[DDN] Dark Horse for bridging the divide
On another list with concerns about the digital divide, and the talks about the $100 computer, Sam Lanfranco [EMAIL PROTECTED] makes some very, very interesting observations, as follows: Sam Lanfranco writes : GKD has had an interesting and instructive round of discussion about the $100 computer. It explored the prospects for, current uses of, and obstacles facing the spread of inexpensive computers in the service of development in the poor regions of the world. If there is one positive lesson to take from the discussion, it is that low cost computers (circa $100) are possible and can be used to community benefit, if all the other dimensions (technical/social/economic) of a well planned community project are also in place. Such computers may be specially built or may be refurbished older machines. If there is one negative lesson to be learned it is about how hard it is for a good ICT idea being carried out in one corner of the globe to effectively enter knowledge networks and be used elsewhere on the globe. This negative lesson is not the result of a lack of ICT knowledge mobility per se but more the result of organizational obstacles resulting from either opportunism (claiming ICT innovation when ICT knowledge transfer is more appropriate) or a culture of organizational silos (where ICT public relations frequently outpace ICT organizational learning). Both of these organizational maladies are treatable, partially by broadening the stakeholder participation in project development and execution, and partially by a more critical stance on the part of those funding the organizations seeking funding for silo mentality ICT projects. The discussion has positioned the promise of the $100 computer against experience of the wireless cell phone and suggested that building out from the cell phone, rather than building down the higher end computer, is one likely path for technology based progress across the digital divide. This is both clearly true and clearly happening. There is however another dark horse (unseen) technology unfolding that may hold a promise for significant leaps in technology use across the digital divide, a technology frontier that will unfold in one setting but can be easily migrated to other settings. That technology goes by the name of in-vehicle telematics. In-vehicle telematics consists of the network of processors, monitors and control devices within the modern automobile, and the user interface that allows the driver (or passengers) to make use of ICT within the vehicle (especially the vehicle in motion). The typical new vehicle has 50 or more onboard processors, many designed to perform specific tasks. In-vehicle telematics operate on at least three frontiers. One is the internal automatic command and control of the vehicle (fuel, braking, skid control, etc.) A second consists of monitoring vital transport signs to feed information to the driver, or an external monitoring centre. The third is to provide the driver, and passengers, with access to information and controls for decision making. There is no need to detail all these options here except to note that a significant, necessary, and important component to in-vehicle telematics is the need for voice-to-voice interaction between the driver and onboard systems. This is necessary for safe driving since using a keyboard, or giving attention to a screen, while driving, is not a good idea. What does all this have to do with ICT for development? The answers are fairly simple, short and direct. First of all, this complex system operates on an electrical system based on one 12 volt battery and a generator. Second, it operates across a range of harsh climates (heat, cold, moisture, vibration, etc.). The user interface includes a range of technologies including cellular networks, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB ports, etc. However, third and most important, the user interface also necessarily includes the voice-command/voice-response element essential for safe vehicle operation. The voice-to-voice interface represents a significant opportunity for multi-lingual user interfaces since voice recognition and generation applications rest, at their base, on phonemes, the smallest contructive unit in the sound system of a language. This has the potential to bypass the challenge of keyboard and screen character generation and recognition, and puts the technology in the reach of a user who can neither read nor write. As suggested, this is a dark horse candidate for shrinking the digital divide. It should not go unnoticed that the Italian Fiat Auto company and Microsoft have just teamed up for a strategic partnership with regard to in-vehicle telematics, one where voice-to-voice communications will be central. The interesting question here is whether external research and development groups will work to adapt these technologies to the challenges of the digital divide, or if 5 to 10 years down the road enterprising groups in developing countries will re-tool
[DDN] Selected Sources Regarding Learning Styles Impact on Information Literacy
