[DDN] Jimmy Wales announces Wikipedia/$100 laptop alliance, Wikiversity, Wikiwyg
Today at the second annual Wikimania conference, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced that MIT's $100 laptops will all include a copy of Wikipedia. He also announced the launch of Wikiversity, an online community for generating learning materials, and Wikiwyg, a easy-to-use interface for editing Wikipedia, developed in conjunction with SocialText. More here: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/08/jimmy_wales_announce.html -- -- Andy Carvin acarvin (at) edc . org andycarvin (at) yahoo . com http://www.andycarvin.com http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.pbs.org/learningnow -- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Jimmy Wales announces Wikipedia/$100 laptop alliance, Wikiversity, Wikiwyg
I've posted more info about his presentation, including my notes and a podcast. Notes: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/08/notes_from_jimmy_wal.html Podcast: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/08/podcast_of_jimmy_wal.html Andy Carvin wrote: Today at the second annual Wikimania conference, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced that MIT's $100 laptops will all include a copy of Wikipedia. He also announced the launch of Wikiversity, an online community for generating learning materials, and Wikiwyg, a easy-to-use interface for editing Wikipedia, developed in conjunction with SocialText. More here: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/08/jimmy_wales_announce.html -- -- Andy Carvin acarvin (at) edc . org andycarvin (at) yahoo . com http://www.andycarvin.com http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.pbs.org/learningnow -- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] multi-lingual coding issues (resubmission)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Gerstle [EMAIL PROTECTED] I believe that the refusal of Americans to take second-language learning seriously is at least a part of the problem. While technophiles on all education levels are enthusiastic about learning new coding languages and new software, at least those in the United States find it anathema to study a second language long enough to become proficient in it. This creates not only a divide, but a certain presumption that others should learn English. Copying the CARDICIS list since it's related to culture and ICT, and I'm also involved there... I won't single out Americans and the American education system. In How To Become a Hacker, one of the things that Eric Raymond wrote was 'learn functional English' (http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#skills4 ) which reeks a bit of Anglophone hubris, poorly propped up by the tendency of Linus Torvalds to comment in English. I view it mainly as an issue related to the web as it originated in an Anglophone country; the United States. FUNREDES (http://www.funredes.org ) has done studies demonstrating an increase of content languages other than English. What English does do, and has done, is allowed a common language for commenting. Had the internet originated in the Amazon Basin, we'd probably all be on the other side of the digital divide because of the linguistic divide. All of that said, the coming years will sneak linguistic changes on the web into younger generations. We're already seeing it, but segregations between language labels often act as blinders for the mavens of each language. The internet may well begin to look like Isaac Newton's notes... which he wrote in a variety of languages mixed together. I daresay something like that will never be able to be taught in a school; peers are the only answer. :-) -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago [EMAIL PROTECTED] Always looking for contracts! http://www.knowprose.com/node/9786 New!: http://www.OpenDepth.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/knowprose/ Criticize by creating. — Michelangelo ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Woops! - OLPC says We don't have the 4 million OLPC orders we said we did yesterday
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/01082006/152/laptop-child-order-reports-incorrect.html Reports that Brazil, Nigeria, Argentina and Thailand have each committed to buying a million laptops from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) programme are incorrect, a spokesperson for the project has told ZDNet UK. We have not signed any agreements for orders, but we are in communication with the countries mentioned. OLPC has asked that all interested parties wait to see a working machine before placing their orders, the spokesperson said on Tuesday. Nice. I wonder if Program Director for Middle East and Africa Khaled Hassounah, the source of yesterday's 4 million orders story is looking for a new job now? Ouch. On the flip side, this could have been a linguistic translation problem between program directors. That's the best case I could offer... the worst case is over-exuberance or outright lieing. I'm happier thinking it was a translation wobble. -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago [EMAIL PROTECTED] Always looking for contracts! http://www.knowprose.com/node/9786 New!: http://www.OpenDepth.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/knowprose/ Criticize by creating. — Michelangelo ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
RE: [DDN] FW: Digital divide research
