[DDN] Moving the DDN list to TIG
Hi everyone, We're in the process of completing the move of the Digital Divide Network from EDC to TakingITGlobal.org. The website has moved off EDC's servers, and now it's time for the list to move as well. So I'm posting this message just to do a quick test to see if it's sent properly. Please DO NOT reply to this email, as I can see for myself if it works. Once the move is complete, it'll be necessary to stop using DDN's current list address. I'll announce when it's safe to start using the new address and how to do that. Meanwhile, the DDN website will receive some upgrades, including the abandonment of the totally buggy bulletin board that has plagued us for the last year. TIG will implement a new version of the discussion boards they use on their site, which look like this: http://discussv5.takingitglobal.org/ The DDN discussion boards should be replaced before the end of the year. thanks, andy Andy Carvin andycarvin at yahoo com www.andycarvin.com www.pbs.org/learningnow ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] news: DDN list has moved
Hi everyone, The DDN list has officially moved to a new address: digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net Please direct all posts to this address; the old address of digitaldivide@mailman.edc.org is being retired. Users will be able to subscribe and unsubscribe here: http://www.digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide You will also be able to update your membership by changing the settings of your member account at www.digitaldivide.net, if you have one. thanks, andy 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Yunus, Grameen Bank Win the Nobel Peace Prize
Hi everyone, Earlier today, microloan pioneer and ICT4D advocate Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace prize. Many people have argued for a long time that Nobel needs to have a prize for development, and today's selection confirms that the Nobel committee recognizes global development as fundamentally connected to the promotion of peace. Yunus is founder of the Grameen Bank, which shared the peace prize with him today. The bank gives out microloans to the poorest villagers of Bangladesh, helping them establish their own businesses and gain health insurance. They also developed the amazing Grameen Phone initiative, which gives rural women loans to start village telecom businesses, providing mobile phone services to area residents. Thanks to this program, nearly every village in Bangladesh now has basic telecom access. I blogged about today's announcement here: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/10/yunus_and_the_gramee.html The blog entry also includes a video of Yunus talking about his work, and a video I produced about the mobile PC lab initiative in Baramati, India, which I was able to visit in 2005 on a trip sponsored by the Grameen Foundation USA. A snippet from the blog: "Perhaps what's most exciting about this Nobel selection is that the people of Bangladesh can rightfully claim that they as individuals have won a share of the Peace Prize. Approximately 94% of the bank is owned by its 6.6 million borrowers - the farmers, the women entrepreneurs, the beggars - while the remaining six percent is owned by the government of Bangladesh, which of course represents the people. No matter how you slice it, this years Peace Prize has been rewarded to the Bangladeshis themselves. Muhammad Yunus may be the one standing in Oslo this December - and rightfully so - but he will be standing on the shoulders of millions of Bangladeshi citizens, each of whom must be swelling with joy this day." andy ---- 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Connect the Dots: Students, Blogs and the Nobel Peace Prize
Hi everyone, I just wanted to share my latest blog post at pbs learning.now: Connect the Dots: Students, Blogs and the Nobel Peace Prize http://www.pbs.org/learningnow permalink: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/learning.now/2006/10/connect_the_dots_students_blog.html The entry is a response to a recent Seattle Times article that interviews edtech blogging pioneers Mark Ahlness and Dave Warlick, along with a recent blog entry by Miguel Guhlin in which he talks about educational blogging in comparison to the Grameen Bank, which won the Nobel Peace Prize last week with Muhammad Yunus. Here's a snippet from the article: Miguel made an interesting connection: 'If we imagine 21st Century learning as a bank, we can imagine that we have all won a share of the some prize that weve all received as a benefit of were all recipients of microloans or microcredit, that each of us builds on, where the snowball, as Doc Searls shared, is running downhill. Call it blogcredit.' I love how Miguel says this, because it relates to something that Ive occasionally struggled to articulate about educational blogging: that it helps students feel a stronger sense of ownership over their words, their ideas and their ability to convey them. When students are merely writing an essay for a teacher, its often likely that the end result, if theyre lucky, will be a place on the refrigerator for that essay, next to the coupons and pictures of last summers trip to the Wisconsin Dells. But educators like Mark Ahlness, Dave Warlick, Ted Nellen, Yvonne Andres and others who have pioneered ideas around student-generated journals, websites and blogs have understood all along that the act of publishing student work in a public setting changes the rule of the game. When students publish on a blog or another online tool, theyre opening themselves up to critique, criticism and scrutiny. They must be prepared to defend their choice of words, their arguments, their perspectives. And theyre not just writing for an audience - theyre writing for a community of lifelong learners who are eager to engage them, helping them improve their writing and their critical thinking skills along the way. thanks, andy -------- 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Scholarships for the 2007 We Media Conference
Hi everyone, I just wanted to share this note from Gloria Pan regarding scholarships to the February 2007 We Media conference in Miami. Please contact Gloria at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have any questions, and be sure to not send your applications either to me or to the DDN list. -andy > Once again, thanks to the generosity of the Ethics > and Excellence in > Journalism Foundation, We Media Fellowships are > available for > independent, nonprofit or academic participants from > any country to > attend the 2007 We Media Conference, organized by > the Institute for > the Connected Society (directors Andrew Nachison and > Dale Peskin, > formerly of The Media Center). The event will take > place February > 8-9, 2007, in Miami, with major support from the > John S. and James L. > Knight Foundation. > > > Fellowships cover full registration fees for the > conference, > including conference meals and materials. Stipends > for travel and/or > lodging may be available. > > To apply for a fellowship, send an e-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED], with: > > I. We Media Fellowship Application in the subject > line. > II. Your name, title, organizational affiliation and > contact > information at the top. > III. A statement of no more than 500 words that > includes: > > 1) What does community mean to you in a connected > world? > 2) How might communications and digital media > services be used or > improved to enhance real, physical communities? > 2) What do you hope to get out of attending? > > Applicants who do not conform to the above > requirements will NOT be > considered. > > Applicants are solely responsible for acquiring the > proper travel > documents to enter the United States. iFOCOS does > not provide support > or assistance for travel visas and other immigration > issues. > > The deadline for fellowship applications is 12 noon > Eastern Time (US > - 5 GMT), Friday, November 3, 2006. > > Please pass this announcement on to anyone you think > would qualify > for and benefit from a We Media Fellowship. 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Education and the Semantic Web
Hi everyone, Yesterday, MIT and Southampton University announced the formation of a new research center dedicated to understanding how the Web works today, and how it'll work in the future. It's being launched by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web and lead thinker behind the Semantic Web, an initiative to improve the way computers understand the meaning of online content by embedding layers of metadata into that content. I decided to use this occasion as an opportunity to blog about the semantic web and its potential role in education. It offers a quick tutorial on the semantic web, examining how it's already being used by Creative Commons, and posits how it might be used to tag websites with specific educational standards and the educators interested in using them. More here: http://www.pbs.org/learningnow permalink: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/learning.now/2006/11/the_semantic_web_and_the_onlin.html thanks, andy -------- 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Understanding the Impact of Online Communities on Civic Engagement
Hi everyone, I've just posted a blog entry about a new study that came out this week from the USC Annenberg School on digital culture. Its findings include some fascinating insights on the impact of partcipation in online communities: "Internet users report having formed friendships with an average of 4.65 people this year - people theyve never met in person. Nearly half of those surveyed - 42.8 percent - say that the Internet has increased the amount of contact they have with friends and family. For many people, these interactions are taking place in online communities. Just over half of online community members log in to their communities on a daily basis, while 70 percent of them interact with their fellow community members on a regular basis. "Perhaps one of the most interesting results of the survey is the suggestion that online communities have a direct impact on civic participation. Just over one-fifth of online community members - 20.3 percent - take action offline for a cause related to their online communities at least once a year. Nearly 65 percent of online community members say they now engage in civic causes that were new to them when they started going online, while an additional 43.7 percent say they participate in social activism more since theyve joined their online communities. This may explain why 43 percent of online community members feel as strongly about their virtual life as they do about their real-world life." More here: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/learning.now/2006/12/understanding_the_impact_of_on.html More on the report: http://www.digitalcenter.org/ andy ---- 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Understanding the Impact of Online Communities on Civic Engagement
