Re: [DDN] Google Insights - social networking
A meeting of minds is far from difficult: western techniques are easier to transport than western technology - and netting via medicine men is virtually how the Edna McConnell Clark foundation almost wiped out Trachoma (http://www.trachoma.org/). It's a lot more complicated than condoms imply, since it takes disclosure to deal with condoms, and that disclosure is pretty culture-bound. Hence 52% of the new HIV cases in the US are black women. The newest rage of PEP pill pushing is much, much more controversial - if anybody has any real interest in ending the epidemic - since (a) we've known for more than a decade that it works, and waited until pharma found a financial incentive to make it popular and (b) we've also known that it doesn't take a lifetime of pill taking, in spite of last week's notice that it is precisely that treatment that pharma is now pushing. The corruption of the west is something that spreads a lot faster and easier than our benevolence. On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Steve Eskow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is the digital divide, and the health divide. And perhaps those divides are related. Westerners live longer than those in the poor countries, or so the mortality tables tell us. Western hard and software interests: are they the ones who are promoting the digital divide idea for their shareholders and executives? Is this list part of a Microsoft/Intel conspiracy? And big pharma: are they the ones promoting antiretrovirals for their shareholders? Western DDT almost wiped out malaria in parts of sub-Saharan Africa until it was banned--and the mosquitoes and malaria returned with a vengeance. There seems to be little evidence that local medical knowledge can prevent or treat malaria. The bed netting developed in the West, but certainly able to be produced locally, can. What, if anything, is the right thing to do or not do, say or not say, about bed netting and malaria in sub-Saharan Africa? And should the help of the local medicine man be enlisted in the bed netting campaign? Condoms can reduce the frequency of death-dealing AIDS in Africa. Big pharma medications can keep people alive once they have contracted the disease. ICT can bring information about these life-enhancing possibilities to Africa. What do we do, or not do, about life and death in Africa, and who will involve the local medicine man, and how, and what to do if he is not interested but has his own routines? Steve Eskow On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Joe Beckmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To get back to that medical model, don't under-estimate the medicine man vs the doctor. Last week's HIV/AIDS Conference in Mexico City discovered that pre-exposure prophylaxes (PEP) actually work, but framed that working in terms of a daily dose of an anti-viral and/or use of microbicides (which are still in testing). There is over 15 years of research that proves fairly conclusively that PEP has always worked about 87% of the time, and that, in most cases, a single dose of a microbicide before exposure is all it takes. It is not coincidental that Bush signed a $55billion subsidy the week before the PEP announcement, and that lots of big pharma can support any solution that guarantees a daily pill, subsidized, will achieve that same 87% prevention rate. Bah and humbug. Surely, before celebrating the universal solutions of the west, it makes some sense to look more closely at solutions locally, and explore how some synergies might accomplish more with less for more people. Promoting western medicine means more than promoting western big pharma way beyond the scale of either need or good practice. Yet when big pharma pays for the promotion, and the social research remains unclear, the benefits ought not be presumed for the high tech solution. Just as big pharma has unexamined consequences, it benefits any culture to explore what those consequences may be in crossing the digital divide without a map for what's to come. On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 3:07 PM, tom abeles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for this post Steve. Perhaps some insights from a few gray beards on the list are needed from time-to-time. Let me suggest some other issues: a) The problem with science is that it works, to a certain extent, for the natural environment. As many have pointed out the idea of finding universal laws, programs that can be cloned, etc in social systems, the false notion of western Enlightenment, might be called as in Levin's book, The Tyranny of Reason The political philosopher John Gray (not the Mars Venus person) points out similar ideas in his collection, Heresies. Yet, in the development community hope springs eternal, like the milk horse hoping to catch that elusive carrot held out by the driver b) Natural or human created Tsunamies- weather or changing political
Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health
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 find any more. The sites are less than transparent, so it's a matter of jiggling. I used this stuff in an Upward Bound program last summer with the rubric that a good answer to one of those questions may actually net $200,000 in tuition, room and board for four years, providing you're not a vegetable and can follow up. It was a tonic. Had a substantial discussion with his deputy, Linda Jarvin, after that particular teaching cycle, and we framed a variety of other assessment activities that might yet become part of the local high school's curriculum. At the same time that Tufts is genuinely innovating, I'm coaching their state rep - an alumnus and a friend - on protecting or broadening the state standards tests to include something like those Tufts measures. And, at exactly the same time, I'm generating editorials on how the University with a $1.5 billion endowment pays $75,000 in lieu of taxes, while Harvard, at $35billion, pays $7.5 million So neither university gets a free ride - hehehe. And the more we press the more we get. In Boston, we lack the equivalent of the wine presses of Napa valley to extract the local product for local residents. On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 7:42 AM, Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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, eventually, trump other less interesting testing programs that measure how much stuff is in a kid's head, or, rather, how many google clicks may not be needed to recall trivia. Do you have a more direct link? It sounds interesting, but I can't see how you got there from what you were writing... -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.your2ndplace.com Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/knowprose/ Criticize by creating. — Michelangelo The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine. - Nikola Tesla ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- Joe Beckmann 22 Stone Avenue Somerville, MA 02143 617-625-9369 The Tufts Admissions Project.doc Description: MS-Word document ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Google Insights - social networking
