Wild lorikeet: Sophisticated definition of language: "Languages as particles, waves, and fields..." from "The Ethnologue," WUaS engages "The Ethnologue" and its current 7413 languages, to inform our approach to developing a school in every language, and for the WUaS Universal Translator ...

http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/silkenphotography/silkenphotography1204/silkenphotography120400026/13407926-a-brightly-coloured-wild-lorikeet-with-a-beak-full-of-seeds-swings-out-of-a-green-leafy-tree.jpg

Sophisticated definition of language: 

"Languages as particles, waves, and fields. Scholars are recognizing that languages are not always easily nor best treated as discrete, identifiable, and countable units with clearly defined boundaries between them (Makoni and Pennycook 2006). Rather, a language is more often comprised of continua of features that extend across time, geography, and social space. There is growing attention being given to the roles or functions that language varieties play within the linguistic ecology of a region or a speech community. The Ethnologue approach to listing and counting languages does not preclude a more dynamic understanding of the linguistic makeup of the countries and regions we report on. While discrete linguistic varieties can be distinguished, we also recognize that those varieties exist in a complex set of relationships to each other. Languages can be viewed, then, simultaneously as discrete units (particles) amenable to being listed and counted, as continua of features across time and space (waves) that are best studied in terms of variational tendencies as examples of “change in progress”, and as parts of a larger ecological matrix (field), where functional roles and usage of the linguistic codes for a wide range of purposes are more in focus. All three of these perspectives, language as particle, wave, and field (Lewis 1999; Pike 1959), are useful and important. Ethnologue focuses primarily on the unitary nature of languages without prejudice against the other perspectives." ... 

(http://www.ethnologue.com/ethno_docs/introduction.asp) ... 


WUaS engages "The Ethnologue" and its current 7413 languages, 

to inform our approach to developing a school in every language -

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages - 

and for the WUaS Universal Translator ... 

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Universal_Translator ... 

(building on Google Translate +)







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Birds flying: Flyer seeking degree-oriented, World University and School students: 'Quaker-informed World University & School seeks friendly, undergraduate students for free, online, MIT OCW-centric, bachelor’s degrees'

http://www.mnn.com/sites/default/files/birds_flying.jpg

Flyer seeking degree-oriented, World University and School 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. 

You'll also start to find this flyer at the bottom of WUaS subject pages, such as: 

Admissions at WUaS: 

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School

The College at WUaS: 

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School

WUaS's ... SUBJECT_TEMPLATE

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE

(which is also a key to WUaS, in general). 

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WUaS holds open, electronically-mediated, hour-long, monthly business meeting on second Saturdays at 9 am Pacific Time, in the manner of Friends/Quakers - email worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com if you'd like to participate. 

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WUaS's next, open, electronically-mediated, hour-long, monthly business meeting meets on Saturday, November 10 at 9 am, Pacific Time, and you'll find the agenda here on the WUaS blog nearer the date - http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/ .


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This is what the flyer invites, if undownloadable:

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://worlduniversity.wikia.com

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School

{WUaS is like Wikipedia (editable, web pages), with

MIT Open Course Ware, where we can all openly teach & learn, now}.

WUaS seeks Friendly, overachieving, high school and college students to enjoy learning, e.g. via the conference method online in Google + group video hangouts. WUaS is starting to accredit on MIT OCW- and Yale OYC- Creative Commons’ licensed, Open Educational Resources for free, online, interactive, bachelor (32 MIT / Yale courses), Ph.D., I.B. law and M.D. degrees, in many languages and countries, with the first, matriculating, bachelor's degree class beginning in 2014.

Students will purchase their own books and computers, and probably be living at home, in the neighborhoods where they went to high school.

WUaS is also a Free, Open, Education Wiki, where YOU, or anyone, can Teach & Learn, planned for 7,413 language and < 205 countries.

And WUaS has a beginning, collaborative, real time Music School.