Hi Not sure if you are just after US examples but there is lots of stuff from the UK in our eWell-Being Awards and other work in this area. Check out www.sustainit.org and www.digitalchallenge.gov.uk Regards Simon Hills Head of SustainIT UK CEED [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01733 312286 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deborah Elizabeth Finn Sent: 02 August 2006 15:34 To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group; Information Systems Forum; Nonprofit Informatics Research Group; HUman Service Information Technology Applications Cc: Meredith Aalto Subject: [DDN] FW: Digital divide research -original message-- From: Meredith Aalto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Aug 1, 2006 11:30 AM Subject: (MBM) Digital divide research To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear members of Mission-based-MA listserv, I am currently conducting research into the digital divide and how this affects disadvantaged people including individuals with disabilities. Specifically, I am interested in initiatives that have found ways to encourage disadvantaged people to use the Internet, particularly e-government services. Put differently, I?m looking for initiatives and projects (at any level) that have used creative and innovative ways of introducing the Internet to people who might not have had the opportunity of using it. If you know of any initiative or project that falls into this category, would you please share this information with me? Thank you in advance for your support! Kind regards, Heike Boeltzig Research Associate Institute for Community Inclusion University of Massachusetts Boston 100 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125 617.287.4315 (voice) 617.287.4352 (fax) 617.287.4350 (tty) www.communityinclusion.org = Mission-Based Massachusetts is an email distribution list for topics of general interest to people who care about nonprofit, philanthropic, community-based, grassroots, and other mission-based organizations in the Bay State. It is a moderated, flame-free email distribution list that is open to anyone who is interested in the topic and willing to adhere to the basic principles of civil society. The name of the group was chosen to encourage inclusion of persons from all sectors and demographic categories, rather than just nonprofit and philanthropic professionals. To join the Mission-Based Massachusetts group, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . To view the message archive, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mission-Based-Massachusetts To read the groups messages in RSS format, go to http://rss.groups.yahoo.com/group/Mission-Based-Massachusetts/rss To view a map of the group's membership, go to http://www.frappr.com/missionbasedmassachusetts ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] New: Special Double Issue of the Journal of Community Informatics (Special Section on Learning Communities/Community Learning)
Apologies for duplicate copies! Vol. 2, No. 2 (2006) of The Journal of Community Informatics has now been published online at http://www.ci-journal.net/viewissue.php?id=10 Editorial Enabling the Local as a Fundamental Development Strategy Michael B. Gurstein, Center for Community Informatics Research, Development and Training http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=199 Articles Towards a Code of Digital Cyberethics Udo Richard Averweg, eThekwini Municipality and University of KwaZulu-Natal http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=130 Digital Inclusion without Social Inclusion: The consumption of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in homeless subculture in central Scotland Claire E. Buré, University of Edinburgh postgraduate http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=94 A Research Design to Build Effective Partnerships between City Planners, Developers, Government and Urban Neighbourhood Communities Marcus Foth, Queensland University of Technology Barbara Adkins, Queensland University of Technology http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=142 A Cost Maturity Model for Community Informatics Projects in the Developing World Ferdie C Lochner, Author http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=127 Effective Communication in Virtual Adversarial Collaborative Communities Aldo de Moor, STARLab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Hans Weigand, Infolab, Tilburg University, the Netherlands http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=116 The Learning Community as a Local Development Strategy Bernard Sévigny, University of Sherbrooke Paul Prévost, University of Sherbrooke http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=111 Reports Special Section on Learning in Communities: Introduction John M. Carroll, School of Information Sciences and Technology, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, The Pennsylvania State University Ann Peterson Bishop, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=187 Special Section on Learning in Communities: Complete John M. Carroll, School of Information Sciences and Technology, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, The Pennsylvania State University Ann Peterson Bishop, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=207 Community Inquiry and Informatics: Collaborative Learning Through ICT Ann Bishop, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Bertram C. Bruce, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA M. Cameron Jones, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=202 The Participant-Observer in Community-based Learning as Community Bard John M. Carroll, The Pennsylvania State University Mary Beth Rosson, The Pennsylvania State University http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=198 Learning in Communities: A