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World University & School may also require all students to blog daily Blogging requirement for all students, for all subjects, if only a sentence for each. This will help as good writing practice, as well as practice in knowledge generation, as well as preparation for papers and experiments, etc.
 
 
===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 http://www.academia.edu).
 
 
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===Select Blogs===
 
EdTechResearcher. 2013. [http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/edtechresearcher/ EdTechResearcher]. blogs.edweek.org/edweek/edtechresearcher.
 
 
===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/
 
 
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===Select Books===
 
 
===Select Calendars for Events in this Subject===
 
 
===Select Channels===
 
 
===Select Communities, Email lists, etc.===
 
(See also editable World University and School's 'You at World University' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University).
 
 
===Select Conference Materials===
 
 
===Select Conferences Online===
 
 
===Select Databases===
 
 
===Select Facts===
 
 
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===Select IdeaFilm Competitions / ConversationsReviews===
 
 
===Select Forums, Spaces, etc.===
 
 
===Select Funding Sources===
 
 
===Select Humor===
 
 
===Select Idea Competitions / Conversations / Dialogues===
 
 
===Select Images, Infographics, etc.===
 
 
===Select Institutes, etc.===
 
 
===Select Interviews===
 
 
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===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 Multimedia===
 
 
===Select Museums===
 
(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).
 
 
===Select Newspapers, News===
 
 
===Select Office Hours===
 
 
===Select Poetry===
 
 
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===Select Programs, Applications, Languages, Software===
 
 
===Select Questions, Inquiries, Problems===
 
 
===Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.===
 
 
===Select RSS Feeds===
 
 
===Select Recordings===
 
 
===Select References===
 
Carson, Stephen. 2013. [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/mechanics-review-mitx-course.html An MIT physics MOOC five years in the making: Materials for the new MITx summer course Mechanics ReView have been refined during a half-decade of development]. Cambridge, MA: web.mit.edu.
Flipping the classroom. 2011. [http://www.economist.com/node/21529062 Flipping the classroom: Hopes that the internet can improve teaching may at last be bearing fruit]. Sep 17th LOS ALTOS, CA: The Economist.
 
Chandler, David. 2014. [http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/study-shows-online-courses-effective-0924 Study: Online classes really do work: Detailed quantitative study of learning online shows success, even among those with least preparation.]. September 24. Cambridge, MA: newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/study-shows-online-courses-effective-0924.
 
dougled. 2012. [http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/23/0110235/machine-guided-learning-matches-teachers-in-study Machine-Guided Learning Matches Teachers In Study]. May 23. news.slashdot.org
 
Flipping the classroom. 2011. [http://www.economist.com/node/21529062 Flipping the classroom: Hopes that the internet can improve teaching may at last be bearing fruit]. Sep 17th LOS ALTOS, CA: The Economist.
 
Kolowich, Steve. 2013. [http://chronicle.com/article/A-Universitys-Offer-of-Credit/140131/ A University's Offer of Credit for a MOOC Gets No Takers]. July 8. Chronicle of Higher Education.
 
Lashinsky, Adam. 2014. [http://money.cnn.com/2014/04/10/technology/udacity-thrun.pr.fortune/index.html Online education, rebooted: Can a roboticist program real human minds? Udacity CEO Sebastian Thrun is working on just that. He recently told Fortune's Adam Lashinsky how]. April 10. money.cnn.com/2014/04/10/technology/udacity-thrun.pr.fortune/index.html.
 
Meyer, Robinson. 2013. [http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/09/the-post-lecture-classroom-how-will-students-fare/279663/ The Post-Lecture Classroom: How Will Students Fare? A new study finds moderate student gains in courses where lectures take place at home and "homework" happens in the classroom]. Sep 13. The Atlantic.
 
New Learning Lab Will Research, Develop Games to Engage Students, Measure Learning. 2012. [http://www.macfound.org/press/from-field/new-learning-lab-will-research-develop-games-engage-students-measure-learning/ New Learning Lab Will Research, Develop Games to Engage Students, Measure Learning]. June 28. Chicago, IL: MacArthur Foundation.
 
Richtel, Matt. 2011. [http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=836798 GRADING THE DIGITAL SCHOOL: In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores]. September 4. New York, NY: The New York Times.
 
Sparks, Sarah D. 2015. [http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2015/05/does_google_help_students_lear.html Does Google Help Students Learn (or Just Think They Do?)]. New York, NY: blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2015/05/does_google_help_students_lear.html.
 
 
===Select Reviews===
 
 
===Select Search Engines===
 
 
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===Select Societies, Associations, Groups, Networks, etc.===
 
 
===Select Study Guides===
 
 
===Select Surveys===
 
 
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===Select Textbooks===
 
 
===Select Theses, Dissertations, Papers, etc.===
 
 
===Select Timelines===
 
 
===Select Twitters===
 
 
===Select Video and Audio===
 
Agarwal, Anant. 2014. [http://www.ted.com/talks/anant_agarwal_why_massively_open_online_courses_still_matter.html Anant Agarwal: Why massive open online courses (still) matter]. TEDx.
 
Norvig, Peter. 2012. [http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_norvig_the_100_000_student_classroom.html Peter Norvig: The 100,000-student classroom]. June. Monterey, CA: TED Talks.
 