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 06:13:52 -0500 (EST) From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Net-Gold [EMAIL PROTECTED], Temple Gold Discussion Group [EMAIL PROTECTED], Temple University Net-Gold Archive [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], MediaMentor Discussion Group mediamentor@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Net-Gold] INFORMATION LITERACY : EDUCATION: LEARNING: Selected Sources Regarding Learning Styles Impact on Information Literacy This is a selective bibliography and webliography of sources that cover one or another aspect of the interaction between learning styles and information literacy. From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu Mar 3, 2005 6:13 am Subject: INFORMATION LITERACY : EDUCATION: LEARNING: Selected Sources Regarding Learning Styles Impact on Information Literacy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/4920 Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html http://www.LIFEofFlorida.org World Business Community Advisor http://www.WorldBusinessCommunity.org ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Participating in Communities
One of the great features of being a member of the Digital Divide Network is to participate in communities. There are now 61 communities on DDN. You can join a community by searching the communities at http://www.digitaldivide.net/comm/. One advantage of joining a community is to let other members know what you are interested in. You can participate in a community by adding blog entries, headlines, web resources, documents, articles, and events. You can also post messages on the discussion boards. Emily Weinberg United States http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/digitaldivideclass - Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] The Journal of Community Informatics: TheSustainability of Community ICTs Issue
(apologies in advance for any duplication) The second issue of the on-line peer reviewed Journal of Community Informatics http://ci-journal.net http://ci-journal.net is now available. This issue takes as its theme the Sustainability of Community ICTs. http://ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=47layout=html Simpson provides a thorough and wide-ranging analysis of the relationship between Sustainability and Social Capital and a very useful theoretical introduction to both sets of concepts. http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=38layout=html Hearn et al discuss the variety of organizational, and contextual issues as well as larger technical and industry issues which all impact on sustainability. http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=39layout=html Rideout and Reddick present how, within the Canadian context sustainability has to be understood as evolving within a broad policy (and government funding) framework. http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=45layout=html Tanner adds a most interesting and provocative discussion of the role of emotion in (ICT-enabled) community sustainability. http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=63layout=html Ripamonti, de Cindio and Benassi provide a broad-based set of observations and analyses exploring the sustainability issues which cross-cut between on-line community networking and the physical presence and organization of community networks . http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=74layout=html Van Belle and Trusler present an analytic case study of an on-going community ICT project in a Developing Country context, warts and all, and provide very useful insights into the real world of development and community ICT . http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=13layout=html Musgrave approaches these same issues but at a portal and e-Government level within a Developed Country context but interestingly reveals somewhat similar institutional constraints on community ICT initiatives. http://ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=82layout=abstract Schauder and his colleagues provide a most useful discussion of the broader challenges and difficulties of sustainability of a government funded ICT program in the Australian context. The case studies presented from http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=53layout=html Merkel et al (faith based organizations in the USA) and http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=46layout=html Thompson (universities and communities in Australia) further our knowledge of how these issues are being handled in quite specific institutional and economic contexts while the happy conjuncture of the documents presented in the http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=79layout=html Notes from the Field, (including WiFi in the Amazonian jungle, First Nations and Broadband in Canada, and a WiFi Manifesto from the USA) indicates some of the dimensions and broadly perceived significance of the applications and strategies we are discussing. Points of View presented by Day and Gurstein address http://ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=56layout=html Community Infromatics and Community Research and http://ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=72layout=html Community Informatics and Disaster Management resepectively. Articles are still being accepted for the April issue of the Journal (until March 7) and for the July issue (until May 15) which will have the theme of Community ICT's: Assessment, Evaluation and Knowledge Aggregation. Michael Gurstein, Ph.D. Editor in Chief: Journal of Community Informatics http://ci-journal.net ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
RE: [DDN] Verizon and DSL
As I understand it, since they are not a monopoly like old ATT, they are not obligated to offer any given service to any particular area. That has been one of the downsides of breaking up ATT. Old ATT had to provide service regardless of the cost to the area and could only charge a specific rate. I notice on the Morrisville web page, the school has gone wireless. Who provides their wireless service? Is there a way to tap into it? The college provides its own wireless service. I live 45 miles away. Is sattelite available to you at a reasonable rate? Some sattelite companies offer internet connectivity. I already investigated that option. Thanks, Bill Drew ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Fw: [DDN] Research on Community Technology needs - request for links toarticles