Google + … WorldUniversityandSchool@gmail.com

~ http://scottmacleod.com/worlduniversityandschool.htm

-- 


Scott MacLeod 
Founder & President 



http://scottmacleod.com 

-- 
World University and School 
(like Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware) 

http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/ 

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University 

P.O. Box 442, 
(86 Ridgecrest Road), 
Canyon, CA 94516 

415 480 4577 
worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com 
Skype: scottm100 

Google + main, WUaS page: 
https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/108179352492243955816/posts 

Please contribute, and invite friends to contribute, tax deductibly, via PayPal and credit card: 

http://scottmacleod.com/worlduniversityandschool.htm 

World University and School is a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization. 




World University and School is sending you this because of your interest in free, online, higher education. If you don't want to receive these, please reply with 'remove' in the subject line. Thank you. 








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Sixfinger threadfin school: At the "You_at_World_University" page here are some main, current, group and social networking pages, WUaS Musicians social networking site ahead for real time music-making collaboration

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Sixfinger_threadfin_school.jpg


At the "You_at_World_University" page - 
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University - 

here are some main, current, group pages: the WUaS G + 

https://plus.google.com/u/0/115890623333932577910/posts - 

and WUaS's G + company page - 

https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/108179352492243955816/posts - 

both of which you can find via my name, Scott MacLeod, 

at WorldUniversityAndSchool@gmail.com. 


And here's the WUaS Google Group page - 
http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School (best accessed in Chrome). 

Let WUaS know here if you'd like to be on the email list at the email above or here - 
worldunivandsch@scottmacleod.com. 


And here are the WUaS groups in LinkedIn - 

http://www.linkedin.com/groups/World-University-School-4024337 

(connected with my LinkedIn page - 
http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottgkmacleod), 

as well as in FB - 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/48753608141/ (which may be archived), 

and in Academia.edu - 
http://worlduniversityandschool.academia.edu/ScottMacLeod, 

and in Twitter - 
http://twitter.com/WorldUnivandSch. 


Please join or add them, or create your own WUaS group, as well, for learning and teaching! ... 


WUaS Musicians social networking site ahead for real time music-making collaboration ... 




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Swimming tiger: What are your key CHALLENGES right now? MONIES ... And what sort of CONNECTIONS would be most helpful to you going forward? STUDENT DEVELOPERS and Instructors ... at World University and School

http://images.colourbox.com/thumb_COLOURBOX561759.jpg

Hi, E,

Thanks for your recent message and inquiries. 

Key challenges: 

Besides, getting first monies to hire said undergraduate programmer matriculated at a great university, probably to work on developing WUaS anew on Creative Commons' licensed Wikidata / Wikibase, and monies to purchase the first book inventory in the WUaS online, bookstore / computer store (http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bookstore_/_Computer_Store_(New_&_Used)_at_WUaS - in U.N. languages plus Portuguese, a lingua franca for a significant part of Africa, for the bachelor and I.B. degrees), and monies to become financially operational, 

... gaining access/connections to a mass of student interns matriculated at great universities, such as Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cambridge, + with said monies. 

There's a creative opportunity at WUaS: how to start and develop a great online university in all 7, 413 languages and at least 205 countries, with free degrees ... for coders, faculty, heads of schools, managers, lawyers, doctors, artists, journalists, researchers, innovators and inventors. WUaS has a STEM focus and would like to colloborate significantly with MIT and Harvard, Stanford and Cambridge +, over the long run. 

So, further in terms of connections, how to get access, department by department, to offer job announcements at Stanford, MIT, H.Y.P., Cambridge +, for online bachelor, Ph.D., I.B. law and M.D. degree-related jobs, would be very helpful, and eventually in all languages and countries. :) 

Good luck with your upcoming MIT talk. 

(I'm working on giving a talk at UC Berkeley in two weeks without remuneration, as well, and also applying for a college teaching position and an editing job to pay the bills). 

Regards, 

Scott

Hi Scott,

Thank you. Sorry I'll have limited Internet access in the next few weeks because of my travels in Asia and preparation for my talk at MIT, but I'll be sure to check in whenever I got a chance.

Yes, I do know some very good coders at Google and Facebook. As you may know, however, the silicon valley mentality at this point is that the good coders won't take on anything short of a 1-billion customer potential, or a minimum of 200K in evaluation. So I might just go with a Stanford undergrad :)

What are your key challenges right now? And what sort of connections would be most helpful to you going forward?