Distributed Intelligence Perspective Gerhard Fischer, Center for LifeLong Learning Design http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=191 Spiders in the Net: Universities as Facilitators of Community-based Learning Gerhard Fischer, Center for LifeLong Learning Design Markus Rohde, Information Systems and New Media, University of Siegen, Germany Volker Wulf, Information Systems and New Media, University of Siegen; Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Systems (FhG-FIT), Germany http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=189 Designing Technology for Local Citizen Deliberation Andrea Kavanaugh, Center for Human Computer Interaction, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA Philip Isenhour, Center for Human Computer Interaction, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=192 Social Reproduction and its Applicability for Community Informatics Lynette Kvasny, School of Information Sciences and Technology, Center for the Information Society, The Pennsylvania State University http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=194 Communities, Learning and Democracy in the Digital Age Lynette Kvasny, School of Information Sciences and Technology, Center for the Information Society, The Pennsylvania State University Nancy Kranich, Jorge Reina Schement, College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University, USA http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=193 Supporting the Appropriation of ICT: End-User Development in Civil Societies Volkmar Pipek, Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik der Universität Siegen Mary Beth Rosson, School of Information Sciences and Technology, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, The
[DDN] [Net-Gold] Kids Build Self-Esteem While Building Their Own Computers
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 02:49:52 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Net-Gold] Kids Build Self-Esteem While Building Their Own Computers Kids Build Self-Esteem While Building Their Own Computers The Times and Democrat http://www.thetandd.com/articles/2006/07/27/news/ doc44c975c2efa2a949734389.txt DID YOU HEAR? Bridging the Digital Divide By ASHLEY K. WHEELER, TD Correspondent Thursday, July 27, 2006 Fifteen local students should be better prepared to become productive members of today's high-tech global community thanks to a summer camp sponsored by South Carolina State University's 1890 Research and Extension Program. During the two-week TechBridge Summer Computer Camp, the rising seventh- and eighth-graders built their own computers and loaded them with software designed to help them with their studies in the coming school year. Demier Z. Richardson, senior Extension director for community education and site coordinator for the Orangeburg camp, said the program was also held in Anderson, Hampton and Charleston, with 15 students enrolled at each locations. Area middle school teachers recommended students for the free camp. The program, in its first year in Orangeburg, focused on improving students skills in technology, reading and math. Basically, our program is to get them academically ready for school. We learned where their weaknesses were, and we worked on them throughout the summer, Richardson said. Each of the students was tested to determine their level of competency in math, reading and keyboarding skills, she said, and based on the test results, computer lessons were tailored to fit each student's needs. Richardson said students also had the chance to build their own computers, and upon completion of the camp, were able to take them home to keep for free. During the second week, the kids assembled their computers, which took about three days, Richardson said. After assembly, they loaded software like Windows XP, Microsoft Word and Achievement, which is a software for math. The complete article may be read at the URL above. Bonnie Bracey Sutton Outreach GLEF.org http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/bbracey My communities http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/summitforchildren http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/gendergap CyberEd Resources : ICT's and Education (owner) Games and Education (owner) Science without Frontiers STEM Initiatives K-12 (owner) http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/bbracey Portal Work http://edreform.net/ Technology Applications for learning in the portal applications.edreform.net Technology Applications for Learning The Technology Applications for Learning Network is a catalog of technology applications for learning. http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/STEM This recent Net-Gold post may also be of interest. HURRICANES: HURRICANE KATRINA: AFTERMATH : BUSINESS: Business Aid to Katrina Hurt Business Slow and Topic of Criticism of United States Small Business Administration http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/14158 ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
RE:[DDN] The Commonwealth gets involved