Hi Toby, America Connects is hosting an online panel on Bridging Research and Practice in CTCs that extends from March 7 to 25. Perhaps you can raise this question to our panel of 8 CTC researchers, research-practitioners, and practitioners. To enroll in the panels list, please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the messag etext (not the subject line) subscribe panels youremailaddresshere. To send questions, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (You can unsubscribe just as easily, if you're only interested in one panel. If you are a member of CTCNet, you are automatically subscribed.) Teresa *** Teresa Lara-Meloy America Connects Consortium (ACC) Educational Development Center, Inc. 55 Chapel St., Newton, MA 02458-1060 tel. (617) 618-2191 fax. (617) 332-4318 email. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.americaconnects.net *** - Original Message - From: Toby Beresford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 11:53 AM Subject: [DDN] Research on Community Technology needs - request for links toarticles Does anyone have any useful links to research on the technology needs of small local community organisations (~$25k turnover)? The sort of thing I am looking for (and these are all made up statistics!) are: i.e. 35% of US local non-profits have their own web site/ 75% use email i.e. 80% of youth clubs in Toronto are now online although only 11% send out a newsletter to supporters, and 1% manage their organisation online. i.e. The top technology priorities for local residents associations in the UK are Email account, Internet cafe, web site, ICT training, online fundraising tools. All links / articles gratefully accepted - you'll even get a thank you mention in our monthly newsletter! If there's a lot that come in I'll be happy to add them as a list on the Community Technology part of the digitaldividenetwork site too so others can benefit from them Thanks Toby ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] [Fwd: [Politech] World Bank report questions size of digital divide [econ]]
Cindy Lemcke-Hoong wrote: I never seems to be able to post to DDN ... I am going to give it one more try ... reading the analysis by Taran and others, I have to agree there are TOO MANY DIVIDES and not just digital. Read the email from Declan, one can just understand why this world has so many divides. When World Bank stated the digital divide is 'closer', what do they mean? Does it mean there are more computers sold and bought? By by whom? Actually, they used teledensity and other studies. On the surface, the report is very interesting and promising. But where the data came from is something I still have to look at. I'll add, too, that it's easy for anyone to be critical of such a paper because new papers are released spontaneously and at odd times (apparently people writing these papers aren't communicating as much as they could). The Reuters article looked like a bad case of sensationalistic journalism, really. The report is much more balanced. Even the press release is more balanced. I have someone in Indonesia complained to me that 100 PC sent to the country for the Tsunami efforts just VANISHED' without a trace. Now even if there is no all the 'divides' there is still one big divide -- those with POWER to take away the 100 PC, and those literally standing on the other side of the import clearance fence. And of course the Indonesian governmnet is putting extrodinatry import tax on PC and any so called 'digital equipments'. Including when the goods are for NGOs purposes (not sure if it is resolved now) ... Yes. Sri Lanka had a news blackout as well, as I recall. This is where I hope ARCTX will come in, if I can ever sit still long enough to work on that. When it rains, it pours. :-( The problem with most of the members of DDN (that I happened to read here) is they MIGHT have the good fortune to be born in the USA or other countries that are, as Declan suggested, that have all the good governance etc. Well, there are a few Americans who might argue 'good governance'. Deficit per capita instead of GNP/GDP per capita is an eye opening statistic. THerefore it is difficult for them to really understand what it means to be cut-off because of religion, race, nationalities, citizenships, migrant status etc. etc. etc. I'll disagree here. I've lived in both worlds (not just visited), and the U.S. has problems in very similar ways. The bar of technology is higher, but there is a definite lag. This goes back to the socio-economic/racial divide that Bonnie and I discussed last year. AND most of all language ... Big problem here, and automatic translation doesn't really cut it. For lack of something better, it is sometimes useful. But multilingualism is on the rise. Part of the reason I'll be in the Dominican Republic is to become conversant in Spanish. and of course MONEY ... 