Thanks,
E

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Bottlenose Dolphin: Further generation of conversation about WUaS Marketing and Business Plans (from the Stanford course: 'Startup Boards: Advanced Entrepreneurship'

http://assets.wwf.org.uk/img/dolphin_3_500_5982.jpg

Dear HP, RB and T, 

Thanks for further generating conversation about WUaS Marketing and Business Plans in Stanford's course: 'Startup Boards: Advanced Entrepreneurship'. 

Videos are on the way for the Marketing Plan, Heidy (see her message below). 

RB (see his message below), - about your helpful ideas: 

1) not be highlighting Wikipedia that much

Wiki is what distinguishes free-degree, MIT-centric WUaS from so much OER (Open Educational Resources) which is out there on the web, and also what makes it so richly generative, for people -to-people teaching and learning. I see your point, but as I see it, in the information age, competition is collaborative opportunity, plus is a very different entity, from pre-digital age company - to - company competition. So how to define WUaS's interaction with Wikipedia ahead - for a WUaS universal translator, for all 7,413 languages, when Wikipedia is in 285 - are important questions. And WUaS is doing something similar, so I see this as a complementary opportunity, potentially defined by ongoing increasing conversation with Wikipedia, something that hasn't emerged over 4+ years, rather than leading to a competitive strategy, that would play down the wondrous Wikipedia. WUaS is planning to move from Wikia to Creative Commons' licensed Wikidata / Wikibase, - which is being written with Wikipedia's 285 languages in mind with CC licensing - in the not too distant future. 

Accreditation is a long process, and commitment, for WUaS, and while Wikipedia / Wikimedia (the umbrella organization) have Wikiversity, I haven't heard about any accreditation plans there, - in years. Wiki vision is important in developing wiki resources. 

In terms of branding, with CC licensed online organizations, I think identification with MIT, Yale and Wikipedia has much merit at this stage, since they are both known and understood.

2 Good headline / title suggestions for a Marketing Plan ...

Here's further what WUaS is about: 

Here's the Admissions page for WUaS for free degrees (in many, many languages and countries): 

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School

And here's the SUBJECT TEMPLATE at WUaS, a key to much of WUaS:

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE

   

And check out this blog entry in the WUaS blog: http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2012/02/three-main-it-foci-at-world-university.html 

3.

a.) Target audience: Eventual students and book/computer buyers at

Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bookstore_/_Computer_Store_(New_%26_Used)_at_WUaS

The College at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School

Conference Method of Teaching and Learning: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_Method_of_Teaching_and_Learning

Honor Principle at World University: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Honor_Principle_at_World_University

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

WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme

and 

via Speakers of all 7,413 languages - 

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages

and in < 205 countries - 

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Nation_States

b.) Our content Partners

besides MIT OCW and Yale OYC, 

it will be editors (volunteer editors, such as at Wikipedia), 

and the WUaS wiki policies themselves, paralleling Wikipedia's which are our content partners 

and a mass of student interns matriculated at great universities, such as Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cambridge, +

MIT and Yale are compelling selling points for academic content in much of the world, both as academic standard, and content, and also in terms of overachieving student bodies. 

c) Assurance on Quality

MIT OCW, Yale OYC, and eventually WUaS's employees

In point of fact, there have not been that many (external - i.e. not mine) edits (1,000-2,000-ish?) over 4+ years, and while a new, wiki interface will probably increase this, I think good patterns are in place for quality assurance. 

d)

Address what need of the audience we are fulfilling? 

Universal, high quality online education with free, MIT-centric degrees ... 

I think WUaS will learn about this from our own matriculated students beginning in 2014.

WUaS would like to make learning very enjoyable / fun / 'flow' experiences, as well as MIT-centric. 

The wiki will facilitate some of this. 

e.) A Punch line

Let's think further about conclusions to the Marketing Plan statement.

Thanks so much for your thoughts. 

Here's a first version of the Marketing Plan on my blog: http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2012/10/wreath-with-oak-leaves-cyclades.html . 

