http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/workers_feel_the_pain_of_bain_20120829/ Workers Feel the Pain of Bain]. August 29. TruthDig.
Keyes, Scott. 2014. [http://billmoyers.com/2014/11/27/many-homeless-people-will-freeze-death-winter/ How Many Homeless People Will Freeze To Death This Winter?].
November 27. billmoyers.com/2014/11/27/many-homeless-people-will-freeze-death-winter/ .
Leonhardt, David. 2013. [http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/education/scholarly-poor-often-overlook-better-colleges.xml Better Colleges Failing to Lure Talented Poor]. March 17. New York, NY: The New York Times.
Mandell, Betty Reid. 2012. [http://newpol.org/node/601 Demonizing the Poor]. February 25. New York, NY: New Politics.
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Manual scavenging figures shocking, says Jairam. 2012. [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/article3511068.ece Manual scavenging figures shocking, says Jairam]. June 10. New Dehli, India: The Hindu.
Marquard, Bryan. 2014. [http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2014/09/30/betty-reid-mandell-west-roxbury-social-work-professor-was-longtime-advocate-for-poor/v4AG0b115FCcjXUcHL7HgK/story.html Betty Reid Mandell, at 89; longtime advocate for the poor]. OCTOBER 01. Boston, MA: www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2014/09/30/betty-reid-mandell-west-roxbury-social-work-professor-was-longtime-advocate-for-poor/v4AG0b115FCcjXUcHL7HgK/story.html.
Moyers, Bill. 2012. [http://truth-out.org/news/item/10494-journalist-chris-hedges-on-capitalisms-sacrifice-zones-communities-destroyed-for-profit Journalist Chris Hedges on Capitalism's "Sacrifice Zones": Communities Destroyed for Profit]. 24 July. New York, NY: Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company.
O'Neill, Kathryn. 2013. [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/obama-duflo-global-development-council.html President Obama announces intent to appoint Esther Duflo to Global Development Council: MIT development economist nominated for presidential policy council]. Cambridge, MA: web.mit.edu.
Rayna St. 2013. [http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/04/05/opening-the-black-box-of-governance-alleviating-poverty-with-data/ Opening the Black Box of Governance: Alleviating Poverty With Data]. April 5. Cambridge, MA: globalvoicesonline.org.
Simanis, Erik. 2012. [http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/06/the_smart_way_to_make_profits.html The Smart Way to Make Profits While Serving the Poor]. June 20. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business Review.
Tendler, Judith. 1976. [http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-471-targeting-the-poor-local-economic-development-in-developing-countries-spring-2010/readings/MIT11_471S10_Agrarian.pdf INTER-COUNTRY EVALUATION OF SMALL FARMER ORGANIZATIONS: HONDURAS - 'What Happens in an Agrarian Reform]. Cambridge, MA: For Office of Development Programs of the Latin America Bureau of A.I.D.
Tough, Paul. 2012. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/magazine/obama-poverty.html What Does Obama Really Believe In?]. August 19. New York, NY: The New York Times.
Whittle, MD, Amy. 2014. [http://www.aapca1.org/storage/april-2014/april-syllabus/AdvocacyWhittle3UP.pdf Advocacy Update: Through the Lens of Childhood Lens of Childhood Poverty]. Tahoe, CA: aapca1.org/storage/april-2014/april-syllabus/AdvocacyWhittle3UP.pdf.
Yglesias, Matthew. 2011. [http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/2011/11/15/368214/will-science-reframe-poverty/ Will Science Reframe Poverty?] November 15. Cambridge, MA: Think Progress.
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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 .
Doe, Kelvin. 2012. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOLOLrUBRBY Self-taught African Teen Wows M.I.T.]. Sierra Leone: MIT.
Gates, Bill, and Hans Rosling. 2012. [http://ki.se/en/bill-gates-meets-hans-rosling-at-ki Bill Gates and Hans Rosling debate the end of extreme poverty, 31 March at Karolinska Institutet]. Sweden: Karolinska Institutet.
Goodman, Amy with Denis Moynihan. 2012. [http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2012/8/30/workers_feel_the_pain_of_bain Workers Feel the Pain of Bain]. August 30. Democracy Now.
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===Subject's Social Networking Sites===
===Tutoring===
===Wikimedia Commons===
Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
===Wikipedia===
Wikipedia: https://www.wikipedia.org/
===Wikiquotes===
Wikiquotes: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page
===Wikisource===
Wikisource: https://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page
===Wikivoyage===
Wikivoyage: https://www.wikivoyage.org/
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Entrepreneurship: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Entrepreneurship
Human Services: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Human_Services
Intellectual Property - IP Law: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Intellectual_Property_-_IP_Law
One Laptop per Child: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child_-_XO_Laptop_-_$100_Laptop_-_MIT
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Small Business: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Small_Business
Social Work: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Social_Work
United Nations: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/United_Nations
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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,
Digital and Print catalog
===Assistive Technologies===
WUaS plans to anticipate numerous developing assistive technologies for sight-impaired, hearing-impaired, and similar -
Assistive Technologies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Assistive_Technologies
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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)===
Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/
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/ .
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Broadcast to radio
Broadcast to TV / television
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Digital Text to Audio file format (Browse Aloud / Read Aloud?)
Google Glass
MIT OCW Mirror Site Instructions: http://ocw.mit.edu/about/mirror-site-program/mirror-site-instructions/
Oculus Rift
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===Free Degrees / Credit===
MIT OCW Audio Video Courses:
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/audio-video-courses/
Admissions at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School
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WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme
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===In Virtual World===
(Search on the word 'lists' here, too: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Virtual_Worlds)
3D Learn. 2013. http://www.learningin3d.info/
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).
SimScience. 2012. http://simscience.org/
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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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
Bar code
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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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===RSS Feed===
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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
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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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Google Translate language:
Sugar Labs: Translation System language:
Region:
===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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