100 USD per month for some is a sneeze. But even in a country such as Malaysia which is a modern and very well developed if compared to some countries in Africa for example, with 100 local money I can have very nice meals for 10 persons or more ... Definitely! But this is not being leveraged as it could be. India has leveraged it to some extent, and is reaping the rewards - as well as the problems that go with it. THerefore all these talks about digital divide are for people who HAS digital avilable to them because they do not face many of the 'divides' mentioned above ... so how can we understand what the needs of these people? Furthermore, even if we build a teleceter for them and they can access to the rest of the world and get a PhD in something ... what good would that be for someone in a fishing village? It would be just like building an ultra modern hospital without providing ultra modern doctors and nurses ... My question during one of EU NGOs workshop --- providing scholarship to educate people from Africa and other countries is noble, BUT why give them the education they cannot use back in their own countries? Exactly - context! I no longer belive in waiting for a big 'bang' miracles ... I think that's really the first step. But I don't know. I don't think anyone else really knows either. Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxgazette.com http://www.a42.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net Criticize by creating. Michelangelo ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Dark Horse for bridging the divide
A suggestion to Andy Carvin in the form of a question: Is there now available online a good course on computer service and repair that woould make it possible for those in the poorer countries to keep their computers running? Whether a computer in a poor community costs $100 or $1000, the odds are that it will soon need attention that requires knowledge and skill not readily available in the community. For example: I visited schools in Belize recently that had been given good computers by one of the organizations that collects and rehabilitates computers and ships them them to those needing them--and most of them were covered with clothes waiting for repair that might never happen. If our Digital Divide Network might focus on this matter of computer service and repair, we might attack this matter of the divide from the angle of maintenance, and this would be a great contribution to narrowing the divide. Steve Eskow [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Re: The digital divide and the idea of public computing
Taran, When a telecenter can cure AIDs... then maybe I'll see where you're coming from. Right now I see the only connection as people, and I don't see how computers - in churches or not - will help with the AIDs. So I don't understand why you keep bringing up AIDs. Probably more people in Africa die each month from AIDS than died in the tsunami: and apparently computers can help with a tsunami. If computer communication can't help with the great tragedy of our time, I, for one, lose interest in it quickly. But of course it can. Doing something about AIDS involves an educational dimension to lower the incidence of AIDS, and a medical dimension, to do something for those afflicted. The emerging field of telemedicine and the arrival of low-cost digital cameras makes it possible for nurses and doctors to diagnose and prescribe for patients without nurses and doctors. At the simplest level, an email message in plain text allows for the description of symptoms that permits the remote practitioner to recommend treatment. On the education front: computers can help to empower women economically, which makes it possible for them to resist unsafe sex. It can can introduce them to the ABC program which has been so effective in Uganda: Abstinence; Be faithful; Use Condoms. And it can connect poor women to low or no cost sources of condoms . And teach women and men about antiretrovirals and how to get them. And much more. Maybe churches can help with AIDs. But if that help requires people to change their cultural identity to suit the church with the ability to feed people so that they do not have to resort to other means of income, then I see the murder of a culture - something that the West does almost automatically, it seems. Profound agreement with this point. Now, it is common in Africa for people to have religious identities and ethnic and tribal identies, and institutional structures like churches that house and nurture these separate identies. It the priest and his 18 congregants identify themselves as Muslims, it would indeed be criminal to make them become Western agnostics or atheists or democrats in order to get help. Africa and the Asian continent are where, historically and through the perspective of religion, mankind started from. To subjugate them by not sending them food, then providing food through avenues of cultural change disgusts me. To subjugate them by not allowing them to use technology outside of the avenues of cultural change toward Western ways also disgusts me. Yes indeed. Africans are often Christians and Muslims because of Western--and Eastern--imperialism. But that is where they are now, and where they want to be: in those churches, and tribal and ethnic enclaves. Forcing them to give up their current identies in order to get food and medicine and become democratic seems like the latest form of Western imperialism. Feel free to criticize Rand's works. I don't buy into them wholesale. I just take what I think works and move on. And Rand is dead, and he institute with her name on it defied her wishes in more ways than one. I do feel free, Taran. Thanks for the continuing dialog. The issue of whether the computer can contribute to the great problems of our time--like AIDS--or deals only with issues currently fashionable in the rich countries is of great importance. Steve Eskow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steve Eskow wrote: Taran, I disagree with almost every one of your statements below--but those disagreements needn't prevent us from finding a way to work together. (Even though I think ATLAS SHRUGGED is grandiose nonsense.) Rather than debating your history, philosophy, and