And here's the link to this page which you are reading, itself: http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2012/10/bottlenose-dolphin-further-generation.html.

I have many social networking site links here - http://scottmacleod.com - please add me. 

Regards, 

Scott

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Hi Team

In muy view is so important to upload a video to explain the goal of the product, is o important use the media (images) to be attractive to public.

HP

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RB, a member of World University and School Team - like Wikipedia with MIT OCW

Scott, 

Great attempt at the first page.

Team, 

My prospective for Marketing. 

1) I believe we should not be highlighting Wikipedia that much. In future, it will be a competitor; vying for time from people writing wiki pages and any revenue model for wiki(s) if we plan to raise working capital on the portal. We should only promote the service/ product as a Wiki service but not name another wiki portal in marketing portfolio. 

2) Currently we are emphasizing on a free online degree; where as the wiki page provides a lot more in respect of the content. 

Can we reword our headline; Something like "World's best universities in Your room; at the click of Your fingertip" provides more control to the target audience hence increases receptivity. 

3) A Business/ Marketing plan would address:- 

a.) Target Audience - We need to clearly identify and convey who we want to read our page. 

b.) Our content Partners - Who will help us put the content in place as content on Wiki is the primary selling point. 

c.) Assurance on Quality:- As Wiki is a freely editable portal; how we would propose to maintain the Quality and ensure there is neither anything illegal nor irrelevant. If Quality goes down; our audience will turn away. 

d.) Address what need of the audience we are fulfilling? 

e.) A Punch line, is a must to convey all with minimum use of words. e.g. World's knowledge village. or Knowledge not confined by campus walls.

Just a few thoughts I wanted to present before the group to take appropriate decisions.

Regards 

RB

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Wreath with oak leaves - Cyclades: The Marketing Plan for World University and School presently, Endowment, Online Bookstore / Computer Store, World University Foundation Page

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSXyS3pISs2OkseOCGBfoONRGUizVyaDcGQUUrnxOszqKWVePp0


Hi Telemachus,

WUaS would like to become the MIT / Harvard of the internet (accrediting on MIT OCW for free bachelor, Ph.D., I.B., law and M.D. degrees in some languages and countries), and a wiki-school in each of all 7, 413 languages and at least 205 countries, each a wiki page to begin. (WUaS is also planning an online Music School).


Here are the 15 or so links for what World University and School is marketing, in a variety of ways, at various stages of development, which you'll also find on this page:

World University and School Notices
Notice Archive for World University and School
http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSNoticeArchive.html

World University and School Flyer
http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSFlyerSpring2012.pdf

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


Bookstore Computer store (New & Used) at WUaS
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bookstore_/_Computer_Store_(New_&_Used)_at_WUaS



ON-THE-GROUND WUaS Bookstores / Computer stores (New & Used), for branding, and in the six United Nations' languages, plus Portugese, and in main cities there, to begin, for making available textbooks, books, and computers, as an informal student center, for conference method modeling, and for WUaS events.
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bookstore_/_Computer_Store_(New_&_Used)_at_WUaS



Planned Giving
http://scottmacleod.com/worlduniversityandschoolPlannedGiving.htm



Endowment Campaigns
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation

$100,000 Capital Campaign 2012 for World University and School
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation

$125,000 Capital Campaign 2013 for World University and School
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation


$Trillion dollars Capital Campaign 2012 for World University and School
(for an online WUaS, as a kind of online Harvard / MIT, in all 7,413+ languages and at least 205 countries, with free, MIT OCW-centric, CC, online, bachelor, Ph.D., law and M.D. in many, many countries and languages).
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation

Gold Giving Circle for World University and School
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation

Silver Giving Circle for World University and School
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation

Bronze Giving Circle for World University and School
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation


Business plan marketing
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Business_Plan


Annual Appeal Letters

World University and School Appeal Letter 2012
http://scottmacleod.com/WorldUniversityandSchoolAppealLetter2012.pdf

World University and School Appeal Letter 2011
http://scottmacleod.com/World%20University%20and%20School%20Appeal%20December%202011.pdf


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


World University and School Blog:
http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/

Global University blog posts (2008-2012+):
http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/global%20university


World Univeristy and School Main Pages:

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University

http://scottmacleod.com/worlduniversityandschool.htm


I like the emergent aesthetic of Blue and Yellow/Gold as well as the current logo colors here - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation. I also enjoy the aesthetics implicit in the Museum of the Cyclades here - http://www.cycladic.gr/ - and here - http://www.googleartproject.com/collection/museum-of-cycladic-art/.