Unfortunately there's not much more data available for free online. The rest is contained in their report, which is available for purchase. I've put in a request for a copy, so if I can find any info that sheds light on these questions, I'll let you know. One thing I do know, though, is that the report focuses on the US only. andy --- roop dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is very intresting study. Well, can we simulate > some inference on correlations between? > >Education level and internet use >Economic status and internet use >above 1 & 2 and civil relationship >Possible postulation on how these behaviors would > change in the developing countries? > I would also be interested in knowing some facts, > if available, on How may people use internet (1) > as a hobby (2) professional compulsion (3) other > reasons... > > Thanks... > > > Andy Carvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi > everyone, > > I've just posted a blog entry about a new study that > came out this week from the USC Annenberg School on > digital culture. Its findings include some > fascinating > insights on the impact of partcipation in online > communities: > > "Internet users report having formed friendships > with > an average of 4.65 people this year - people theyve > never met in person. Nearly half of those surveyed - > 42.8 percent - say that the Internet has increased > the > amount of contact they have with friends and family. > For many people, these interactions are taking place > in online communities. Just over half of online > community members log in to their communities on a > daily basis, while 70 percent of them interact with > their fellow community members on a regular basis. > > "Perhaps one of the most interesting results of the > survey is the suggestion that online communities > have > a direct impact on civic participation. Just over > one-fifth of online community members - 20.3 percent > - > take action offline for a cause related to their > online communities at least once a year. Nearly 65 > percent of online community members say they now > engage in civic causes that were new to them when > they > started going online, while an additional 43.7 > percent > say they participate in social activism more since > theyve joined their online communities. This may > explain why 43 percent of online community members > feel as strongly about their virtual life as they do > about their real-world life." > > More here: > > http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/learning.now/2006/12/understanding_the_impact_of_on.html > > More on the report: > > http://www.digitalcenter.org/ > > andy > > > > 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] with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > > > R K Dave, SMIEEE, B.E(EC)., M.B.A.,M.S.H.S.(USA) > Ex-OSD(IT) Government of India / GoG > Adviser / External Network Expert SWAN - > Government of karnataka / Government of Himachal > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mobile (India) # 9825060164 > Mobile (USA) # 815-603-2476 > > > > > > - > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail > beta. > ___ > 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Seymour Papert Gravely Injured in Motorbike Accident
Hi everyone, I've just received the terrible news that education technology pioneer Seymour Papert has been gravely injured in an accident in Hanoi. He was attending a conference there and was hit by a motorbike, sustaining significant head trauma. The boston globe has a story here: http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/12/07/mit_figure_struck_injured_in_hanoi/ and I've blogged about it here: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/12/prayers_for_seymour_papert.html Seymour is one of the developers of constructionist learning theory. He helped found MIT's artificial intelligence lab, developed the LOGO programming language and inspired both the Maine laptop initiative and the $100 laptop. Hopefully he will pull through, but he will need all the thoughts and prayers we can muster. andy -------- 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] admin: catching up on stuck messages
Hi everyone, The list software has had some problems over the last week or two, and a bunch of messages got stuck. TakingITGlobal appears to have fixed the problem, so I'm just about to post a fairly large number of messages. Apologies to those whose messages were delayed. thanks, andy 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Statistics?
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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] DOPA Dies on the Vine
Hi everyone, I just wanted to share a post I've written for my PBS column on the slow death of the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), which would have required US schools and libraries receiving federal Internet subsidies to block access to online social networks. Some highlights: For a time, it seemed that DOPA would inevitably reach the president’s desk. Surely the overwhelming support of the House would be reflected in the Senate, one might have surmised. But then, something quite unexpected happened: nothing. With all the criticism being lobbed by the blogosphere and the media, DOPA found itself among a group of skeptical senators who were in no rush to pass the legislation. After it passed the House, influential Senator Patrick Leahy expressed concerns with DOPA, and media reports suggested he would take a long, hard look at the bill, effectively slowing it down. Individual senators have greater power than House members to slow legislative processes, and critics like Leahy could choose to take advantage of this. Complicating matters was the Mark Foley scandal. Even though he wasn’t a co-sponsor of DOPA, Rep. Foley was a close associate of Mike Fitzpatrick, the congressman who introduced it. The two of them had also drafted another piece of legislation called the Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today’s Youth Act, or SAFETY. Though the SAFETY Act was less controversial than DOPA, its association with Foley probably didn’t help it when he was caught sending inappropriate emails to House pages. The bill was never even placed for debate. Suddenly, even well-meaning online safety bills were seen as hypocritical, making them a political hot potato as long as the Foley scandal raged. Meanwhile, Rep. Fitzpatrick was finding himself in a close re-election race back home, giving him less time to lobby his Senate colleagues in support of DOPA. It turned out his efforts were futile - Fitzpatrick lost his re-election bid in November. He wasn’t alone. Three of DOPA’s co-sponsors - JD Hayworth, Sue Kelly and Curt Weldon - also lost their re-election bids. Read more here: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/learning.now/2006/12/dopa_dies_on_the_vine.html -- -- Andy Carvin andycarvin (at) yahoo . com http://www.andycarvin.com http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.pbs.org/learningnow -- ___ 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.
[DDN] coming soon: fuel cell docking station for laptops
Hi everyone, Just wanted to pass along a blog entry I wrote earlier today about a new fuel cell docking station by Samsung that will power laptops with methanol: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2007/01/a_little_methanol_goes_a_long_way_with_l.html Here's a snippet: "Essentially, what they've done is created a docking station for their laptops that is powered by methanol, which is both cheap and easy to produce. (So easy, in fact, that people often die from methanol-tainted homebrew alcohol.) The docking station gives a laptop to stay charged 40 hours a week for four weeks. That's an astonishingly long time, given how my current laptop battery won't even let me get through a single DVD movie. They expect to ship the docking station before the end of the year. Meanwhile, they're also working on a pint-sized version, quite literally - a miniature power source that requires the equivalent of a coffee cup's worth of methanol to power a laptop for a week." they plan to release them starting later this year. Assuming they're able to release this thing with a low price point, what impact do you think it'll have on the digital divide? ac 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Brits Propose Bridging Home-School Digital Divide
At the British Education Technology Show today, UK schools minister Jim Knight announced a new government goal of bringing Internet access to all students who don't already have it at home. Outlining a series of education technology initiatives, Knight stated he was launching a multi-stakeholder taskforce to develop a sustainable strategy for bridging this home-school digital divide. >From his speech: The so-called digital divide cannot be allowed to create and reinforce social and academic divisions With more than 800,000 children and young people still restricted to access at school, we run the risk that they could be isolated and left behind. There is no sense in asking every school to provide a learning platform to support children at home if some - likely to be the ones who might most benefit - are cut off from that platform. Today, I not only want to reinforce that commitment, but to talk further about our aspiration for universal home access and how that might be made a reality. The way to achieve this is by thinking both innovatively and practically, and to use the wisdom of those who really know what they are talking about. That's why we are relying on industry to help with this - and many thanks to Intel, RM and Dell who already doing just that. We need to come up with a sustainable solution which will work for future generations as well as this one, building on existing good practice rather than looking for a quick fix I am setting up a Home Access Taskforce which I will personally chair. I want this to bring together key industry players, the voluntary sector, and education representatives to look at the issues. Because ICT at every child's fingertips is not the be-all and end-all of our ambitions. We need to make sure that schools and teachers can take full advantage, and parents too can play a significant role. More quotes here: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2007/01/brits_propose_bridging_homeschool_digita.html -------- 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Kiosk/Telecenter Numbers Worldwide
That's gonna be a tough one to calculate. There are definitely statistics, for example, on govt-sanctioned telecentres in many countries, but it's harder to keep track of those that don't have government affiliation. There's also the question of how you count telecentres. For example, here in the USA, would you just count telecentres who participate in CTCNet? Would you count libraries and schools that have public computer labs? Would you count YMCAs, Boys/Girls Clubs? Would you count semi-private telecentres that restrict access to building residents? Etc, etc. At one point, we added up around 20,000 of these types of institutions in the US alone, the majority of which were public libraries with computer labs. andy --- Joyojeet Pal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Subject: Kiosk/Telecenter Numbers Worldwide > > Hi - > > Does anyone know if there are numbers published > anywhere online on the > number of telecenters/kiosks worldwide? I am > specifically interested in > any figures on Brazil, China, India - but knowing if > there is such a > resource would be generally useful. Thanks! > > Joyojeet Pal > University of California at Berkeley > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > January 15, 2006 > ___ > 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Kiosk/Telecenter Numbers Worldwide
It wasn't for a report; it was for a service on the Digital Divide Network that mapped them on Mapquest. This was around six years ago, and the data got so obsolete so quickly it was shut down a few years later. ac --- Dale Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andy: Do you have a report that summarizes the > research you conducted in > the USA? > > Dale Gregory > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Andy Carvin > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:51 AM > To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group > Subject: Re: [DDN] Kiosk/Telecenter Numbers > Worldwide > > That's gonna be a tough one to calculate. There are > definitely statistics, for example, on > govt-sanctioned > telecentres in many countries, but it's harder to > keep > track of those that don't have government > affiliation. > There's also the question of how you count > telecentres. For example, here in the USA, would you > just count telecentres who participate in CTCNet? > Would you count libraries and schools that have > public > computer labs? Would you count YMCAs, Boys/Girls > Clubs? Would you count semi-private telecentres that > restrict access to building residents? Etc, etc. At > one point, we added up around 20,000 of these types > of > institutions in the US alone, the majority of which > were public libraries with computer labs. > > andy > > > --- Joyojeet Pal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Subject: Kiosk/Telecenter Numbers Worldwide > > > > Hi - > > > > Does anyone know if there are numbers published > > anywhere online on the > > number of telecenters/kiosks worldwide? I am > > specifically interested in > > any figures on Brazil, China, India - but knowing > if > > there is such a > > resource would be generally useful. Thanks! > > > > Joyojeet Pal > > University of California at Berkeley > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > January 15, 2006 > > ___ > > 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] with > 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. > 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Lifting the hood on DOPA Jr.
