RE: [DDN] Bridging the Digital Divide in the US
List: I have given out hundreds of refurbished computers to low-income families. I certainly wish they were in the hundreds of thousands. But giving out computers, particularly to kids, creates new challenges that would need to be addressed: 1) Without computer instruction, more likely to occur in a lab, I don't see how you get adults to learn and use them to participate in the current, let alone, future economy. Certainly the plan cannot be, by giving computers to kids, to wait for 12 years to let a generation with habits of use grow into the economy. 2) Without computer skills, parents will not be able to participate fully in their children's education, a missing, critical element in schools. One key to success in big city schools (or any school for that matter) is to have the schools, after school programs (preferably available for everyone) and parents at home ALL working off the same page, reinforcing each other. Gifts to kids could cause parental involvement to decline even further. Kids with more gaming and music/video download skills is not the goal. I have given out refurbished computers in nonprofit labs, in schools, in probation deals, in rec centers and as back to school fair prizes. But to succeed, a project needs to embrace the whole family, with a lab being the best option I've seen. This is a very difficult problem. If it were easy, it would have been addressed a long time ago -- government and businesses love easy problems. This is a complex problem of traditional literacy, job skills, weakening US role in an internationalized economy, racial, economic and geographic isolation, bigotry, lack of imagination, lack of money and a myriad of other reasons. So far, I have been unable to figure it all out. Back to work. Kevin Cronin former Director, Cleveland Digital Vision and University Settlement Magic Johnson/HP Inventor Center Cleveland, Ohio [EMAIL PROTECTED] Original Message Follows From: Ronda Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DDN] Bridging the Digital Divide in the US Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 10:56:00 -0400 (EDT) The concept of computer labs as the answer for bridging the digital divide is obsolete disadvantaged kids, starting at a the preschool level, need a computer in their home in order to have a chance at parity with their more affluent counterparts.Want to Improve High Schools? Put Computers in the Homes. is now published on the Digital Divide Network website. It can be found at the following URL: http://www.digitaldivide.net/articles/view.php?ArticleID=469 This article was written before Katrina and is even worse then before. If we truly want to Bridge the Divide we must start taking the computers that are being trashed, refurbish them and put them in the homes of children that don't have computers. Please make sure in your area that all refugees have immediate access to computers and the Internet in their homes. Ronda EvansRECA Foundation President4People Vice Chairwww.tcfn.org - Connecting people to technology4People.tcfn.org - Connecting people to resourcesCalendars.tcfn.org - Connecting people to activities ___ 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] Creating the $100 Laptop
Scott Bowling wrote: Taran Rampersad wrote: ... I use an USB key for a lot of this stuff... but the problem is that I can't depend on machines to have the software that I use, and so on. So I carry a laptop. But I agree. I'd much rather prefer walking around with my USB key. Well, you can put the apps on the key as well, and you can also put the OS (Linux) on it or bring along a boot CD. Since booting machines is often not possible, be sure to check out the Portable Virtual Privacy Machine link below. LOL, I know that Scott. I run Knoppix on one of my USB keys, but the fact remains that there's just not enough space for what I need (yet?) and also there is also the need for me to still run Windows because other people haven't caught on, and thus I require a Windows interface to them, which comes with it's own bloat. If I stayed on with SSC(LG, LJ, Tux), I'd probably be full blown Linux right now because of the context of what I was doing. But that's not my context now. Unfortunate. And using a webmail interface sucks with PGP. :-) Toss in the main problem - when I want to use a PC, I don't want to stand in line. Nobody does. :-) -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Coming on January 1st, 2006: http://www.OpenDepth.com 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] Rebuilding Louisiana Coalition