sociology, let me ask you to consider a real-world example. Sub-Saharan Africa, where I go next week, has hundreds of thousands of people dying each week from AIDS. Swaziland and Botswana have almost 40 per cent of their people living with HIV/AIDS. Malawi has some 15 per cent of its people living and dying with AIDS. Dr. William Rankin, an Episcopal priest, felt called to do something about this suffering and dying, and created GAIA, The Global Aids Interfaith Alliance. Oversimplifying GAIA's work and approach, the organization organizes assemblies of clergy and lay leaders in Malawi, does workshops on safe sex and condom and antiretrovirals as medicine that combats AIDS, and enlists their help and support in the prevention and the treatment of AIDS. Churches become centers of information and treatment and for their congregations and communities. There is still dying in Malawi, but a sharply reduced rate because of the instruction and the antretrovirals provided by GAIA. Bill Rankin has made a difference. He did not ask the Christian sects to realize that they worshipped the same God, and to set aside their differences. He did not ask the Christians and the Muslims to realize that they were all Children of Abraham, and become as one people. If a church had a pastor and 18 congregants, that
[DDN] Use rates in Ghana
Colleagues - I'm writing up research on Ghanaian adolescents' use of the Internet, especially for online health information. I would like the most current stats, if possible on the general popoulations' use of the Internet, from Ghana and in Accra, specifically. Anyone have suggestions on a good source? Regards, Dina Dina L.G. Borzekowski, Ed.D. Assistant Professor Department of Population and Family Health Sciences Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 615 N. Wolfe Street, Rm E4144 Baltimore, MD 21205 tel: 410-502-8977 fax: 410-955-2303 ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
RE: [DDN] CIPESA: What is international ICT policy? Who are African stakehold...
Hi! I am Salman Ansari from Pakistan. I have spent 3 years in the government (in real life I am a consultant in Telecom and IT) as the Senior Advisor to the Minster of IT and Telecoms, creating the IT and Telecom Polices and spearheading their implementation in different areas including e-Government, telemedicine, etc. currently I am doing work for the UNDP in different countries like Malaysia, Cambodia and Samoa on the issues of ICT Policies and reduction of the digital divide. Digital divide has many connotations in our part of the world. Here even the spread of cheap cellular phone service equipped with data capabilities like EDGE and GPRS in GSM and Brew in CDMA are a tremendous enabler for reducing the digital inequity and empowering the disadvantaged. On the issue of ICT Policies, I think the best Primer for creating ICT Policies that has been made by APDIP and this is available for free. I can send a copy to those who may be interested or anyone can request it from APDIP or download it from their site (www.apdip.net). More later. Salman Ansari ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] [Fwd: [Politech] World Bank report questions size of digital divide [econ]]
Declan McCullagh declan@well.com writes In other words, it's a bit silly to talk about the digital divide without also addressing the underlying problems of broken court systems, military rule, confiscatory government policies, and so on that these nations have yet to address. Solving those problems would go a long way to solving any digital divide that still remains. Chuck Sherwood responds: This is the kind of knownothing analysis that is being generated by the World Bank report. Declan's listserv is read by many thought leaders and his analysis will contribute to the general misunderstanding and misinformation about the Digital Divide. Chuck, I am not sure I see your point? And, if I read Declan's post correctly - or make some rough assumptions? - it could well be that the economic gulf has gotten wider while the digital gulf has gotten more narrow. The metrics of determination are of course difficult, but let's assume that one of the metrics of digital prosperity is how many people are within walking distance of a computer connected to the Net? If we don't talk trained people who know how to use the computer and if we don't talk about trained people who can use the computer to improve their lives then, from that narrow perspective, the digital divide might have improved greatly in the last few years. i.e. a whole lot more people are now within walking distance of being Net connected, yet many (the bulk?) have unchanged economic situations. In other words, one gulf got smaller; and the other gulf didn't change - or might even have gotten bigger. It may take many, many years to provide solidly documented studies that support the idea that when the digital divide is small, the chances of upward economic growth is likely. Yet, even then, we may get lots of chicken and egg caveats. Sometime back I told the story of a Horacio Alger Taiwanese who made it big in the chicken business. Underpinning his success was use of superior chicken growing technology; but underpinning that was the message that if his customers didn't keep the coops clean, no amount of brilliant technology would fatten up their wallets. Isn't that what Declan was getting at? That the easy part was the technology. The hard part was good governance. Are we completely sure that once a society has a narrow digital gulf, that good governance will follow? John Hibbs http://www.bfranklin.edu/johnhibbs ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] A newbie is speaking...