Hi everyone, I've just written a blog entry dissecting the language of Senate Bill 49, the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act. It was introduced earlier this month by Sen. Stevens of Alaska as the replacement to the DOPA bill that would have restricted access to Web 2.0 services at schools and libraries receiving federal Internet subsidies under the E-Rate program. The new bill includes the original DOPA language, as well as sections related to cyberbullying, child porn and protecting children's online privacy. Like DOPA, it offers an exception for educational uses of Web 2.0 services, but it remains to be seen how that would work, given that many schools today don't make it easy for teachers to unblock sites. http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/learning.now/2007/01/lifting_the_hood_on_dopa_jr.html ac -------- 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Interactive TV: What will Joost™ offer that Democracy Player doesn't already?
tp://www.janusfriis.net/category/about/, his and > Niklas > Zennström's Joost⢠seems extraordinarily tame, > not to say kow-towing to > the traditional video content producers. > OK, this post is partisan, and by necessity > uninformed due to Joostâ¢'s > hard-to-get promotion tactics. I'll be happy to be > contradicted. There > is room for both Joost⢠and Democracy, probably. > It's just that Joost⢠> seems to be to Democracy what Encarta is to > Wikipedia - and I prefer > Wikipedia. > > Best > > Claude > > Claude Almansi > CH-6532 Castione > www.noimedia.org > http://digitaldivide.net/profile/claude > skype: calmansi > ___ > 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] blogging the We Media conference
Hi everyone, Right now I'm in Miami at the We Media conference, a gathering of leaders from mainstream media and the Web 2.0 worlds. I'm blogging the sessions in case anyone is interested: http://www.andycarvin.com The first session focused on the role of community in the future of journalism. Later today we'll have a session with several representatives from the Global Voices blogging project. andy -------- 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Social media forum at NPR
Hi everyone, this week I hosted a small gathering of thinkers and practitioners from the Web 2.0 world to help advise NPR as we develop our strategies regarding social networking and user-generated content. Among the participants were media bloggers Jeff Jarvis, David Weinberger, Jay Rosen and Doc Searls, along with vlogger Zadi Diaz and former BBCer Euan Semple. I liveblogged the morning session and posted a bunch of video clips that might be of interest: www.andycarvin.com thanks, andy *** Andy Carvin andycarvin at yahoo com http://www.andycarvin.com http://www.pbs.org/learningnow *** Sent from my battered old Treo ___ 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] Connecticut Substitute Teacher Faces Forty (40) Years in Jail
I've also been blogging extensively about the case since she was convicted more than a month ago: http://www.pbs.org/learningnow My next piece will also be about the case and should be up later today. -andy --- "David P. Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > EDUCATION: K-12: TEACHERS : > CHILDREN: COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY ILLEGAL AND > INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT : > COMPUTER: VIRUSES MALWARE SPYWARE COOKIES : > CRIMINAL JUSTICE: ISSUES: > Connecticut Substitute Teacher Faces Forty (40) > Years in Jail: Computers > Riddled with Viruses, Malware and Spyware Blamed for > Pornographic Popups > Behind Criminal Charges > 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Connecticut Substitute Teacher Faces Forty (40) Years in Jail
Forwarding this to the list for Anne Neville. -andy > -- Forwarded message -- > From: "Anne Neville" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" > > Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 22:25:25 -0800 > Subject: Re: [DDN] Connecticut Substitute Teacher > Faces Forty (40) Years in Jail > Dear DDN List: > > Below is a letter sent by nearly 30 computer science > professors in > regard to the Julie Amero case. It appeared as an > ad in the March 6, > 2007 edition of the Hartford Courant. It is not > available online, as > the Courant does not publish the print ads in their > online version. > The letter has received local attention from the > regional news media, > including an AP story and as well as news stories on > the local ABC and > NBC affiliates. > > I am sending a text version of this letter for > others to see because > it is not available online - as the Courant does not > publish print ads > in their online version. My father, Chip Neville, > is one of the > signatories and one of the professors who wrote the > letter and > organized the advertisement. He provided me with > the text of the > letter to send out to others. -- Anne Neville - > Sacramento, CA > > An Open Letter To Chief State's Attorney Kevin T. > Kane > > The Julie Amero case has created outrage in internet > forums and among > computer experts all > over the country. Briefly, Julie Amero was seven > months pregnant and > acting as a substitute > seventh grade teacher in Norwich, Connecticut. She > left the classroom > briefly, and while she > was gone some of her students used the class > computer to surf the web. > When she returned a > stream of pornographic pop-up ads began to appear. > She panicked and > tried to stop the popups > but did not turn off the computer because she had > been firmly > instructed not to do so. > She was charged with exposing her students to > pornography and > convicted in January. She > now faces up to forty (40) years in prison. > > Many computer experts believe that the stream of > obscene pop-up ads > were caused by > malicious spyware and adware programs which users > seldom know have > infected their > computers until too late - after they have done > their evil work. It is > most troubling that the > computer had no firewall protection - apparently > because a vendor's > bill went unpaid - and > that the prosecution did not make a search for > spyware. > > An excellent suggestion has been offered by Mark > Rasch, former chief of the U.S. > Department of Justice's cyber crime unit: "Find an > independent > investigator with nopreconceived notions at all and > find out what > happened." We the undersigned computer > science professors at Yale, UCONN, Wesleyan, > Trinity, the University > of Hartford, and the > State Universities urge you to take up Mark Rasch's > suggestion, and to > delay sentencing Julie > Amero until the investigator has filed his report. > > Drew McDermott Yale > Thomas J. Peters UCONN > Neli Zlatareva CCSU > James Lipton Wesleyan > Ralph Morelli Trinity > Dong-Guk Shin UCONN > Ingrid Russell U Hartford > Chip Neville CCSU > G. Ganchev WCSU > Sarah Tasneem ECSU > Heidi Ellis Trinity > Bradley Kjell CCSU > John Ridgway Trinity > Todor Ivanov WCSU > Huan-Yu Tu ECSU > Brian O'Connell CCSU > Jian Lin ECSU > John Mertens Trinity > David Ahlgren Trinity > Kehan Gao ECSU > Taikang Ning Trinity > Stan Kurkovsky CCSU > Rathika RiVarma CCSU > Joan Calvert CCSU > Irena Pevac CCSU > R. White CCSU > Zdravko Markov CCSU > Passent El-Kafrawy ECSU > > Ad payed for by the signatories > > This open letter first appeared as a public advocacy > ad on page A4 of > the March 6, 2007 edition of the Hartford Courant. > Verbatim copies are > permitted in any medium provided this and the > following notices are > preserved: > In response to prior news coverage and opinion > posted on the internet > concerning the Julie Amero case, misguided people > have sent hateful > and even threatening messages to the judge and > prosecutor. Sending > such messages to any person or official connected > with the case is > inappropriate, illegal, and harmful to Julie Amero's > defense, SO DON'T > DO IT! > > End of Letter > 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Discussing Media Concentration, Media Literacy with Dan Rather
Hi everyone, On Monday I got to interview former CBS News anchor Dan Rather at the SXSW Interactive festival. We talked about several issues that might be of interest, including the effects of media concentration on news and the increasing importance of media literacy in a world dominated by blogs and YouTube. The transcript, podcast and video highlights can be found on my blog: http://www.andycarvin.com thanks, andy 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] March 30: Participate in Stop Cyberbullying Day
