RE: [DDN] Podcast and Photos from M. S. Swaminathan's Speech at the Baramati Conference

2005-03-10 Thread charles.geiger
Andy and all For those interested in ICT4Poverty Reduction and Empowerment, there is more from Prof. Swaminathan at http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2119/fl211900.htm , see the articles under Mission 2007, including an interesting interview with Prof. Swaminathan. These articles appeared in

[DDN] One extra reason to blog on the DDN site

2005-03-10 Thread Phil Shapiro
Hi DDN community - One extra reason you might choose to blog (or write articles) on the DDN site is to create an archive of blog postings that are supportive of grant applications. To my mind, there could be no more powerful material in the appendix of a grant proposal than a collection

[DDN] Typing software for Windows

2005-03-10 Thread Brian Russell
Hi all, I'm looking for some *free* WINDOWS software to help teach BASIC typing skills on a laptop. This is for a adult student learning to read who is an absolute beginner with computers. His job requires him to use a computer occasionally. Any suggestions? Thank you! -Brian

[DDN] FW: Webcasts: Media in the Lives of Youth; Women and AIDS Tour

2005-03-10 Thread Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan
KAISER HEALTHCAST .. Wednesday, March 9, 2005 Webcasts Now Available on kaisernetwork.org Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-Olds Kaiser Family Foundation This event featured a keynote address by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton

RE: [DDN] Podcast and Photos from M. S. Swaminathan's Speech attheBaramati Conference

2005-03-10 Thread Chris Houska
Wanda, You may want to speak with Karen Buller with the National Indian Telecommunications Institute www.niti.org I just spoke with Karen yesterday about our efforts to bridge the divide on Native American Indian Reservations. I'm in discussions with a few Tribes at the moment regarding our

[DDN] Why Women Leave IT (fwd)

2005-03-10 Thread Andy Carvin
From Newsfactor.com... -ac Why Women Leave IT Women represent nearly half the workers in the U.S. -- 46.6 percent. However, they always have been underrepresented in I.T. Even more discouraging is the fact that the percentage of women working in I.T. jobs is not growing but dropping. That is

[DDN] DD on cover of Economist

2005-03-10 Thread Kenan Jarboe
In case you haven't seen it yet, the cover of the latest issue of the Economist in on the digital divide: http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?Story_ID=3742817 Encouraging the spread of mobile phones is the most sensible and effective response to the digital divide -- not PCs!

[DDN] admin: using appropriate subject titles

2005-03-10 Thread Andy Carvin
Hi everyone, When posting a new topic to the list, please remember to give it a unique subject title. Right now there's a thread of messages using a subject title about the MS Swaminathan speech that has nothing to do with that topic any more, so please adjust the title accordingly. thanks, ac

RE: [DDN] Typing software for Windows

2005-03-10 Thread Wanda Jean Lord
Brian, if you aren't particular about it being Windows - and just want it to work - maybe one of these openware word processing programs might be useful? I can't vouche for any of them - but they are free! See: http://www.softwarevault.com/Word-Processing Wanda Jean ThreeHoops.com

[DDN] The real digital divide (fwd)

2005-03-10 Thread Andy Carvin
From the latest issue of The Economist -ac The real digital divide IT WAS an idea born in those far-off days of the internet bubble: the worry that as people in the rich world embraced new computing and communications technologies, people in the poor world would be left stranded on the