Well, Slowly involved perhaps. Here I sit in in the heart of that Empire trying to make repartions for the sins of our fathers and with 4 submissions since your message, I can conclude: a) Nobody is moderating their forum b) The feedback form doesn't work, it demands an email address without supplying an input field. c) Nobody responds to their contact form d) Likewise, a skills exchange submission also results in no response. Heaven help anyone in the far flung reaches of this Commonweath if I have this much trouble using the UK national telco as an email provider, trying to communicate as a UK registered business entity. Maybe with all the fanfare, somebody just forgot to switch it on - rather fundanmental for the digital divide issue, wouldn't you say? Jeff Mowatt P-CED UK LTD Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 17:04:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Steven Wagenseil [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DDN] The Commonwealth gets involved To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I am no big fan of The Commonwealth (formerly known as the British Empire) but they do appear at least to be alert to the issues which make up the Digital Divide: From their website, at http://www.thecommonwealth.org/news/152856/commonwealth_launches_initiative_to_bridge_the_dig.htm ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] creative commons children's story in the news
hi Digital Divide Network community - the takoma gazette newspaper (in takoma park, maryland) has a very nice article this week about a collaborative storytelling project i've been involved with. see http://tinyurl.com/hujkn the article is about a rich media children's story that i've posted on the web at http://sammybook.blogspot.com if you know any storytelling enthuasists in the washington dc-area, do suggest that they stop by the takoma park maryland library to chat with me sometime. i work here mondays thru friday from noon to 6 pm. the address here is 101 philadelphia ave, takoma park, maryland 20912. (subway stop: Takoma, on the Red Line.) or people can send me an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject: storytelling - phil on the web site for the story at http://sammybook.blogspot.com you'll see that i list the Digital Divide Network as one of the communities i support. i'm hoping that might steer some web traffic to our community. for those who might be wondering, i created the story web site using the free blogger.com service, owned by google. when i need a quick, elegant web site, i set up another blog on blogger.com. it takes me about 2 minutes to do so. i currently have about 80 blogs on blogger.com (oops, i got a bit carried away, but the service is free and it suits my needs, so i use it. grin) someday i'll teach myself web design using the free http://nvu.com program. until then, i'll be creatings blogs wholesale on blogger.com later in august i'll be submitting this rich media children's story to digg.com so that a wider group of people can learn about this project. if you don't yet have an account on digg, this is a good time to register for one. -- Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro http://philsrssfeed.blogspot.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html Wisdom starts with wonder. - Socrates Learning happens through gentleness. -- Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro http://philsrssfeed.blogspot.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html Wisdom starts with wonder. - Socrates Learning happens through gentleness. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] New Resources for Middle School Educators
The New Jersey Consortium for Middle Schools at Kean Univesity is pleased to announce the launch of a special website devoted to topical links for middle level educators. The result of meticulous research into web resources that will of particular value to educators at the middle level, the site contains over 400 selections arranged into 19 categories: Advisory Arts Careers, Guidance, and Counseling Communities and e-zines for students ELL/ESL/Bilingual Education Health, Phys. Ed., and Safety Homework Help Information Literacy Language Arts Lesson Plans Mathematics Middle School Teacher Blogs Professional Development Projects and Project-Based Learning Science Social Studies Special Education Teaming Technology The site is located at: http://131.125.2.61/~njcms/educationalhotlinks/index.php It is free and open to anyone interested in the resource. This work is supported by a grant under the Teacher Quality program of the U.S. Department of Education. James Lerman Coordinator NJ Consortium for Middle Schools Kean University H-447 Union, NJ 07083 908-737-3761 ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Digital Divide--The Commonwealth gets involved
Yeah -- it appears they think they can just talk the talk, without realizing they also have to walk the walk. Maybe somebody will explain it to them... SW --- Jeff Mowatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, Slowly involved perhaps. Here I sit in in the heart of that Empire trying to make repartions for the sins of our fathers and with 4 submissions since your message, I can conclude: a) Nobody is moderating their forum b) The feedback form doesn't work, it demands an email address without supplying an input field. c) Nobody responds to their contact form d) Likewise, a skills exchange submission also results in no response. Heaven help anyone in the far flung reaches of this Commonweath if I have this much trouble using the UK national telco as an email provider, trying to communicate as a UK registered business entity. Maybe with all the fanfare, somebody just forgot to switch it on - rather fundanmental for the digital divide issue, wouldn't you say? Jeff Mowatt P-CED UK LTD == FROM: Steve Wagenseil To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am no big fan of The Commonwealth (formerly known as the British Empire) but they do appear at least to be alert to the issues which make up the Digital Divide: From their website, at http://www.thecommonwealth.org/news/152856/commonwealth_launches_initiative_to_bridge_the_dig.htm __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