In a message dated 10/3/05 11:59:39 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello, So many of our techies and avtivists are scattered to the wind. We are urgently pleading for volunteers to assist Rebuilding Louisiana Coalition to build a website. Please contact Russell Henderson: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 5046164563 Thanks RJH Russell: This web site was developed by The Library Channel and Converse Marketing as a way to create a communication system in Peoria, and to support blogs/citizen voices and local on-line advertising. It uses the magazine format - with subject matter sections - with quality graphics. While intended to connect and promote the social capital within the Peoria market community, there is no reason it might not be useful in creating and connecting the Gulf Coast community through the efforts of the Rebuilding Louisian Coalition. And then for the communities throughout the region to develop their own portals Discover Peoria Online Don Samuelson ___ 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] audio of Negroponte's MIT speech
Hi everyone, Now that I've got my laptop back from the repair shop, I'm able to share with you an MP3 audio file of Nicholas Negroponte's speech at MIT last week about his $100 laptop initiative. Be forewarned it's a large file - 18 megs, including compression. You can find it here: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2005/10/audio_of_negrop.html ac -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://katrina05.blogspot.com Blog: http://www.andycarvin.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] Bridging the Digital Divide in the US
So far, I have been unable to figure it all out. I will echo your sentiments about training, and add another one, support. We have two 24 computer training labs and we provide one year of free support. At the end of the year they can trade up for a newer faster computer and the process continues. Cost is $8.33 per month for the computer and another $8.33 for dial up Internet access. $16.66 is about half the average cable TV bill and a far more effective use of money for those who have little. Mike * Michael F. Pitsch -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Cronin Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 9:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [DDN] Bridging the Digital Divide in the US List: I have given out hundreds of refurbished computers to low-income families. I certainly wish they were in the hundreds of thousands. But giving out computers, particularly to kids, creates new challenges that would need to be addressed: 1) Without computer instruction, more likely to occur in a lab, I don't see how you get adults to learn and use them to participate in the current, let alone, future economy. Certainly the plan cannot be, by giving computers to kids, to wait for 12 years to let a generation with habits of use grow into the economy. 2) Without computer skills, parents will not be able to participate fully in their children's education, a missing, critical element in schools. One key to success in big city schools (or any school for that matter) is to have the schools, after school programs (preferably available for everyone) and parents at home ALL working off the same page, reinforcing each other. Gifts to kids could cause parental involvement to decline even further. Kids with more gaming and music/video download skills is not the goal. I have given out refurbished computers in nonprofit labs, in schools, in probation deals, in rec centers and as back to school fair prizes. But to succeed, a project needs to embrace the whole family, with a lab being the best option I've seen. This is a very difficult problem. If it were easy, it would have been addressed a long time ago -- government and businesses love easy problems. This is a complex problem of traditional literacy, job skills, weakening US role in an internationalized economy, racial, economic and geographic isolation, bigotry, lack of imagination, lack of money and a myriad of other reasons. So far, I have been unable to figure it all out. Back to work. Kevin Cronin former Director, Cleveland Digital Vision and University Settlement Magic Johnson/HP Inventor Center Cleveland, Ohio [EMAIL PROTECTED] Original Message Follows From: Ronda Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DDN] Bridging the Digital Divide in the US Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 10:56:00 -0400 (EDT) The concept of computer labs as the answer for bridging the digital divide is obsolete- disadvantaged kids, starting at a the preschool level, need a computer in their home in order to have a chance at parity with their more affluent counterparts.Want to Improve High Schools? Put Computers in the Homes. is now published on the Digital Divide Network website. It can be found at the following URL: http://www.digitaldivide.net/articles/view.php?ArticleID=469 This article was written before Katrina and is even worse then before. If we truly want to Bridge the Divide we must start taking the computers that are being trashed, refurbish them and put them in the homes of children that don't have computers. Please make sure in your area that all refugees have immediate access to computers and the Internet in their homes. Ronda EvansRECA Foundation President4People Vice Chairwww.tcfn.org - Connecting people to technology4People.tcfn.org - Connecting people to resourcesCalendars.tcfn.org - Connecting people to activities ___ 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.
