Friday, August 15, 2014

Bobbit: Volunteer Inquiry to WUaS from a Native Speaker of Greek Reed College Student, Email to this Reedie Volunteer, Reed College Switchboard social network site, Bagpiping, Bagpiping with the Scots Guard in the Edinburgh Castle VIRTUALLY?, WUaS's wiki pages are proving (for me) to be a great way to personalize (my own) learning :) Feel wiki-free to engage them for this as well

To whom it may concern,

I am a student at Reed College and I ran across a listing for the World University. I am a native speaker of Greek and I have studied German for six years. I also have work experience in Germany, and though not fluent, I speak the language quite well conversationally. I am beginning studies in math, and I have some knowledge and a lot of interest in the fields of political theory and writing. I am very passionate about education, as I find it critical to personal cultivation and political freedom, and as such I would be very happy to offer my skills pro-bono, in any way that you may need them. If you could provide me with additional information regarding the organization and the application process, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you for your time,

Aristophanes Spiros

Dear Aristophanes,

Thanks for your email and for your offer to volunteer for World University and School (WUaS), which is like Wikipedia, with its large volunteer community in at least 287 languages, with MIT OpenCourseWare with its Creative Commons' licensed 2,150+ courses online.

For more information about World University and School, visit http://worlduniversityandschool.org/ and/or http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/ - presently.

Please email WUaS the following:

– CV or resume

– Links to online presence (e.g., blog, homepage, Twitter, Wikipedia profile, etc.)

As a start, to get familiar with the WUaS wiki, please try adding some of the links on the Volunteers page from the "Volunteers Get Started Here Now" section ... http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteers#World_University_and_School_Volunteers_Get_Started_Here_Now (and then removing them from this page after you've added them) - to their appropriate Subjects - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Subjects. If you find other interesting web resources and links along the way, please add them; this is a creative and learning-oriented process.

Then, if you would like to add MIT OCW course links from here - http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=8e59dcfcecf8036039ece3f6f&id=760849ee4d&e=3429b54db0 (some of these are already on WUaS) - as an orientation to MIT OCW-centric WUaS, please do so as well.

Then, as one possible project, please dip into MIT OCW - http://ocw.mit.edu - and consider designing some WUaS subject majors based on the MIT OCW Audio Video courses - http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/audio-video-courses/ - upon which WUaS is planning to base its majors as WUaS begins the accreditation process both with the state of California (BPPE) and accrediting agencies (WASC senior) here in CA, for free, CC. MIT OCW-centric online degrees - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School#World_University_and_School_Links. Consider designing these majors - in English at present - based on the academic interests you describe in your email.

And please edit what you would like, as well. Basically you have free reign to start anything you want - e.g. a new wiki Subject page - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Subjects - or teach to your web camera about something you love, and/or be creative in adding / curating / teaching in other ways, - and in any language.

Please keep track of your hours and the dollar value of the time you volunteered (at the rate of $10/hour in a sharable Google Docs file, for example). While WUaS isn't in a position to pay you, we would be able to give you letter of commendation for what you do, including the time you spend and dollar value of this.

Let me know if I can answer any further questions you might have, and thank you.

Sincerely,

Scott

P.S.

Eventually, if WUaS is able to pay, we'll request that applicants send the following:

– One-page, single-spaced personal statement, including a description of research experience, interests, and professional goals

– CV or resume

– Writing sample (preferably a literature review or a scholarly-styled article)

– Links to online presence (e.g., blog, homepage, Twitter, Wikipedia profile, etc.)

– The names and email addresses of two recommenders

– A cover letter that includes citizenship/legal residency status, number of hours available to work per week, current city of residence, available start date, current student status, and any other practical consideration that may be important for us to know

- A possible application, and some related forms

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To the Reed College Switchboard social network site:

Hi Aria,

World University and School just received our first reply to one of these Reed Switchboard postings (not sure from which posting) ...

https://reed.switchboardhq.com/posts/4362-volunteer-internship-at-world-university-and-school-and-eventually-paid-internships

and

https://twitter.com/ReedSwitchboard/status/491672667636772865

https://reed.switchboardhq.com/posts/4671-volunteer-internship-at-world-university-and-school-and-eventually-paid-internships

and

https://twitter.com/ReedSwitchboard/status/497506109888815105

I added the Reedies reply and my reply to Aristo here -

"Volunteer Inquiry to WUaS from a Native Speaker of Greek Reed College Student, Email to this Reedie Volunteer, Bagpiping, Bagpiping with the Scots Guard in the Edinburgh Castle VIRTUALLY?, WUaS's wiki pages are proving (for me) to be a great way to personalize (my own) learning :) Feel wiki-free to engage them for this as well" ...

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2014/08/bobbit-worm-volunteer-inquiry-to-wuas.html

Thanks!

Thank you Aria, Aristo, and Reed Switchboard, with an invitation to Reedies to teach and learn at WUaS!

Cheers,

Scott

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Hi R,

Just emailing you sheet music of a good setting for the lovely "Londonderry Air" (Danny Boy) ...

Are you interested in a lesson on Sunday or Monday, pre Scottish Games? ...

I'm piping with the WUaS Great Highland Bagpipe wiki page videos just now, and in harmony using the book "Seconds from the Edge."

(I was just playing 'in' the Edinburgh Castle esplanade ... where I played as a 17 year old while attending Fettes College in Edinburgh in 1976-'77, playing in the Fettes' band :) ...

Can you imagine doing this in the Oculus Rift (digital goggles), or similar, as they becomes more and more interactive, movie realistic, and for learning purposes? :)

Try playing "Green Hills of Tyrol" and "When the Battle is Over" in the Edinburgh Tattoo here -