Re: [DDN] A Stand Against Wikipedia

2007-02-09 Thread Sarah Blackmun-Eskow
Exactly. Students can develop their critical skills by analyzing Wikipedia articles, just like they should/would any other material they encounter. Wikipedia seems especially helpful when one needs to be able to place a theorist/researcher/practitioner in the context of a field or discipline or

Re: [DDN] Google Insights - social networking

2008-08-15 Thread Sarah Blackmun-Eskow
Metaphors, while compelling, can be misleading and ultimately destructive. A chunk of the billions of dollars of aid goes to Western experts and consultants: the aid establishment, looking out for its own financial interests. Another goes to the corrupt indigenlous politicians and government

Re: [DDN] Google Insights - social networking

2008-08-20 Thread Sarah Blackmun-Eskow
] Google Insights - social networking Sarah Blackmun-Eskow wrote: There is no good metaphor to express this situation in all of its raw power and destructiveness. Perhaps a non-metaphorical expression is needed. Any society is the sum of it's expectations. -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San

Re: [DDN] Google Insights - social networking

2008-08-22 Thread Sarah Blackmun-Eskow
Great response, very illuminating. Thanks! The narratives of the world are numberless. . . . there nowhere is nor has been a people without narrative.--Roland Barthes Sarah Blackmun-Eskow President, The Pangaea Network 290 North Fairview Avenue Goleta CA 93117 805-692-6998 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [DDN] PhD research on OLPC

2008-09-17 Thread Sarah Blackmun-Eskow
.--Roland Barthes Sarah Blackmun-Eskow President, The Pangaea Network 290 North Fairview Avenue Goleta CA 93117 805-692-6998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.pangaeanetwork.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Satish Jha Sent: Saturday, September 06

Re: [DDN] PhD research on OLPC

2008-09-19 Thread Sarah Blackmun-Eskow
) are testing this idea in Ghana in Asante Akim district. Sarah Blackmun-Eskow President, The Pangaea Network 290 North Fairview Avenue Goleta CA 93117 805-692-6998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.pangaeanetwork.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: [DDN] PhD research on OLPC

2008-10-03 Thread Sarah Blackmun-Eskow
. Sarah Blackmun The narratives of the world are numberless. . . . there nowhere is nor has been a people without narrative.--Roland Barthes Sarah Blackmun-Eskow President, The Pangaea Network 290 North Fairview Avenue Goleta CA 93117 805-692-6998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.pangaeanetwork.org

Re: [DDN] PhD research on OLPC

2008-10-04 Thread Sarah Blackmun-Eskow
are numberless. . . . there nowhere is nor has been a people without narrative.--Roland Barthes Sarah Blackmun-Eskow President, The Pangaea Network 290 North Fairview Avenue Goleta CA 93117 805-692-6998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.pangaeanetwork.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto

Re: [DDN] Fw: Re: PhD research on OLPC

2008-10-04 Thread Sarah Blackmun-Eskow
are numberless. . . . there nowhere is nor has been a people without narrative.--Roland Barthes Sarah Blackmun-Eskow President, The Pangaea Network 290 North Fairview Avenue Goleta CA 93117 805-692-6998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.pangaeanetwork.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [DDN] PhD research on OLPC

2008-10-05 Thread Sarah Blackmun-Eskow
Thank you, Joel, for pointing out all the taken-for-granteds implicit in the advocacy of OLPC. Sarah The narratives of the world are numberless. . . . there nowhere is nor has been a people without narrative.--Roland Barthes Sarah Blackmun-Eskow President, The Pangaea Network 290 North