Hi everyone, In case you haven't been following the story, blogger Kathy Sierra just cancelled all of her upcoming public events because of death threats she's received on her blog. It's an escalation of a series of cyberbullying incidents that's been plaguing her recently, and she's now too afraid to even go outside her home. It's led to a firestorm of discussion online, with Robert Scoble in particular leading the way. Kathy tells the story here: http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2007/03/as_i_type_this_.html As for my own personal response, I've decided to declare this Friday Stop Cyberbullying Day. (We're bloggers - we can do that.) I'm challenging everyone to take a stand against the practice by writing a blog entry or posting a video to raise awareness, share resources and the like. You can then tag it "stopcyberbullying" so we can aggregate it. I've set up a social network at http://stopcyberbullying.ning.com so people can collaborate, and I'm working with PBS Teachers to challenge educators to discuss the topic with their students on Friday. If you can't do a video by Friday, try to do it during Video Blogging Week next week - better late than never. More info on my PBS blog here: http://tinyurl.com/2bgcwr andy 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Reminder: Today is Stop Cyberbullying Day
Hi everyone, I just wanted to post a reminder that today is Stop Cyberbullying Day, and we're mobilizing a global conversation about the various forms of online harassment and what we can do to combat them. Hundreds of bloggers have posted on the subject already, and I expect there will be many more over the course of the day. How can you participate? Here are a few suggestions. - Post something online. Whether you want to blog, vlog or podcast about it, we encourage you to contribute something to the discussion today. It can be a personal story about cyberbullying, a collection of resources, advice you want to share - whatever you want. Then be sure to tag it "stopcyberbullying" so we can aggregate it. - Have an offline conversation with someone about it. Talk with your families, your colleagues, your students, your neighbors - we could all benefit from a frank discussion about online harassment. - Participate in the Stop Cyberbullying social network (http://stopcyberbullying.ning.com) Since there's no way we can do justice to the issue in one day, we've set up this online community where people can share resources and talk. There's a growing number of videos and other resources related to cyberbullying, along with a feed of everything that's been tagged "stopcyberbullying." - Learn more about the issue. You can learn more by participating in the social network, or you can visit resources like www.cyberbullying.org, www.stopcyberbullying.org, www.ncsriu.org and bullying.org, just to name a few. - Follow the feed. As more people contribute their own content and tag it, the number of resources will grow. You can subscribe to the feed or follow it on Twitter: http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/RBPBKDZEIH.rss http://twitter.com/nocyberbullies So please join me and countless other members of the online community as we join together and find ways to combat online harassment in all of its forms. thanks, andy 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Virginia Tech and emergency preparedness
Hi everyone, I've just posted an essay on my PBS blog about the role of emergency warning systems in on-campus emergency preparedness. As many of you know, Virginia Tech had problems getting the word out to students and faculty because of a delayed response and server crashes, so I talk about text messaging solutions and how they're being used in some school districts and universities just in case. Ironically, VT had been considering such a system, according to a Roanoke Times article from last September, but it hadn't moved forward in time. http://tinyurl.com/yrfxcl andy -------- 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Using wikis to craft federal edtech legislation collaboratively
Hi everyone, Yesterday I attended an event hosted by the DC chapter of NetSquared regarding the role of wikis in crafting public policy. Justin Hamilton, a legislative aide from the office of House education committee chair George Miller (D-CA) spoke about how his office is exploring the possibility of setting up a wiki to encourage the public to participate more directly in the legislative process, not unlike what Steve Urqhart is doing for the Utah house of representatives at www.politicopia.com. Some of us in the audienced joked about having Rep. Miller use a wiki to invite teachers to rewrite No Child Left Behind, but later on I suggested they might wish to try a very focused experiment, inviting educators to use a wiki to comment on the section in NCLB that requires all students to be "technologicaly literate" by the eighth grade." Since the notion of making our students tech literate is a bipartisan goal and not regarded as divisive, it might serve as an interesting test case to bring together educators with first-hand experience and expertise to advise Congress as to what role it should or shouldn't play regarding achieving tech literacy, however one defines it, for all students. Anyway, it was a fascinating discussion, and I blogged about it here: http://urltea.com/kcr thanks, andy ---- 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Andrew Rasiej Throws Down the Digital Divide Gauntlet to Presidential Candidates
Personal Democracy Forum co-founder and digital divide activist Andrew Rasiej made a passionate case at the PDF 2007 Conference here in NYC to revive the digital divide as a major policy issue. He asked how many people in the audience felt the digital divide was still a problem, and few of us did. Andrew went on to talk about poor Internet access in low-income schools and communities, and how inequitable access is hampering civic participation and democracy. Rasiej then announced that the Personal Democracy Forum will launch an online petition to elect "the first tech president." He's challenging the public to sign onto the petition and forward it to presidential candidates to get them to sign on to these basic principles: * Declare the Net a public good. Bring broadband to everyone. * Wireless public spectrum must be available and expanded. * Go from No Child Left Behind to Every Child Connected * We need to support Net Neutrality. * We need to create a connected democracy, where people can actually hear public hearings and participate. * We need to use this to create transparency and accountability. * We need a national guard of technologists to work during Katrina-like emergencies. For more info on the event, go to www.personaldemocracy.com. I'm liveblogging it at www.andycarvin.com. I'll see if I can dig up more about the initiative. -andy ---- 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] testing the list
Hi everyone, The list has been unusually quiet for more than a week. Hopefully it's due to people being on summer holidays, but I just wanted to post a message to be sure it wasn't a technical problem. There's no need to reply to this message, though feel free to start up a conversation. :-) andy -------- 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] another list test - please don't reply
Hi everyone, It appears that TakingITGlobal may have fixed the list. No, we haven't been quiet due to a summer holiday; the list server crashed. Assuming I get this email back in a timely manner, I'll start dealing with the other messages in the queue. Sorry for the molasses. andy ps - please don't reply to this post. thanks... -------- 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Asking the presidential candidates about the digital divide
Hi everyone, Last night I got to attend the Democratic presidential debate at Howard University, which was hosted by PBS. Following the debate, I managed to track down several of the candidates to ask them their positions on the digital divide. Most of them didn't give me much more than a sound bite, but it was still interesting. Bill Richardson probably had the broadest perspective on the subject, while Chris Dodd and Dennis Kucinich focused on ubiquitous broadband and laptops for kids. Mike Gravel offered some terse comments on keeping the Internet free and putting computers in our classrooms. The text of what they said is now on my PBS blog. I'll also put together a video of their comments soon. Hopefully, I'll be able to ask the Republican candidates about the digital divide at the next PBS debate, which will take place at the end of September. http://urltea.com/vgg -- ------ Andy Carvin andycarvin (at) yahoo . com http://www.andycarvin.com http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.pbs.org/learningnow -- ___ 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.
