To Do List
Welcome to World University and School Wiki
which anyone can add to or edit.
The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, {potentially Degree- and Credit-Granting},
Multilingual University & School
where anyone can teach or take a class or course
Welcome to World University and School, a global, virtual, open, (potentially degree-granting - Ph.D., M.D., & Music School, etc.), free-to-students, university and school, with great universities (e.g. MIT, Ivy League Schools, Stanford, U.C. Berkeley, Oxford, T.U.M., Sorbonne, L.M.U., Juilliard Music School, Cambridge, Collège de France, Cal Tech, B.T.U., University of Chicago, etc.) as key web content generators, based on a Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware model, especially for the developing world, and for everyone.
Mission
World University & School's (http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University - like Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware) - mission, in reaching out to the entire world, is to provide a free, wiki-based education platform and, through facilitating the development of broadband worldwide, to make our service accessible to under served parts of the world. The WUaS mission is thus to facilitate all levels of teaching and learning opportunities (and future degrees) through an open, editable wiki in all languages, nation-states and subjects with great universities, and for One Laptop per Child countries and everyone.
To Do List[edit]
Develop 1, 3 and 5 minute elevator pitches for Youtube, too.
Fundraising "asks" budgeted out:
(e.g., one intern for one year ($15,000), BPPE fee ($5,000), a matching grant, etc. $40)
Apply to lots of organizations that give small grants (i.e. places that never give more than $50,000)
Introduce World University and School to students around the world.
Get Funding for WUaS
Link Amazon.com button for texts, with payment to World University and School
Credit card affinity card, for WUaS.
Paypal WUaS
Obtain Domain Name
Generate Email List
Hire WUaS General Manager
Hire WUaS Head Fundraiser
Hire 15 WUaS Interns
Presentation for WUaS
Wikipedia entry WUaS
Travel budget WUaS
WUaS would like to become the 'Digital Stanford-UC Berkeley-MIT-Harvard-OLPC-Quaker/Friendly' World University and School
Questionnaires – Survey Monkey WUaS
WUaS publishing of books
WUaS Membership?
Choose one or two languages, including an OLPC language, to start, then Google Translate's 52 languages, then Wikipedia's 272 languages.
Weekly email - 'World University Nows' - like Harvard's "Berkman Buzz"
Merchandise World University & School - (like http://mashable.com/2010/06/27/android-accessories/)
IT person
https://
ad-free wiki - Plone / and MediaWiki, or just MediaWiki
contact database/SQL person
Wikipedia-like community of Universitians
visit Cal Computer science department
Fundraising Events
Develop Auctions; for example individuals with a second home could donate a week's vacation time and people could bid for this.
Invite people well-known in education and technology fields to speak for World University and School, and ask for contributions, as a fundraiser. E.g. Scott McNealy.
Guatemalan law school?
1st 10 contributors, 100 students, 1000 dollars WUaS
Complete Email list for WUaS - top priority
Teacher training section WUaS
Grant finder position WUaS - Find appropriate WUaS grants
Universal Translator as part of 'Research' and 'Language' pages - Google translate and ethnologue? WUaS
Wiki/Technology development WUaS
Conference calls WUaS
Moving beyond startup WUaS
Clarify how translation will work on languages' page WUaS
WUaS jobs wtih Quakers/Friends
Thera C., Jason P. - Africa WUAS
Companies receive good publicity WUaS?
Budget and plan for each of the 7300ish languages - as both universities and schools WUaS
WUaS at gmail – join email to MIT Open Course Ware email list
WUaS contributor list
WUAS MIT Open Course Ware/AFSC/Wikipedia/Creative Commons foundation as model for WUaS
WUaS – synthesize http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com blog for to dos
Network with online Universities and Schools vis-a-vis WUaS – Univ of Phoenix?
WUaS - aim to be the best, richest university in the world
1st Ph.D., MDs, Law, and Bachelors matriculating in 2014 - med school development WUaS
WUaS - health insurance/pensions, $1 million in 1st yr, 200,000 budget, insurance - general manager, head fundraiser, interns' budget
Second Life, Open Cobalt, Open Simulator, other virtual worlds - create WUaS groups
WUaS benefits
WUaS retirement
WUaS craig's list
signature for WUaS gmail – with all germane information
WUaS network with professional associations
United Nations funding relationship WUaS
WUaS develop wiki to generate legitimacy / credibility usability
WUaS network with great universities for open, free content – Cal
French classes in Second Life and WUaS
add WUaS button to measure content google analytics to all pages
Obama educational stimulus plans WUaS
UC Berkeley intro anthro teach? Autumn 2010 WUaS for credit?
Develop credit for teaching class in WUaS through great universities
Plan Autumn 2016 classes – intro anthropology in Second Life, as if for credit?
World University and School Links[edit]
Association for World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Association_for_World_University_and_School
Career counseling: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Career_counseling
Cooperatives: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Cooperatives
Finding / Creating a Job You Really Love: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Finding_/_creating_a_job_you_really_love
Internship Program at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Internship_Program_at_World_University_and_School
Moderators: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Moderators
Small Business: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Small_Business
Student Managers at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Student_Managers
To Do List: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/To_Do_List
Translators at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Translators_at_WUaS
Volunteers at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteers
WUaS Intern positions: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Intern_positions
WUaS Job Hunting: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Job_hunting
WUaS Master Plan: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Master_Plan
WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University
Courses: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses
Subjects: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Subjects
Languages: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages
Library Resources: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources
Nation States: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Nation_States
You at World University: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University
Educational Software: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Educational_Software
Museums: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums
Research: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Research
Hardware Resource Possibilities: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hardware_Resource_Possibilities
World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation
SUBJECT TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE
Volunteers at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteers
Home: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University
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