hi all it's true that online wiki is best
for those who have affordable net connection but for those who have none this is infinitely better than without wiki instead a mechanism can be made for incremental updating regards rene abad e-d, y3k foundation philippines > > > > The problem with having copies on a computer hard drive of the Wikipedia > or any other electronic book is that this is then a static copy of that > tool. The whole idea of the Wikipedia and of a Wiki in general is that > anyone in the audience of that Wiki can modify, rewrite or improve the > content already there. There may be hundreds of changes to the Wikipedia > daily. A static copy of this tool rather than accessing the Wikipedia on > the web would become an outdated copy in very short order, unless a > mechanism is going to exist to connect to the Wikipedia website to have > the content revised online. > > > > Sincerely, > David Dillard > Temple University > (215) 204 - 4584 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Net-Gold > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold> > <http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html> > General Internet & Print Resources > <http://library.temple.edu/articles/subject_guides/general.jsp> > <http://www.learningis4everyone.org/> > <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html> > Digital Divide Network > <http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/jwne> > Educator-Gold > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Educator-Gold/> > > > > On Sun, 6 Aug 2006, Andy Carvin wrote: > >> Well, that's the long-term plan of Wikipedia.... >> >> ac >> >> Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: >> > Why should we not have a free copy of Wikipedia in all low-cost >> > computers meant for individuals, schools and other public access >> centres >> > in the rural areas of developing countries? >> > >> > Arun >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Carvin" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 7:31 PM >> > Subject: [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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