What would you suggest / do / add? What plan would you suggest?

Let's communicate throughout the day about developing this, as I further develop the Business Plan, too.

Best, Scott

http://scottmacleod.com

worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com



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Hi Scott,

I have reviewed the material & the links that you sent me.

It seems that you have done a really serious job in generating all this information. I think the marketing plan is articulate and straightforward. 

The objectives are clear, timelines seem to have been set in the short/or long term successfully and the mission statement is clear enough. Finally, in regards to the marketing budget and Key Performance Indicators, I think that you have created a realistic scenario which is likely to be viable.

Thanks a lot,

Tele

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Whales swimming: 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, Some other, related, Quaker, wiki subjects at WUaS, Quaker-informed WUaS with online, MIT OCW-centric, Ph.D., law and M.D. (medical degree) programs

http://myworldmusicfriends.com/sites/default/files/emvideo-youtube-iZqDonJ60fI.jpg

Quaker pages and wiki subjects at WUaS ...


Dear Universitians,

Here's a flyer seeking WUaS's first students to apply next year, which I'll made available at College Park Quarterly Meeting (Quaker) in the foothills of the Sierras this weekend:


'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 which you'll find links to the .pdf file on the following pages) -

http://scottmacleod.com/worlduniversityandschool.htm -

http://scottmacleod.com/worlduniversityandschool.html -

http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSNoticeArchive.html)

Sincerely,
Scott


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Ahimsa - Nonharming - Nonviolence - To avoid violence:

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ahimsa_-_Nonharming_-_Nonviolence_-_To_avoid_violence


Consensus Decision Making:

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Consensus_Decision_Making


Nontheist Friends (atheist Quakers?):

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Nontheist_Friends_%28atheist_Quakers%3F%29


Peace and Social Justice Studies:

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Peace_and_Social_Justice_Studies


Quakers - Religious Society of Friends:

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Quakers_-_Religious_Society_of_Friends

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I shared this flyer and also talked to Friends about World University and School at College Park Quarterly Meeting (Quaker) in the foothills of the Sierras this weekend.

Haverford, Swarthmore, Earlham and Guilford (Quaker) Colleges all don't have graduate programs, or only a few, to speak of, let alone online, MIT OCW-centric, Ph.D. law or M.D., medical degree programs, that I know of.







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Neko Harbor, Antarctic: Is MIT's Chem Lab boot camp, as reality TV, the beginning of an online chemistry lab? Home > Highlights for High School > Chemistry > ChemLab Boot Camp > Episodes, Buckling Down at MIT, Will such reality TV eventually map into interactive, realistic, 3D, virtual worlds? MIT - WUaS exchanges?

http://www.ourdisappearingworld.com/images/antarctic-peninsula/neko-harbor1.jpg

Is MIT's Chem Lab boot camp, as reality TV, the beginning of an online chemistry lab?

Home > Highlights for High School > Chemistry > ChemLab Boot Camp > Episodes 


Episode 1: Great Expectations

http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/chemistry/chemistry-lab-boot-camp/episode-1-great-expectations/


Episode 2: Overwhelmed

http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/chemistry/chemistry-lab-boot-camp/episode-2-overwhelmed/


Episode 3: Rotovap Mishap

http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/chemistry/chemistry-lab-boot-camp/episode-3-rotovap-mishap/ ... 


Episode 4: Crystal Clear 

http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/chemistry/chemistry-lab-boot-camp/episode-4-crystal-clear/


Episode 5: The Alliances 

http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/chemistry/chemistry-lab-boot-camp/episode-5-the-alliances/


See the Laboratory_courses_online_at_World_University_and_School, wiki, subject page at WUaS ...