[DDN] New Pew report on US at-home broadband access
Hi everyone, The Pew Internet Project just released their latest report on the state of at-home broadband access in the US: http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/217/report_display.asp Among the findings: * African Americans: 40% of now have broadband at home, up by 8 percentage points from 2006. * Rural Americans: 31% of those living in rural areas have broadband at home, up 6 percentage points from 2006. * Low income households, that is, adults who report living in households with annual household incomes under $30,000 annually: 30% of those in this group report having broadband at home, up by 9 percentage points the prior year and matching the end-of-2005 national average. I've done a summary of the report on my pbs blog here: http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/2007/07/got_broadband.html thanks, andy 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Intel, $100 Laptop program form new partnership
Breaking news: One Laptop Per Child, MIT's so-called $100 laptop project, has reached an accord with its main rival, Intel, to work together on providing low-cost Internet devices for the developing world. Intel will join the OLPC board and contribute funds to the project, and they'll each emphasize the role their devices can play depending on the appropriate development context. This strikes me as really good news, and should help countries make smarter, more strategic decisions about how and when to use these devices. I've blogged about the announcement here: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2007/07/intel_olpc_come_to_an_accord.html andy -------- 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Do Internet Filters Undermine the Teaching of 21st Century Citizenship?
Hi everyone, Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak at the JFK Presidential Library's annual educational institute to a group of educators, historians and media professionals about the impact of Web 2.0 on journalism. One of the points of my presentation was to make a connection between media literacy skills and "21st century citizenship," in which the Internet creates new opportunities for civic participation, assuming you have the skills to do it. Much of my presentation relied on links to relevant YouTube clips that have influenced policymaking and elections. The only problem was a filter blocked access to the clips, so I was forced to pantomime the videos. So while I was sitting at Logan airport stranded for about four hours last night, I wrote up some thoughts about the experience, and the potential impact of educators and students being denied access to materials directly relevant to civic education. It's been posted to my pbs blog, and you can find it here: http://urltea.com/10z5 The blog also includes a link to the powerpoint I used during the presentation, in case you're interested. thanks, andy ---- 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] It's Never Too Early to Plan for OneWebDay
Hi everyone, I just wanted to share a link to my blog post about OneWebDay, which is taking place on September 22. The idea behind OneWebDay is to encourage Netizens to set aside some time that day to make the Web a better place, like teaching a neighbor how to vlog, editing a Wikipedia entry, setting up a community wifi hotspot, etc. Yesterday I wrote an article about OneWebDay including some suggestions from the event's founder, Susan Crawford, on how schools could get involved. http://urltea.com/15gt More on the event: http://www.onewebday.org Are any of you planning to participate? If so, what will you be doing that day? thanks, andy 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] started blogging for PCWorld.com
Congratulations, Phil! That's very exciting news. Looking forward to reading it... andy --- Phil Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi Digital Divide Network community, > > some happy news to share. yesterday i started > blogging for PCWorld.com on > their new Community Voices blog. > >see my first blog post at > http://tinyurl.com/2ewgkz > >if you'd like to follow the Community > Voices blog, here is the web > site address of the blog. > >http://blogs.pcworld.com/communityvoices/ > > you can add this feed to your > bloglines.com (or other rss feed > reader) account. > > this blog is a group blog, so there will > be a bunch of other > people blogging besides me. > >although i'm not getting paid for this > blogging, the exposure is > pretty large. PCWorld.com gets 30 to 35 million > pageviews per month. > > i'd like to thank the many folks who > have sent me encouraging words > over the years - especially bonnie bracey sutton, > siobhan champ-blackwell, > claude almansi and andy carvin. > > your encouragement has meant a lot to me. > >phil > > interestingly, just a few minutes after i submitted > my first blog post, someone > else submitted this item to digg.com at > > http://tinyurl.com/2hwte8 > > thanks for digging this if you have a digg > account. > > -- > Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html > http://philsrssfeed.blogspot.com > http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html > > "Wisdom starts with wonder." - Socrates > "Learning happens through gentleness." > > > ___ > 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] New NSBA report on social networking and students
Hi everyone, The National School Boards Association has just released a study on the use of social networking and other web 2.0 tools by students. It's been debated for several days now in the blogosphere after a summary of it got leaked late last week, but as of this morning, the report itself is now available for download. I've got a summary of some of the findings, as well as a brief Q&A with the report's authors, on my PBS blog: http://urltea.com/17ue The report itself can be downloaded here: http://nsba.org/site/docs/41400/41340.pdf andy -------- 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] fwd: Call for researchers: Public Access ICT Landscape Study
Passing this along; please contact the researchers directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have any questions as I am not affiliated with the project. -andy --- Call for ICT Researchers - Submit Expression of Interest by 8 October 2007 Public Access ICT Landscape Study Expression of Interest – Country research teams The University of Washington Center for Internet Studies (CIS) is conducting a study of public access ICT environments in 25 countries. The research will include an examination of physical infrastructures (libraries, telecenters, kiosks, etc.), public access policies, stakeholder analyses (especially within government), and the information needs of disadvantaged communities, among others. To implement this study, CIS is seeking qualified in-country research teams to conduct interviews, surveys and local language data analyses. The expected timeframe for the engagement is November 2007 through August 2008. The final list of countries is still being determined, and one of the criteria is the availability of a local research team with the capacity to undertake this research. For details of this request and list of countries, visit: http://www.cis.washington.edu/projects/publicaccessICTlandscape/countryselection.html Interested parties should send a 1-page Expression of Interest in a Word or text file by October 8 to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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.
[DDN] today: discussing social networks on NPR's Talk of the Nation
Hi everyone, I just wanted to give you a head's up that I'll be talking about social networks on NPR's Talk of the Nation today beginning at 3pm ET. The discussion will probably focus on the value of social networks, and whether or not they can be used effectively for solving problems and tackling real-world issues, rather than just socializing. Talk of the Nation airs live in most areas that carry the show, but it varies from city to city. If you want to catch it online, public radio station sites like WBUR offer live streaming: http://www.wbur.org/listen/ Otherwise, the audio for the segment should be online a couple of hours after the show airs. Just check the Talk of the Nation blog at http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/ later in the day; there should be a link to the audio in the blog post about the segment. You can also use the blog to post questions you'd like to ask during the segment, or you can call in when the segment airs live at (800) 989-8255. thanks, andy ---- 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Private Media takes to the Internet e-Reporting the EmergencySituation in Pakistan
The blocking of YouTube began in Pakistan over the weekend. Here's an NPR story about it: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19333956 Andy Carvin andycarvin at yahoo com www.andycarvin.com www.pbs.org/learningnow - Original Message From: Taran Rampersad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 9:08:46 PM Subject: Re: [DDN] Private Media takes to the Internet e-Reporting the EmergencySituation in Pakistan Fouad Riaz Bajwa wrote: > This is very old news now, from last year, I wonder why Digital Divide list > admin took so long to deliver it, anyways, nowadays Youtube.com is banned in > the country. > The list had a hiccough (or long belch), apparently. Getting past that, when was YouTube banned in Pakistan? I hadn't heard of that. -- Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.your2ndplace.com http://www.opendepth.com 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] with 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.
Re: [DDN] Steve Cisler has passed away.