term is the most popular. Google calls this regional interest. This regional interest should give a good indication of which regions (in this case countries) a social network is most popular in. Google also provides a nice heat map of the results. We have included the heapmaps for all the social networks below. http://www.google.com/insights/search/#cat=q=imeemgeo=date=clp=cmpt=q http://www.google.com/insights/search/#cat=q=facebookgeo=date=clp=cmpt=q -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.your2ndplace.com Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/knowprose/ Criticize by creating. — Michelangelo The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine. - Nikola Tesla ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- Joe Beckmann 22 Stone Avenue Somerville, MA 02143 617-625-9369 ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health
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 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 free to share your thoughts and experiences on the subject. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- Joe Beckmann 22 Stone Avenue Somerville, MA 02143 617-625-9369 617-502-0418 ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] An incredible Web 2.0 Experience
In developing a peer tutoring program between the US and Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa, nothing is as clear and as direct a demonstration as a project by a bunch of 4th graders to include one of their own with a technology they find comfortable. Congratulations. Joe On 4/13/07, kevin Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Excellent story! thanks for posting Kev ** Kevin Thompson BSc DipEd MEd Cert Comp Sci Principal Lecturer Admissions Tutor Anglia Ruskin University 07971 503 943 Check www.Ultraversity.net For our radical online degree For the UV Help desk: 0845 196 3434 ** On 1/4/07 19:46, Elderbob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last week, I had a wonderful experience that I think represents one of the really useful ways that Skype is being used in the classroom. Perhaps it goes a long way in saying something about Web 2.0 and how it enhances our community. Brian Crosby and his Nevada class of 4th graders include a student whose medical condition precludes her from attending regular classroom activities. So with a little leg-work and hand-shaking, Brian got some community members to provide a home link-up for the child who can't attend. The story of how it was done and what the class is doing got my attention and I wanted to learn more. I contacted him, and having talked it over with his class, they agreed to be interviewed by Lee Babers 8th class in Virginia who man the webcasts at YouthBridges (the student version of WorldBridges). WIth a bit of thought and collaboration, we finally succeeded in connecting all the dots, and met last Thursday via Skype. There were a number of connection and production problems but under it all was a humane interest in how one class continued to include a student that otherwise would have been disconnected. This was truly a No Child Left Behind Story. In the end, I was able to edit out most of the technical glitches which eventually resulted in a 21 minute interview of one class by the other. The story is greater than that, and I have tried to piece together most of it in a blog post. You can see any one of three versions of the story among the blogs below: Eldertown - http://eldertown.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/the-spark-that-drives-web-20-technol ogy-in-the-classroom/#more-109 Knowplace Blog http://knowplace.ca/blog (These first two blogs are both my contributions and are essentially the same.) Learning is Messy Blog - http://learningismessy.com/blog/?p=233 (This is Brian Crosby's Sparks, Nevada Blog) YouthBridges - http://youthbridges.net/?q=node/35 (and this is Lee Baber's Virginia YouthBridges edition) These kids would love it if you would post your thoughts to the various blogs (and I would too). Be sure to watch the videos, one was produced by the 4th grade class and the other is news coverage of the same story. Thanks to all those who participated in the actual experience, and thank you for reading. elderbob -- Helping folks understand that it's never too late to become all they ever wanted to become. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- Joe Beckmann 22 Stone Avenue Somerville, MA 02143 617-625-9369 ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Statistics?
'digital divide' unfortunately ignored by the singular focus on connectivity. The frame of reference should be shifted to these larger issues so that access to technology is seen (e.g. by your sponsors) as only one component of the digital divide, not the entire meaning. On 12/20/06, Andy Carvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pew's data from earlier this year is one of the most recent studies. They suggest that nearly 3/4ths of US households are online, and document a surge in access by English-speaking Latino households. Spanish-only households weren't polled, though, and I would surmise they still lag behind other demographic groups. Several pertinent reports from Pew can be found here: http://www.pewinternet.org/reports.asp Their report on broadband and user-generated content is interesting, because it suggests that when disenfranchised groups do go online, they're just as likely to create online content as people in better socioeconomic circumstances. The last Department of Commerce report is several years old now. They documented significant gaps based on income level and education, and somewhat less so by race. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/anol/index.html There's no doubt that the vast majority of mainstream, middle class America is online now. The problem is that there are still yawning gaps among underserved, at-risk populations, particularly in regards to education and income levels. But because the mainstream is online, we continue to act as if the divide has been solved. More govt services are moved online and shut down offline; more education takes place on the Internet; higher-tech job skills are assumed of all candidates. So in some ways, the digital divide is worse than ever, because the online majority completely ignores the fact the offline minority is indeed offline and underskilled, while we make it harder to participate in society by conducting more and more services online. andy --- Jacquelyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our agency is in the process of trying to reach more underprivileged children based on the need in technical underserved communities. However, we are having a problem making a case to our sponsors based on the belief that their is no digital divide in the US. Does any one have any recent data, reports, info, statistics on the digital divide in the US? Jacquelyn Thomas Executive Director Kids In Technology, Inc. 3725 Riverdale Road Suite 6 Memphis, Tennessee, 38115-5322 www.kidsntechnology.net Phone: 901-565-0670 ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. Andy Carvin andycarvin at yahoo com www.andycarvin.com www.pbs.org/learningnow ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- Joe Beckmann 22 Stone Avenue Somerville, MA 02143 617-625-9369 ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
