Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-20 Thread Pamela McLean
It's a while since I contributed to the is list, but I still try to dip into it now and again. I'm interested to see you are discussing DD and human health. It reminded me of a conversation that I had with the local doctor at Fantsuam in Nigeria a couple of years ago. I may have mentioned the

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-20 Thread Pamela McLean
Paperless Homework wrote: (snip) would love to hear more about actual actions. Anyone here actually improving digital divide and Human Health activities? And how? See http://www.peoples-uni.org/news.html I can't claim to be involved in any detail, but I know enough to know it is real,

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health and Education

2008-08-20 Thread Pamela McLean
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Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-15 Thread Joe Beckmann
Sternberg's got loads of stuff on and through the Tufts website - as well as news stories through google like this one - http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2006/07/06/tufts_gets_creative_on_admissions/- and I got the attached from a powerpoint he did which is somewhere I can't

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-14 Thread Taran Rampersad
Joe Beckmann wrote: Robert Sternberg at Tufts uses an accepted and workable definition of anticipating consequences on behalf of others and has a variety of ways of measuring wisdom and a bunch of other soft but really significant thinking processes at http://pace.tufts.edu/ - which may,

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-11 Thread Taran Rampersad
Excellent - great stuff. But I have a question. How will you measure success? In the end, that is what I am looking for. How does anyone measure success in this and similar/related contexts? Paperless Homework wrote: Taran, No I am not disputing the importance of data. Sometimes too much

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-11 Thread Taran Rampersad
Wow. I'd love the answers to these questions as well! David Keyes wrote: This is an interesting discussion, though it may be an easier one to have as a set of narrower questions on a web discussion. I agree that the use of data, both qualitative and quantitative, would be ultimately vital

[DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-10 Thread Judith Green
Greetings, The question of health care and the digital divide issues that are being raised about knowing and data are central to discussions that are happening in medical education and diagnosis communities. A recent book

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-10 Thread Cindy Lemcke-Hoong
. Cindy = [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- On Sat, 9/8/08, Paperless Homework [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Paperless Homework [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net Date: Saturday

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-10 Thread Taran Rampersad
Stephen Snow wrote: Taran, Data is not a bad thing; it also is not every thing. Empiricism does not make for truth anymore than feeling makes for empiricism. [Was Decartes correct of did he just have it backward? Maybe instead of I think therefore I am, it is I am, therefore I think...and

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-10 Thread Taran Rampersad
Jorge Gallardo Rius wrote: Hey guys, What does all this have to do with Health and the Digital Divide? Everything. We all are discussing Health and the Digital Divide, but we're all looking at it from different angles. Even so, from these different angles we've yet to see any concrete

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-10 Thread Taran Rampersad
Paperless Homework wrote: Anyone here actually improving digital divide and Human Health activities? And how? Alan That's the crux of the discussion we're having, I think. How can you say that something is improving or not without data to support the claim? We are not selling snake oil

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-10 Thread Stephen Snow
] --- On Sat, 9/8/08, Paperless Homework [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Paperless Homework [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net Date: Saturday, 9 August, 2008, 8:05 PM Just wondering

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-10 Thread David Keyes
This is an interesting discussion, though it may be an easier one to have as a set of narrower questions on a web discussion. I agree that the use of data, both qualitative and quantitative, would be ultimately vital to determining impact and perhaps not enough as been done. Just as important

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-10 Thread Cindy Lemcke-Hoong
: From: Stephen Snow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net Date: Sunday, 10 August, 2008, 5:30 PM So..some concrete things: --In Alaska, people are using satellites and computers

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-09 Thread Jorge Gallardo Rius
Hey guys,   What does all this have to do with Health and the Digital Divide? --- On Fri, 8/8/08, Stephen Snow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Stephen Snow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group digitaldivide

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-09 Thread Jorge Gallardo Rius
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Snow Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 5:22 AM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health Don't think that I confuse the two; I don't. For many people, electronic connections are very important aspects

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-09 Thread Stephen Snow
this have to do with Health and the Digital Divide? --- On Fri, 8/8/08, Stephen Snow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Stephen Snow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net Date: Friday

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-09 Thread Mary Dawson
Hi there I think I asked the same question myself earlier?? Mary From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Jorge Gallardo Rius Sent: Sat 8/9/2008 16:11 To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health Hey

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-06 Thread Paperless Homework
countries which we are now talking with various parties in various nations. My two pennies' worth Alan www.paperlesshomework.com --- On Fri, 8/1/08, Ed Gragert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Ed Gragert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health To: The Digital Divide

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-06 Thread Taran Rampersad
It is difficult to say that the digital divide and human health are linked, in my opinion. Socioeconomic status affects both the digital divide and human health. That said, sitting around on one's posterior most of the day while eating fast food or microwaveable food most certainly could be

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-06 Thread Taran Rampersad
Good stuff, Layton. Some comments and queries: Layton E. Olson wrote: Note Illinois rural healthnet project has been awarded 3 year FCC $21 million grant for rural ICT infrastructure connections among hospitals, health institutions and clinics, and with potential for connection with urban

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-08-01 Thread Ed Gragert
Hi Everyone, Joe has some good points in terms of seekers and finders if we look solely at use of the net by individuals. However, our experience working with schools, educators and students is that there is a strong evidence that meaningful and structured online connections and school/

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-07-31 Thread Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ilan Tsekhman Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:01 PM To: digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net Subject: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health As promised here is the suggested conversation topic for August (a few days early!). That a myriad

Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-07-31 Thread Joe Beckmann
the environment before printing this e-mail -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ilan Tsekhman Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:01 PM To: digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net Subject: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health As promised here

[DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

2008-07-30 Thread Ilan Tsekhman
As promised here is the suggested conversation topic for August (a few days early!). That a myriad of socio-economic factors influence human health is well known. But how about the digital divide in particular? Are there implications on human health resulting from the digital divide? Please feel