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Sherman, Ben. 2012. [http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/06/27/507025/transportation-bill-cutoff/ REID: TODAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR CONGRESS TO PREVENT CUTOFF OF TRANSPORTATION FUNDS]. June 27. thinkprogress.org.
Sherman, Ben. 2012. [http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/06/27/507025/transportation-bill-cutoff/ REID: TODAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR CONGRESS TO PREVENT CUTOFF OF TRANSPORTATION FUNDS]. June 27. thinkprogress.org.

timothy. 2014. [http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/11/15/1657237/japanese-maglev-train-hits-500kph Japanese Maglev Train Hits 500kph]. November 15. tech.slashdot.org/story/14/11/15/1657237/japanese-maglev-train-hits-500kph


van der Graaf, Shenja. 2013. [http://www.academia.edu/4062730/Data_Driven_Urban_Infrastructures_and_Trust_Frameworks Data Driven Urban Infrastructures and Trust Frameworks]. academia.edu/4062730/Data_Driven_Urban_Infrastructures_and_Trust_Frameworks.
van der Graaf, Shenja. 2013. [http://www.academia.edu/4062730/Data_Driven_Urban_Infrastructures_and_Trust_Frameworks Data Driven Urban Infrastructures and Trust Frameworks]. academia.edu/4062730/Data_Driven_Urban_Infrastructures_and_Trust_Frameworks.
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===Select Video Conferences===


===Select Videocasts and Podcasts===


===Select Websites===


===Select Wikis===


===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/


===World University and School Links===




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Admissions' Department: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/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, MIT OCW-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.
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





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===Calendar (Schedule what you'd like to teach)===
===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/ .
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 frequency
Broadcast to radio frequencies




Broadcast to TV
Broadcast to TV / television




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Digital Text to Audio file format (Browse Aloud / Read Aloud?)
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/
MIT OCW Mirror Site Instructions: http://ocw.mit.edu/about/mirror-site-program/mirror-site-instructions/


Oculus Rift




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WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme
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)
(beginning with United Nations' languages - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)


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===In Virtual World===
===In Virtual World===

(Search on the word 'lists' here, too: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Virtual_Worlds)


3D Learn. 2013. http://www.learningin3d.info/
3D Learn. 2013. http://www.learningin3d.info/


Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com/edu/
Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com


Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/
Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/
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ISTE – SIGMS. 2013. http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/secondlifeplayground2010
ISTE – SIGMS. 2013. http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/secondlifeplayground2010

Kaneva. 2014. http://www.kaneva.com/


Open Cobalt. 2013. http://www.opencobalt.org/
Open Cobalt. 2013. http://www.opencobalt.org/
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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.
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/
Unity3D. 2012. http://unity3d.com/


WiloStar3D. 2013. https://www.wilostar3d.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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Teach and Learn using free Social Networking software to share what courses, etc., you find edifying, what you enjoy learning ....
Teach and Learn using free Social Networking software to share what courses, etc., you find edifying, what you enjoy learning ....


About Me - World University and School -
http://about.me




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Twitter.com's World University and School - http://twitter.com/WorldUnivandSch
Twitter.com's World University and School - http://twitter.com/WorldUnivandSch


Wer Kennt Wen - World University and School - http://www.wer-kennt-wen.de/




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===RSS Feed===
===RSS Feed===






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AnyMeeting - http://anymeeting.com/homepage/
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
Google + Hangout - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/hangoutplugin


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/
Zoom.us - Cloud HD Video Meetings - http://zoom.us/
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===The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and School===
===The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and School===


[[The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and School]]
[[The "Universitian" Newspaper at WUaS]]




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Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/
Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.wikifoundry.com/




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World University and School incorporated as a nonprofit in April 2010 and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity, as of 2011.
World University and School - like Wikipedia with Greatest Universities' OpenCourseWare (not endorsed by MIT OCW) - incorporated as a nonprofit effective April 2010 and has been a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, educational organization charity through November 12, 2012, and is re-instating its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, as of September 2013, effective 2010.


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.
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-ShareAlike 3.0 license - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ .
All content on this site is freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International (CC BY-SA 3.0) - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ .


The World University and School program is not endorsed by MIT or MIT OpenCourseWare.
The World University and School program is not endorsed by MIT or MIT OpenCourseWare.






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World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation
World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation


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LANGUAGE TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/LANGUAGE_TEMPLATE
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MUSEUM TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/MUSEUM_TEMPLATE
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NATION STATE TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/NATION_STATE_TEMPLATE
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SUBJECT TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE
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
Volunteers at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteers
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For questions, or help editing a page, email: worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com
For questions, or help editing a page, email: worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com
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WUaS's Guidestar.org listing - https://www.guidestar.org/organizations/27-3105368/world-university-school.aspx .

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Please donate through PayPal to tax-exempt - 501 (c) (3) - World University and School at
Please donate through PayPal to tax-exempt - 501 (c) (3) - World University and School at
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http://scottmacleod.com/worlduniversityandschool.htm
http://worlduniversityandschool.org
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Thank you!
Thank you!