That's simply devastating news. Was it sudden, or had he been ill for a time? What a huge loss for the community Andy Carvin andycarvin at yahoo com www.andycarvin.com www.pbs.org/learningnow - Original Message From: Stephen Snow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 3:05:13 PM Subject: [DDN] Steve Cisler has passes away. To the CN community: --steve snow ===Sad News folos= Dear all, This just sent to me by a USC colleague of Steve's. How shall we follow up?A posting to AFCN Board and Advisors lists and web site would be appropriate. rl --- Richard, It is with deep sadness that I share the news that Steve passed away this morning. No funeral arrangements have been made yet. Please feel free to email me back in a day or two to see if any have been made. I am sure that Nancy and Steve’s children will appreciate receiving condolences from you and the network of people you were contacting. Thanks, Pedro -- Pedro Hernández-Ramos, PhD Associate Director Center for Science, Technology, and Society Santa Clara University (408) 551-6048 Website: http://epl.scu.edu/~pedrohr -Original Message- >From: Eddan Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Apr 27, 2008 7:46 PM >To: digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net >Subject: [DDN] Computers, Freedom, and Privacy: Technology Policy '08 > >COMPUTERS, FREEDOM, AND PRIVACY: TECHNOLOGY POLICY '08 >http://cfp2008.org/ >18th Annual CFP conference >May 20-23, 2008 >Omni Hotel >New Haven, CT > >DEADLINES this Week: >Hotel Discount Rate extended to: Mon., Apr. 28, 2008 >Early Bird Registration: Fri., May 2, 2008 >YJoLT Tech Policy Essay Contest: Mon., May 5, 2008 > >Conference Blog: http://cfp08.blogspot.com/ > > >ABOUT CFP: TECHNOLOGY POLICY 08 > >What should the technology policy priorities of the next >administration be? > >As the choice of presidential candidates becomes clearer and election >year moves towards a comparison of the candidates platforms on the >issues, technology policy is increasingly relevant to the forefront of >public debate. In the areas of privacy, intellectual property, >cybersecurity, telecommunications, and freedom of speech, topics that >were once confined to experts now appear in the mainstream of >political issues. We now know that our decisions about technology >policy are being made at a time as the architectures of our >information and communication technologies are still being built. > >This year, the 18th annual Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference >is focusing on those issues at the forefront of technology policy this >election year. With plenary panels on the National Security State and >the Next Administration and The 21st Century Panopticon? the >discussions taking place look towards our present and future priorities. > >CFP: Technology Policy '08 is an opportunity to participate in shaping >those issues being made into laws and regulations and those >technological infrastructures being developed. Policies ranging from >spyware and national security, to ISP filtering and patent reform, e- >voting to electronic medical records, and more will be addressed by >expert panels of technologists, policymakers, business leaders, and >activists. The panel topics are listed below and full panel >descriptions are available on the conference website at >http://www.cfp2008.org/wiki/index.php/Program >. > >The CFP: Technology Policy 08 conversation has already begun in the >virtual spaces connected to the conference. Even if you are unable to >attend the conference this year, there are several opportunities to >participate remotely. The guiding principles that ought to guide our >policies are being debated on the conference blog. Social networking >groups on Facebook and LinkedIn are providing new spaces for the CFP >community to meet and discuss. The Yale Journal of Law and Technology >is hosting a call for essays, on the priorities of the next >administration, with more details below. > >We look forward to seeing you in New Haven on May 20-23 > >CONFERENCE PROGRAM > >Plenary Sessions >Presidential Technology Policy: Priorities for the Next Executive >The 21st Century Panopticon? >The National Security State and the Next Adminstration > >Tutorials >A Short History of Privacy >Constitutional Law in Cyberspace >e-Deceptive Campaign Practices: Elections 2.0 >Maintaining Privacy While Accessing On-line Information > >Panel Sessions >Activism and Education U
[DDN] list update
Hi everyone, In case you hadn't noticed, the list crashed again over a month ago, and it appears that TakingITGlobal has fixed it. There are a whole bunch of messages in the queue waiting to be posted, so I'll be posting them in batches so people don't get overwhelmed. Sorry again for the mess. Let's keep our fingers crossed it doesn't happen again. andy ps - there's no need to reply to this message, as I'll know if it was posted, and there are plenty of other messages that need to be posted. thanks! ---- 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Steve Cisler passes away.
http://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0805/msg00033.html http://ibiblio.org/pjones/wordpress/?p=2503 There was a blogspot blog set up where users could post condolences but Blogger has apparently shut it due to some unexplained terms of service violation: http://communitynetworking2008.blogspot.com/ Andy Carvin andycarvin at yahoo com www.andycarvin.com www.pbs.org/learningnow - Original Message From: J Cravens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 9:11:38 AM Subject: Re: [DDN] Steve Cisler passes away. > >>It is with deep sadness that I share the news that Steve passed away >this morning. No funeral arrangements have been made yet. Please feel >free to email me back in a day or two to see if any have been made. I >am sure that Nancy and Steve's children will appreciate receiving >condolences from you and the network of people you were contacting. Could someone post an online obituary or web site with more info? -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Bonn, Germany Services for Nonprofits/NGOs/Civil Society www.coyotecommunications.com www.ivisit.com id: jcravens.4947 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ___ 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. ___ 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.
[DDN] Volunteers needed for hurricane response online
Hi everyone, Over the last few days I've been working with several hundred volunteers, including many veterans of Katrina and the Tsunami, to pull together a number of online resources related to Hurricane Gustav. That storm has passed, but unfortunately, another one named Hanna is expected to slog up the entire US coast later this week. We had an amazing team that managed to pull together an enormous wiki, google maps, sms relays and other tools, but the size and scope of Hanna means we'll need even more volunteers helping out. If you're willing to get involved, please visit our project homepage, http://gustav08.ning.com. If you're able to take on a specific task, like help pull together the Google Map or edit sections of the wiki, please let us know by posting a note about what you're willing to do: http://gustav08.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=2294159%3ATopic%3A4180 thanks, andy ---- 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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Steve Snow has passed away
Hi everyone, I've got some very sad news to report. Avid DDN member Steve Snow has passed away. I don't know any details apart from what has been posted on the AFCN website, which I've copied below. Steve joined DDN at the very beginning, way back in 1999, and was a leading voice for bridging the digital divide many years prior to that with his work at Charlotte's Web.. He will be sorely missed. Godspeed, Steve -ac Stephen Hopkins Snow, formerly of Charlotte, NC and St. Petersburg, Fl. died suddenly on December 27th in Asheville, NC where he maintained a clinical practice in counseling. He was the loving father of Stephanie Snow Tursi, Mary Snow and Timothy Snow of Charlotte, NC and Katie Snow-Rackley of Cleveland Heights, Ohio and is survived by grandchildren: Amanda, Ella, Jonah, Benjamin, Ruthie, Samuel and Thomas Tursi and Eli and Sylvia Rackley and siblings Roger Snow of Boston, Ma., Susan Snow-Burnett of Norfolk, Va., and Deb Snow of Santa Cruz, Ca. He will also be mourned by his former wife Patt Snow, friend Ed Fierstos and fiancée Cynthia Yancey. Steve was a graduate of Northeast High School in St. Petersburg, Fl, and The University of South Florida at Tampa and received both a Masters and PhD degrees from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He was a respected journalist of 28 years in Clearwater, Fl. and Charlotte, NC and the founder of Charlotte’s Web, a free provider of internet access to the community of Charlotte. Steve was known for his prowess as a woodworker and a blacksmith who loved to build furniture and refurbish tools and make them usable again. He was a dynamic personality who was involved in many other charities and organizations and touched many lives. Visitation and viewing will be at the Carolina Funeral and Cremation Center at 5505 Monroe Road in Charlotte on January 1st from 7 to 8:30 pm and the funeral service will be at the same location on January 2nd at 2pm. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be sent to the Western Carolina Chapter of the National Alliance for Mental Illness or the Buncombe County Public Health Foundation. Please specify for domestic violence/child advocacy. http://www.afcn.org/node/278 ---- 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 digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN)
Hi Tom, The problem is that there isn't an official moderator at the moment. Technically I'm not supposed to be moderating the list anymore because I work for NPR News and I can't be involved directly in policy discussions, but the moderating from TakingITGlobal sometimes runs behind. I would suggest that DDN members try to find three or four people who could share the moderating duties, and I'm sure the TIG folks would be happy to get them set up. Either way, I really shouldn't be doing it as long as I work for NPR. ac ---- Andy Carvin andycarvin at yahoo com www.andycarvin.com www.pbs.org/learningnow - Original Message From: tom abeles To: digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:20:20 PM Subject: Re: [DDN] The future of DDN hmm, how long between submission and "approval" as in this just released batch of postings. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN)