Perhaps you and the rest of the Digital Divide Community would be interested in and stimulated by the short eight-minute video available at the web site below. It paints an interesting picture of what might be the situation you describe in 2014. http://oak.psych.gatech.edu/~epic/ Regards, Michael Keany Director Long Island School Leadership Center ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Parisian Wi-Fi Lessons
Hi Bonnie and Andy In Geneva, I did a little survey of access prices 4 years ago. Intercontinental Hotel - the joint where US and other presidents stay for peace conferences and that kind of things - took the cake with $5 for 15 minutes on a crummy connectionm. I wonder how much they charge now... -- Claude Almansi www.adisi.ch ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Research on Community Technology needs - request for links to articles
Dan/Toby, Yes the document (Bridging the Organizational Divide: Toward a Comprehensive Approach to the Digital Divide) appears to be currently available. It is listed in the archive section: http://www.policylink.org/publicationsArchives.html Steve -- Steve Mitchell, MA Ed. UP Operations Continuous Improvement Coordinator Lorain County Community College [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Dan Bassill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 08:57:17 -0600 To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DDN] Research on Community Technology needs - request for links to articles www.policylink.org ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Community-based information Communication Technologies Training Centre in Cameroon
Hi Friends, This is my first cpontribution. I tried in the past but was not successful. I will like to share with you our Community-based information Communication Technologies Training Centre in Cameroon (http://www.hint.interconnection.org/comict.htm). We try to use computer to train youths and try to bridege the digital divide. We won the 2004 Global Junior Challenge in Rome in November last year. Our project ID is 408. You will read more if you are able to visit our website or the website of the GJC (www.gjc.it). We currently need volunteers, computers and parts, funding, advise, ... Can you refere us to sources of help. We need to expand the centre to be able to help more people. It was a pleasure sharing this with you. Tinshu Genesis Gemuh Project Director, ComICT Training Centre PO Box 469, Buea Cameroon Tel: +237 9556491 http://www.hint.interconnection.org/comict.htm Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
RE: [DDN] Verizon and DSL
Hi Bill, I live in Vermont and have had Verizon DSL for a few years now. I really like their service. Verizon has committed to providing service to 90% of Vermont in the next 2 years and are aggressively working on it. Not a day goes by where I don't hear someone commenting on Verizon coming to their town. Another option you may want to look at is putting pressure on your local cable company for service. Hope this helps! Katy Pearce PAX-FLEX Vermont www.flexvermont.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Drew, Bill Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 7:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DDN] Verizon and DSL Andy Carvin suggested I send my question and problem to this list I am asking a question about getting a phone company to tell me if they will ever have DSL in my area. I live in a rural area between Ithaca,NY and Cortland, NY. We are not served by any cable companies. I have been trying for close to a year to get Verizon to tell me if they will ever get DSL in my area. I keep getting told they will notify me when it is available. I did get one representative to tell me it was not currently planned for my phone line. I am beginning to think the central office near my home has not been upgraded to allow DSL in the area. It seems to me that they have an obligation to make this service more widely available. Any suggestions? Wilfred (Bill) Drew Associate Librarian, Systems and Reference Morrisville State College Library E-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL Instant Messenger:BillDrew4 BillDrew.Net: http://billdrew.net/ Wireless Librarian: http://people.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/wireless/ Library: http://library.morrisville.edu/ SUNYConnect: http://www.sunyconnect.suny.edu/ To teach is to learn twice. - Joseph Joubert ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
