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===Ideas===
Just posted this on Tue 2/13/24 to the Fettes portal feed (and here too - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2024/02/easter-lily-va-national-flower-of-holy.html) -
Greetings from Penn's Woods, America, Fettes friends, Just re-entering this https://fettescommunity.org/feed after a hiatus ... and regarding scholarship about Scotland, which began in my Fettes year; - you'll find here the MSc dissertation - Physical and Online St. Kilda: A Comparison of 'Senses of Place' (2004) - http://www.scottmacleod.com/papers.htm I wrote at the University of Edinburgh, in the St. Kilda wiki school - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/St._Kilda,_Scotland_(Hirta) at MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch, after studying at Fettes in 1977-78. Enjoy! (MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch is growing, and seeking to create careers in all ~200 countries, and in their main languages, per Head of School Helen Harrison's recent post in the "Your Update from Fettes Community - 13th February 2024." Please stay in communication, especially on Twitter (where World Univ & Sch is quite active - Matriculate now for @WorldUnivAndSch 4 years' FREE web CC-4 OCW.MIT.EDU -centric AA Bach MS PhD Law MD IB h.s.) Degrees w CC-4 'CS 1st w Google @ WUaS' csfirst.withgoogle.com Email WorldUniversityAndSchool@gmail.com - Universities in ~200 countries in ALL 7,168 Languages
https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1611037948522135575
https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1611038930945572865?s=20&t=Wb0IEqtBxPelogdVlYaTNQ
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1611038202369904645
https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1611038618868383759
https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1611038724413849604
https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1611039006573092865 )
here - https://fettescommunity.org/user/778519 ...
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===World University and School Links===
Scotland:
St. Kilda, Scotland (Hirta):
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===Academic Press at World University and School===
Academic Press at World University and School:
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===Admissions at World University and School===
Admissions' Department:
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.
===Assistive Technologies===
WUaS plans to anticipate numerous developing assistive technologies for sight-impaired, hearing-impaired, and similar -
Assistive Technologies: hhttps://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Assistive_Technologies
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===Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at World University and School===
Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at WUaS:
with educational electronics, as well;
with musical instruments;
value pricing ... 2% below market, consistently;
available via mail and electronically;
===Bulletin Board (like University Bulletin Boards for Students)===
to post things you have for sale, or announcements
===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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===Careers===
Career counseling:
Finding / creating a job you really love:
WUaS Job hunting:
===Counseling===
Counseling:
===Coordinates===
Geodetic datums such as WGS84 or GPS
Geohash keys
... in a virtual world
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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.
===Digital and Print course catalog===
Digital course catalog
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VRHhXYsk-V9lvSh5onaU2hnEhwoapSN7HyBK1P09LIk/edit?usp=sharing
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Broadcast to radio
Broadcast to TV / television
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Google Glass
OCW Mirror Site Instructions: http://ocw.mit.edu/about/mirror-site-program/mirror-site-instructions/
Oculus Rift
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===Free Degrees / Credit===
OCW Audio Video Courses:
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/audio-video-courses/
Admissions at World University and School: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School
Conference Method of Teaching and Learning: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Conference_Method_of_Teaching_and_Learning
Ph.D. Degrees at World University
World University
World University
World University Music School: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/World_University_Music_School
WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme
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(beginning with United Nations' languages - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, (German too), Russian, Spanish)
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===In Virtual World===
(Search on the word 'lists' here, too: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Virtual_Worlds)
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
Google Street View. 2017. https://www.google.com/streetview/
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).
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
http://about.me
Facebook.com's World University and School - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48753608141 ('This group may be archived').
Good Reads - http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/99021-worlduniversityandschool
Google + Profiles - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com - Scott MacLeod - https://plus.google.com/115890623333932577910/
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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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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===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:
Google Meets - https://meet.google.com
Justin TV - http://www.justin.tv
Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com
UnHangouts - https://unhangout.media.mit.edu/
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''Free, group video conferencing''
AnyMeeting - http://
Google Meet - https://meet.google.com
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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=== Universal Translator at WUaS ===
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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Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.
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===World University and School Accreditation===
===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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Subjects: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Subjects
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Languages: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Languages
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Library Resources: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Library_Resources
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Nation States: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States
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You at World University: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/You_at_World_University
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Educational Software: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Educational_Software
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Museums: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Museums
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Research: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Research
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Hardware Resource Possibilities: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Hardware_Resource_Possibilities
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Frequently Asked Questions at World University & School:
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NATION STATE TEMPLATE: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/NATION_STATE_TEMPLATE
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SUBJECT TEMPLATE: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE
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