Does the DDN website (www.digitaldivide.net) and TakingITGlobal not count, Deborah? Andy Carvin andycarvin at yahoo com www.andycarvin.com www.pbs.org/learningnow - Original Message From: Deborah Phelan To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:12:39 PM Subject: Re: [DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN) haven't participated in this group for some time ... but have an alternative suggestion. a previous email suggested incorporating the group into something larger I've been working as a volunteer editor at WiserEarth<http://www.wiserearth.org>, an online database and community funded by Paul Hawken (Blessed Unrest) serves the people who are transforming the world. It is a community directory and networking forum that maps and connects non-governmental organizations (NGOs), businesses, governments, and individuals addressing the central issues of our day: climate change, poverty, the environment, peace, water, hunger, social justice, conservation, 110,422 Organizations <http://www.wiserearth.org/organization/> 19,979 People <http://www.wiserearth.org/user/active> 1,012 Groups <http://www.wiserearth.org/group/action/browse> 4,933 Resources <http://www.wiserearth.org/resource/> The website, which is primarily run by volunteers, has struggled for some time to develop cohesion but over the past few months has really picked up the pace and is now beginning to tackle an interface which was daunting ... We have now widdled down the Areas of Focus into about 10 and editors are being selected to oversee and manage content in each assigned AofF. The reason I suggest this for DDN is that one area ICT Afficianados /group/ICT <http://www.wiserearth.org/group/ICT> has already been somewhat built out DDN could not only use this page as a homebase to carry on discusions but also to highlight organizations, connect with other organizations, and, with the expertise behind you, provide content to further develop the AofF. Just an idea as I said I've been 'lingering' and checking back in to WE for over a year now and in the past month have been very excited about the directed movement and growing participation here. Members of DDN could receive updates everytime something new is added to this listing by adding it to a 'watchlist' ... Deborah On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Andy Carvin wrote: > Hi Tom, > > The problem is that there isn't an official moderator at the moment. > Technically I'm not supposed to be moderating the list anymore because I > work for NPR News and I can't be involved directly in policy discussions, > but the moderating from TakingITGlobal sometimes runs behind. I would > suggest that DDN members try to find three or four people who could share > the moderating duties, and I'm sure the TIG folks would be happy to get them > set up. Either way, I really shouldn't be doing it as long as I work for > NPR. > > > ac > > > Andy Carvin > andycarvin at yahoo com > www.andycarvin.com > www.pbs.org/learningnow > > > > > - Original Message > From: tom abeles > To: digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:20:20 PM > Subject: Re: [DDN] The future of DDN > > > hmm, how long between submission and "approval" as in this just released > batch of postings. > > ___ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net > http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.netwith > the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > -- "Imagine better than the best you know." Neville Goddard. "...experience is like tail-lights on a boat which illuminate where we have been when we should be focusing on where we should be going." John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1959. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with 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 digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] The future of DDN
I've added Dave as one of the moderators and sent him instructions off-list.. Feel free to consider making the list unmoderated, though one of the reasons we never did that is because some users would send huge, multi-meg files that would crash the list if they went out automatically. ac Andy Carvin andycarvin at yahoo com www.andycarvin.com www.pbs.org/learningnow - Original Message From: Dave Chakrabarti To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:43:55 PM Subject: Re: [DDN] The future of DDN Hi Tom, Andy, others, I agree with Tom; I suspect there are cost-effective alternatives here, which it would be well worth exploring. On the other hand, I disagree with Tom on the concerns over approving postings...it completely stifles discussion when it takes a month for emails to trickle through. We've gone through a couple of cycles of this with the "future of DDN" conversation, and I barely remember what was on the original wiki, or what was said in email followups; this conversation could have happened in days, instead of months. It also poses a significant disincentive to posting at all. If we can't identify or create a working medium for the conversation, then the information you're asking for can't really be used effectively. As I've mentioned before, I'd love to volunteer to help manage the mailing list! Let me know what our possible next steps are. Dave. -- Dave Chakrabarti Project Manager Chicago Technology Cooperative www.chicagotech.org On Dec 2, 2008, at 10:56 AM, tom abeles wrote: > > What I have not seen in this exchange is the cost for the system > including: > a) the number of "staff", their positions, full or part time and the > over all costs for each area (not individuals), mgmt, tech support, > etc > b) the overhead costs for hardware, software and other maint. issues > c) other costs. In other words, what does the quick books version of > this operation look like > d) what is the proposed model going forward- maintain the status quo > or build a new, different and potentially lower cost operation > > My bet is that the current model which was funded by the WB and > other sources is not the lean/mean web versions that so many other > networks are using. > > If the above are not put on the table then there is no way to > understand what the next steps should be. > > Concerns over approving postings etc are mis-directions and not the > issue at hand > > dr. tom p abeles, president > sagacity, inc > 3704 11th ave south > minneapolis, mn 55407 > > tabe...@hotmail.com > >> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:38:41 -0400 >> To: digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net >> From: taran.a.ramper...@gmail.com >> Subject: Re: [DDN] The future of DDN >> >> /me hums Drupal's theme at Tobias as well. >> >> Tobias Eigen wrote: >>> Thanks Adam - this is all very interesting. >>> >>> I think the biggest problem I am seeing is that emails get stacked >>> up for >>> approval - this really limits any real discussion that might take >>> place here >>> on this list. I'd propose either opening it up or recruiting some >>> volunteers >>> to help manage the approval queue on a daily if not more regular >>> basis. >>> >>> The ning idea is a good one, especially since it's a free >>> (advertising >>> driven) platform. I believe educators can get advertising-free >>> spaces. >>> Another platform well suited for email-empowered online >>> communities is >>> golightly, used at http://groups.nten.org >>> >>> If you are really concerned about costs for DDN into the future, >>> then >>> rolling your own site might not be a great idea. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Tobias >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:07 AM, >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Thanks for the responses to our idea of what to do with DDN :) >>>> >>>> To clear somethings up: >>>> >>>> -Tobias asked if the donation for membership is voluntary or not. >>>> We have >>>> no intention of charging people to access DDN. What we do want to >>>> do is >>>> identify people who are financial supporters of DDN. We don't >>>> have a >>>> donation system set up yet because we wanted to make sure that it >>>> was a >>>> good idea first. >>>> >>>> -The wiki issue is bein
Re: [DDN] Steve Snow has passed away
Hi again, It's looking quite likely that I'll have a chance to talk about Steve's legacy on NPR's Talk of the Nation radio program tomorrow (Wed, Dec 31) as part of its end-of-the-year roundup of notable people who died in 2008. I'm hoping to also talk about Steve Cisler, who passed away this past Spring. The live broadcast will happen at 2pm ET, 19:00 GMT and I will be on some time during the first hour. If you can't get Talk of the Nation on your local NPR station, you should be able to hear it live here: http://wosu.org/radio/listen-live/ If anyone has any stories or thoughts about Steve, please send them to me asap and I'll see if I can incorporate them into the broadcast. ---- Andy Carvin andycarvin at yahoo com www.andycarvin.com www.pbs.org/learningnow ----- Original Message From: Andy Carvin To: digitaldivide list Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 10:01:56 AM Subject: Steve Snow has passed away Hi everyone, I've got some very sad news to report. Avid DDN member Steve Snow has passed away. I don't know any details apart from what has been posted on the AFCN website, which I've copied below. Steve joined DDN at the very beginning, way back in 1999, and was a leading voice for bridging the digital divide many years prior to that with his work at Charlotte's Web. He will be sorely missed. Godspeed, Steve -ac Stephen Hopkins Snow, formerly of Charlotte, NC and St. Petersburg, Fl. died suddenly on December 27th in Asheville, NC where he maintained a clinical practice in counseling. He was the loving father of Stephanie Snow Tursi, Mary Snow and Timothy Snow of Charlotte, NC and Katie Snow-Rackley of Cleveland Heights, Ohio and is survived by grandchildren: Amanda, Ella, Jonah, Benjamin, Ruthie, Samuel and Thomas Tursi and Eli and Sylvia Rackley and siblings Roger Snow of Boston, Ma., Susan Snow-Burnett of Norfolk, Va., and Deb Snow of Santa Cruz, Ca. He will also be mourned by his former wife Patt Snow, friend Ed Fierstos and fiancée Cynthia Yancey. Steve was a graduate of Northeast High School in St. Petersburg, Fl, and The University of South Florida at Tampa and received both a Masters and PhD degrees from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He was a respected journalist of 28 years in Clearwater, Fl. and Charlotte, NC and the founder of Charlotte’s Web, a free provider of internet access to the community of Charlotte. Steve was known for his prowess as a woodworker and a blacksmith who loved to build furniture and refurbish tools and make them usable again. He was a dynamic personality who was involved in many other charities and organizations and touched many lives. Visitation and viewing will be at the Carolina Funeral and Cremation Center at 5505 Monroe Road in Charlotte on January 1st from 7 to 8:30 pm and the funeral service will be at the same location on January 2nd at 2pm. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be sent to the Western Carolina Chapter of the National Alliance for Mental Illness or the Buncombe County Public Health Foundation. Please specify for domestic violence/child advocacy. http://www.afcn.org/node/278 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 digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN)