 
===Select Video Conferences===
 
 
===Select Videocasts and Podcasts===
 
 
===Select Websites===
 
 
===Select Wikidata Queries===
 
 
===Select Wikis===
 
WikiBase (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Wikibase_Client)
 
WikiData (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata)
 
 
===Select Workshops===
 
 
===Select Writers, Researchers, etc.===
 
 
===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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Teaching: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Teaching
 
Theories of Learning subject: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Theories_of_Learning
 
 
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==WUaS Navigation==
 
New WUaS in MediaWiki:
http://worlduniversityandschool.org/mediawiki-1.24.1/index.php?title=Main_Page
 
 
===Academic Advising at WUaS===
 
 
===Academic Press at World University and School===
 
Academic Press at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Academic_Press_at_World_University_and_School
 
==WUaS Navigation==
 
 
===Access to Live, or Email, University Technical Expertise===
 
e.g.Ask a question in a specific discipline, or find, for example, a Robotics' or Computer programmer, or Translator, easily and freely ...
 
 
===Additional Categories===
 
 
===Admissions at World University and School===
 
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, 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.
 
 
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
 
 
 
===Blog at World University and School===
 
http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/
 
 
===Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at World University and School===
 
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): http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School.
 
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/ .
 
 
===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
 
 
===Coordinates===
 
Geodetic datums such as WGS84 or GPS
 
Geohash keys
 
... in a virtual world
 
 
===Credits===
 
 
 
Many thanks to each of you!
 
Please feel free to hyperlink your name to a location of your choice (or tell WUaS where to link to - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com). Please do not hesitate to let WUaS know if you think that somebody (including yourself) has been forgotten, now or in the future; please include a URL, which is, of course, one main way identity created on the internet.
 
 
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Brainwave device / Headset
Broadcast to radio frequency
 
 
Broadcast to radio frequencies
 
 
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
 
 
Print
 
 
Publish to DVD
 
 
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Send to phone
 
 
Tablets
 
 
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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
 
Conference Method of Teaching and Learning: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_Method_of_Teaching_and_Learning
 
The College at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School
 
Ph.D. Degrees at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ph.D._Degrees_at_World_University_and_School
 
World University Law School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Law_School
 
World University Medical School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Medical_School
 
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
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(beginning with United Nations' languages - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)
 
 
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===In Virtual World===
 
(Search on the word 'lists' here, too: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Virtual_Worlds)
ScienceSim. 2011. http://www.sciencesim.com/wiki/doku.php . Research, teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.
 
3D Learn. 2013. http://www.learningin3d.info/
Second Life - Harvard's virtual island: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 and teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.
 
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
 
 
 
Add a learning-oriented virtual world here:
 
Travel to this virtual island to learn building:
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===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 BookmarkingNetworking software to identifyshare what courses, etc., you find edifying, what you enjoy learning ....
 
 
About Me - World University and School -
http://about.me
 
 
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DiggFacebook.com's World University and School - http://diggwww.facebook.com/worlduniversityandschoolgroup.php?gid=48753608141 ('This group may be archived').
 
 
Good Reads - http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/99021-worlduniversityandschool
Facebook.com's World University and School - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48753608141 (This group may be archived).
 
 
Google + Profiles - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com - Scott MacLeod - https://plus.google.com/115890623333932577910/
Google + 1
 
 
Google + Profiles Company page - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com - World University and School - https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/108179352492243955816/posts
Google + - https://plus.google.com/
 
 
Google BuzzGroups's World University and School - httpshttp://profilesgroups.google.com/WorldUniversityAndSchoolgroup/World-University-and-School
 
 
Like
Google Groups's World University and School - http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School
 
 
LinkedIn's World University and School - http://www.linkedin.com/groups/World-University-School-4024337
Like
 
 
Quora - http://www.quora.com/
LinkedIn's World University and School - http://www.linkedin.com/groups/World-University-School
 
 
Research Gate - http://www.researchgate.net/
 
 
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Wer Kennt Wen - World University &and School subject- grouphttp://www.wer-kennt-wen.de/
 
 
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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===Tutoring===
 
===Save this page for download in the following formats===
 
atom
 
GeoJSON
 
csv.csvm
 
map.html
 
csv
 
xls
 
rdf
 
klm
 
 
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Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software to the web:
 
 
Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com
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 video conferencing''
Google Video Conferencing - in Gmail
 
 
iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html
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Skype - http://www.skype.com/
 
 
''Free, group video conferencing''
 
AnyMeeting - http://anymeeting.com/homepage/
 
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/
 
 
 
=== Universal Translator at WUaS ===
 
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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PB Works - http://pbworks.com/
 
 
Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.wikifoundry.com/
 
 
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Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/
 
 
===Wikidata / Bots ===
 
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Bots
 
 
===World University and School Licensing===
 
World University and School - like Wikipedia with Greatest Universities' OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit effective April 2010 and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, educational organization charity.
 
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.
 
All content on this site is freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ .
 
 
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Frequently Asked Questions at World University & School:
World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation
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World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation
 
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SUBJECT TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE
 
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Volunteers at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteers
 
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WUaS's Guidestar.org listing -
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