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Laboratory_courses_online_at_World_University_and_School ...


and the International Baccalaureate Diploma page at WUaS ... 

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme 

... as well ...


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I have a friend who matriculated at MIT about 3 years ago, had a challenging first year, took a year off, and then returned and buckled down - good phrase - for focusing vis-a-vis a computer ...


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Will such reality TV eventually map into interactive, realistic, 3D, virtual worlds? I suspect so ...


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WUaS would like to collaborate with MIT in many ways, beyond engaging MIT OCW, such as year long exchanges, where WUaS students study on-the-ground in Cambridge, and eventually vice versa, as well, since WUaS will be accrediting on MIT OCW, plus ....






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Ditylenchus dipsaci: Online law schools are happening in California, USNews Article, WUaS is planning them

http://www.garlicworld.co.uk/img/1nem.jpg Online law schools are happening in California ... BURNSED, BRIAN. 2012. [http://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/articles/2011/03/23/online-law-schools-have-yet-to-pass-the-bar Online Law Schools Have Yet to Pass the Bar: Many argue that fully online programs aren't the path to a traditional legal career]. June 20. (updated from March 23, 2011). USNews. ... and World University and School is planning them - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Law_School - potentially in <205 countries (vis-a-vis the Olympics), and in many languages in those countries, especially for the poorest, as well as developing world, countries. ...

Elephant ears: Thoughts about making practicing fun, inspiring and enjoyable, Practicing - Playing a Musical Instrument, wiki page at WUaS, Sociality and Practicing on the Internet

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QAX89GI-rgnNDapW22puYiym6DWA0mroIjSTk07oA6dmMfl6vDKY97h45IUGPAm4kFgQvC8sIzbSaWm7_rqD2qXl0-P_im7Mpdyn6JUQ2QMBmc0M__PyOGeaGZtYNPdxpmMzlJYXJLI/s320/IMG_7987.JPG


Hi In,

Ok, see you on Skype on 10/29 with a further email in between concerning the differential daylight saving's time change around then.

 ... am taking this email opportunity to think through, and in writing, further how to make daily playing fun, realistically ... have played the last 2 nights right before bed for about 15 minutes each due to procrastination and lack of inspiration ... perhaps due to the repetition ... in my goal of building toward memorizing all 3 MSRs and the PCPB Medley ...

Playing with awareness {consciousness} has value in my book, for learning's sake and enjoyment's ('flow') sake, but the daily repetition to build for memorization's sake gets in the way ... a pattern dating back to my first decade of music playing (piano) ...

So, what to do, if memorization is the goal, and repetition helps with this? Adding variety and playing longer for this variety ? Playing with someone around who is inspiring (for example, my mother ) ...

And I added the 'getting paid to play / practice' idea you mentioned last week vis-a-vis the Strathclyde police pipe band here: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Practicing_-_Playing_a_Musical_Instrument.

Just thinking out loud ... I suppose getting paid from a university (academics get paid to play, as well, in some ways), for example, to play 2 hours a day might do the trick ... as would very fun, online, musical playing spaces (something I've facilitated in Google + group video hangouts with R possibly 10 times, but there's internet lag still ... nevertheless, the sociality changes the dynamic of the repetition of practicing) in real time  :)

... as would generating further a musical culture here online (and in the East Bay Hills) where lots of people make music a lot of the time ... the College of Piping in Glasgow is partly this idea ... Who enjoys practicing there, in the sense of rocking out on it, and why, I wonder? ... learning from others ... Nevertheless, I hear you, as a professional piper, when you say daily repetition / playing is key to practicing and memorizing - and for at least 15 minutes - which brings me back to the question of how to enliven and inspire this (given patterns I've learned)? :)

But talking about this (conversation), as well as playing, with friends (a little sunshine :) is probably another part of the answer :)

Cheers,
Scott





On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 4:56 AM, In wrote:
> Hi Scott,
> Next monday is a problem at that time as I don`t get home till well after 5.
> Can we cancel the lesson to the following Monday when 5:40 won`t be a
> problem.
> Cheers and take care,
> In
>










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