To facilitate and encourage discussion while dealing with users who break the discussion rules. It's pretty straightforward. btw, one thing to point out - if the group decides to migrate to another tool - googlegroups, etc - there may be some integration work required because membership to the list can be controlled through the digitaldivide.net website membership. Andy Carvin andycarvin at yahoo com www.andycarvin.com www.pbs.org/learningnow - Original Message From: Cindy Lemcke-Hoong To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 9:13:26 AM Subject: Re: [DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN) First of all can someone, such as Andy Carvin, come up with a to-do/qualifications/expectation etc. list for moderator? Without that, some qualified persons might shy away from volunteering. Cindy = cindyho...@gmail.com --- On Tue, 30/12/08, Andy Carvin wrote: From: Andy Carvin Subject: [DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN) To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" Date: Tuesday, 30 December, 2008, 6:34 PM Hi Tom, The problem is that there isn't an official moderator at the moment. Technically I'm not supposed to be moderating the list anymore because I work for NPR News and I can't be involved directly in policy discussions, but the moderating from TakingITGlobal sometimes runs behind. I would suggest that DDN members try to find three or four people who could share the moderating duties, and I'm sure the TIG folks would be happy to get them set up. Either way, I really shouldn't be doing it as long as I work for NPR. ac Andy Carvin andycarvin at yahoo com www.andycarvin.com www.pbs.org/learningnow - Original Message From: tom abeles To: digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:20:20 PM Subject: Re: [DDN] The future of DDN hmm, how long between submission and "approval" as in this just released batch of postings. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with 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 digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with 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 digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN)
Why not just have ddn activities in multiple places? There's no reason why this has to be an either-or discussion. In an ideal world, DDN would be via email, on Moodle, have a wiki, be on Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed, YouTube, etc... Andy Carvin andycarvin at yahoo com www.andycarvin.com www.pbs.org/learningnow - Original Message From: Cindy Lemcke-Hoong To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Sent: Thursday, January 1, 2009 12:18:54 AM Subject: Re: [DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN) Any thought of moving DDN to Moodle? I think Moodle provides a centralized platform and better features than the email listing. It provides functions where we can build library related to DDN issues, members can conduct training, discussions etc. all within one location. The 'meaning' of DDN has changed since the beginning of DDN. What I see the future of DDN should go beyond discussions. Cindy = cindyho...@gmail.com --- On Wed, 31/12/08, Claude Almansi wrote: From: Claude Almansi Subject: Re: [DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN) To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" Date: Wednesday, 31 December, 2008, 11:13 AM Thanks for your constructive personal opinion, Taran: it is all the more valuable because of your experience as admin. I've only been a user - well, theoretically managing some on-site discussions for a while before they got scrapped, but their were very few posts there. Between your lines: On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 11:36 PM, Taran Rampersad wrote: > Personal opinion, meant constructively: > > DigitalDivide.net used to count, I think. I've gone through with admin > powers and removed spam blog postings, deleted spam users, and so forth. > I'm not sure exactly when that problem started - probably along the > timeline that all the spam comments on the blogs started showing up. The > explanation for how all of that happened and was handled is a bit > sketchy, so it's difficult to say. As far as I remember, there was a chonological coincidence between the rise of spam comments to blog entries and the big hacking of the on-site discussion boards during the 2nd WSIS in 2005. Spammers started using redirecting scripts in their profiles and in their comments. So script use was made impossible by admins. Then they directed to other free-hosted pages where they used those scripts. Etc. But already before that, the mailing-list had become the main exchange tool for DDNers, I think. We'd post to our DDN blogs, but often just fed them from another blog through RSS. I've been doing that for a while, because the DDN blog filter always tells me I'm attempting to post improper stuff I am unable to identify if I attempt to do it straight, whereas it doesn't if the same stuff comes through RSS. > > The email list is stifled. And honestly, if I did have the time and > energy to volunteer for moderating this email list, I would. But I have > moderated email lists and discussion boards before, and they can be very > problematic. Moderation requires someone whose eyes are on every message > and who has the time to do things. Yes, the e-mail list is stifled. But isn't it because people hesitate to post to it because they don't know when the post will get through? And couldn't moderation be technically simplified in part by making it "plain-text no-attachments only" (I'm thinking of Andy's message about people attempting to post messages with huge attachments)? Sure, moderation can be problematic: in the 3 Italian ones I mentioned before, I was made asst-manager because they had gone haywire in various ways, yet all based on the fact that the archives were private. People started to behave more decently after we made them public - after due consultation none of the trolls paid attention to: they left and limited themselves to sending the managers personal insults and threats. The archives of the DDN list are already public, so this should probably limit trolling. Present and past moderators could perhaps tell what proportion of trolling and spam they have to delete? > > And all of this gets back to the future of DDN because in my mind there > is a question that there is a future of DDN. > > I think a lot of things are the result of the best intentions. If there > is to be a future of DDN, we need to move past that and move into what > the community wants. And while the community has pointed out that > discussion has been stunted by moderation, the truth is that the wiki > was presented and remains largely unused. There may still be a psychological reluctance to use wikis, even among DDNers. In other socially oriented projects and actions I participate in, the mailing-list seems to remain the
Re: [DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN)
They can be separate, but the website had a mechanism for users to manage their subscription. I haven't looked in several years, though, so I don't know if TIG modified it. Can any TIG folks comment? ac ---- Andy Carvin andycarvin at yahoo com www.andycarvin.com www.pbs.org/learningnow - Original Message From: Claude Almansi To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 6:57:28 PM Subject: Re: [DDN] in search of volunteer moderators (was The future of DDN) Thanks for your answer to Cindy Lemcke-Hoong's question on moderating work, Andy: On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Andy Carvin wrote: > To facilitate and encourage discussion while dealing with users who break the > discussion rules. It's pretty straightforward. > > btw, one thing to point out - if the group decides to migrate to another tool > - googlegroups, etc - there may be some integration work required because > membership to the list can be controlled through the digitaldivide.net > website membership. But I'm not sure I correctly understand your last point: wasn't signing up for the list separate from being member of the site, at least technically? As to a possible migration, Steven Clift's proposal (copied below) seems more appropriate than a google group. Google has been emanating strange connotations lately, abruptly closing google lively after several classes had adopted it, their discutable metabolization of Jotspot into google sites - not to mention what's happening on the video front. There's a distinct smell of a google drive towards monoculture, maybe less pungent than Microsoft's was, but there all the same. Steven's proposal on the other hand is is "GPL open source". And that seems more consonant to DDN. Moreover, there is an RSS feed (well, google groups have them too, granted, but see above), which means that the last messages to the list could be displayed on the DDN site, couldn't they? Happy New Year to All Claude On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 2:08 AM, Steven Clift wrote: > If folks want an improved interface that does not sacrifice e-mail access, > but makes web participation more viable I'd be glad to host the DDN list on > http://groups.dowire.org > > We'd still need a forum manager - I'd set the group to unmoderated (only > members can post), moderate new members, and use our unique volume control > setting to limit people to making 3 posts a day each (we normally use 2 > which really diversifies participation on active forums). This is a much > less taxing facilitation model. > > The nice thing about the GroupServer platform that I use (also at > http://forums.e-democracy.org) is that it is GPL open source, evolving > feature wise (for example it automatically resizes photos sent in via e-mail > and only puts them on the web), and web feeds are native. > > I've recently figured out a way to take the feed and integrate the listing > of my posts in the feed output on Facebook - more: > http://blog.e-democracy.org/posts/179 > > Cheers, > Steven Clift > E-Democracy.Org ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with 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 digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
