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Line 1: <!-- ---------- Start of left-column - title, contents, help - dynamic width --> [[Image:AphiloWorldUniversitySchool5Sep07.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|World University and School {in a virtual world}]] Line 17 ⟶ 15: 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~~Yale OYC, MIT OCW 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~~best ~~Course~~STEM-centric ~~Ware~~OpenCourseWare 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~~best ~~Open~~STEM-centric ~~Course Ware~~OpenCourseWare) - 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. Line 33 ⟶ 31: We're looking for a interns and research assistants to develop World University and School. This effort will result in a wiki of related resources, with many deep dives on issues relating to developing a online, multilingual, free to students university and school, and possibly short briefs on particular topics. Candidates with academic backgrounds (~~U.C. Berkeley~~Yale, Stanford University, MIT, Harvard) are desired; experience managing and editing wikis is a plus. The positions are expected to be part time from now through the spring, and there is a potential for the position to extend into the summertime. If interested in this opportunity, please submit a letter of interest and a resume to ~~Vadan Ritter at~~ worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com. Academic Year Intern/Research Assistant Information and Eligibility: Line 54 ⟶ 52: The following report to the WUaS ~~Executive~~General ~~Director~~Manager: 1 WUaS intern head of Fundraising for 501 (c) 3 WUaS (with Adelphi Meeting's P.J. as clerk?) 1 WUaS intern head of Bookstore/Computer Store (with Quaker Earthlight Books as clerk) 1 WUaS intern head of Governments' collaboration for CC Academic Degrees 1 WUaS intern head of Academic Press (with SFFM's C.M. as clerk?) 1 WUaS intern head of Non CC Music lessons and tutoring 1 WUaS intern head of broadband internet connectivity for universal education, and in developing countries (think Google Fiber) ~~1 WUaS intern head of University community building – like Wikipedians – Everyone can teach – new content generators with web cameras~~ 1 WUaS intern head of wiki Information Technology technical development 1 WUaS intern head of outreach, marketing, branding, and design 1 WUaS intern head of University community building – like Wikipedians – Everyone can teach – new content generators with web cameras 1 WUaS intern head of wiki Academic sections, for eventual degrees (Ph.D., Bachelor, Law, M.D.) Line 73 ⟶ 90: 1 WUaS intern head of Legal Counsel - Creative Commons law, California Law, U.S. Law ~~1 WUaS intern head of outreach and marketing (and branding?)~~ 1 WUaS Recording Clerk Minutes for all the committees, each of the above being a committee, facilitating and training other recording clerks - (email collation?) Line 118 ⟶ 133: Student Managers Line 259 ⟶ 270: ===Select References=== Arellano, Juan (translated by Raquel Marin). 2014. [http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/07/21/lourdes-sada-active-global-voices-volunteer-translator-author/ Meet Lourdes Sada, a Global Voices Volunteer Who Has Worked on More Than 400 Stories in Two Years]. July 21. Cambridge, MA: globalvoicesonline.org/2014/07/21/lourdes-sada-active-global-voices-volunteer-translator-author/ . Baylor, Isabel and Maggie Hohlfeld. 2014. [http://www.eweek.com/it-management/google-interns-log-valuable-on-the-job-experience.html 8 unexpected things about being a Google intern]. eweek.com/it-management/google-interns-log-valuable-on-the-job-experience.html. Pintscher, Lydia. 2013. [http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2013/05/27/one-serving-of-53-amazing-students-please/ One serving of 53 amazing students please]. May 27. Berlin, Germany: blog.lydiapintscher.de. Summer Internship Program 2012. 2012. [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/internships_summer Summer Internship Program 2012]. Cambridge, MA: Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. Weiss, Todd R. 2014. [http://www.eweek.com/it-management/google-interns-log-valuable-on-the-job-experience.html Google Interns Log Valuable On-the-Job Experience]. September 7. eweek.com/it-management/google-interns-log-valuable-on-the-job-experience.html. Line 316 ⟶ 332: ===Select Video Conferences=== ===Select Videocasts and Podcasts=== Line 324 ⟶ 343: ===~~Subjects'~~Select ~~Social~~Writers, ~~Networking~~Researchers, ~~Sites~~etc.=== ===Subject's Social Networking Sites=== ===Tutoring=== Line 337 ⟶ 362: ===Wikiquotes===r Wikiquotes: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page Line 353 ⟶ 378: ===World University and School Links=== 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 Line 362 ⟶ 396: Student Managers at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Student_Managers ~~Volunteers~~To atDo ~~WUaS~~List: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/~~Volunteers~~To_Do_List ~~WUaS~~Translators ~~Job~~at ~~Hunting~~WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/~~WUaS_Job_hunting~~Translators_at_WUaS ~~WUaS~~Volunteers ~~Master~~at ~~Plan~~WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/~~Master_Plan~~Volunteers ~~Internship Program at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Internship_Program_at_World_University_and_School~~ 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 Line 408 ⟶ 436: 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 Line 447 ⟶ 486: ===Coordinates=== Geodetic datums such as WGS84 or GPS Geohash keys ... in a virtual world Line 468 ⟶ 511: Broadcast to radio ~~frequency~~frequencies Broadcast to TV / television Line 478 ⟶ 521: 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 Line 524 ⟶ 573: WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme </br /> (beginning with United Nations' languages - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish) Line 732 ⟶ 781: 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 . Line 764 ⟶ 835: ===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 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. All content on this site is freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 34.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 34.0) - ~~https~~http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/34.0/ . ~~The World University and School program is not endorsed by MIT or MIT OpenCourseWare.~~ Line 814 ⟶ 877: NATION STATE TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/NATION_STATE_TEMPLATE <br /> SUBJECT TEMPLATE: http://~~worldunivephrsity~~worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE <br /> Line 824 ⟶ 887: For questions, or help editing a page, email: worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com <br /> WUaS's Guidestar.org listing - https://www.guidestar.org/organizations/27-3105368/world-university-school.aspx . <br /> Please donate through PayPal to tax-exempt - 501 (c) (3) - World University and School at <br /> http:/~~/scottmacleod.com~~/worlduniversityandschool.~~htm~~org <br /> Thank you!