[DDN] an office suite accessible from within a web browser
hi everyone - it sure would be nice someday having an office suite application accessible from a web browser. that day is surely coming sometime. - phil -- Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.his.com/pshapiro/ (personal) http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/pshapiro (blog) http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro (technology access work) http://mytvstation.blogspot.com/ (video and rich media) Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others. - Desiderata ___ 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] Creating the $100 Laptop
I've found children have an easier time with some of my devices than I do... The gameboy etc are really tiny buttons that I can't really manipulate properly - my 6 year old cousin is a whiz. He's also much faster at SMS and uses my cell to play games with a speed and dexterity I can't match. I however, can type a LOT faster than he can on a big keyboard. ;) Basically because I know how to type and he doesn't. If he were taught - he'd probably be faster. How young is young? That's why I asked about what age the grades are... I can see the need for big buttons etc in 2-3 year olds, but by 4-6 this issue is disappearing - at least in the children I see here. (trinidad and tobago) Jacqueline On 10/3/05, Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jesse Sinaiko wrote: Big pencils. Much larger circumference than a normal thin, octagonal pencil. Maybe 1/3 inch in diameter. I see kids in Chicago Public Schools using them every day. I had them (and hated them) in first, second, and third grade (6, 7, and 8 years old aprox.) back in the early 1960s. Last year I heard a fairly comprehensive explanation about why they are used by a second grade teacher and department head. It's about motor skill development and dexterity. You may want to ask how long ago this theory was developed. I think that this particular theory may need some substantial updating... we've (mankind) learned a lot about human development since the early 1960s. More recent books on human development have been written since then. I think that this might just be a hold over that is explained away without thought. Also... think about how small the joints are in little fingers. A pencil that big is actually harder to manage because of the physical constraints of the human hand. Of course, I don't write like people would want me to write, I write like I write (you know, the whole 'move the hand', 'hold the pencil right') thing. Obviously not essential, but helpful in getting primary school kids to develop writing skills more readily. My point was about teeny keyboards and young children having the developed motor skills to use them efficiently. Actually, kids should have less trouble with keyboards since it's basically learning how to point instead of learning how to draw hieroglyphic lines with an oak tree. But that's an opinion, substantiated only with my own experience. -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Coming on January 1st, 2006: http://www.OpenDepth.com 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. -- Jacqueline Morris www.carnivalondenet.com TT Music and videos online ___ 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] Business Week story on Digital Divide
Business Week is running a story on what tech companies are doing on the Digital Divide: Help for Info Age Have-Nots - http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2005/tc2005104_6877_tc024.htm It includes a mention of the MIT $100 computer, among other things. It also stresses the need to go beyond the one-size-fits-all solution. One of the projects I found most interesting was the Bookmobile part of Yahoo's Internet Archive project: The project will do more than just give everyday Internet users full access to some of the world's classic works, says Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle. In addition to being available online, the digital books will be included on all of the archive's Bookmobiles -- Internet-enabled trucks that print and bind books on demand for the poor and underprivileged. Kahle says those trucks, which have been deployed as far away as Egypt and Uganda, are just the beginning. Using this print-on-demand technology, we want every school, and every neighborhood library to be a million-book library, says Kahle. As I have tried to stress, its not about the technology - its about access to information and communications. After all, we don't call it the Internet economy, we call it the information economy. Ken Kenan Patrick Jarboe, Ph.D. Athena Alliance 911 East Capitol Street, SE Washington, DC 20003-3903 (202) 547-7064 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.AthenaAlliance.org http://www.IntangibleEconomy.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] Gender Divide
Hello All, My name is Joe Skubis. I am a doctoral student at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, PA and I am in the preliminary stages of preparing my dissertation research proposal. The topic that interests me is the digital divide that exists between the genders. For example, in the high school that I currently teach, advanced computer courses are male dominated while application type courses such as word processing and desktop publishing is heavily female. I am sure that attitude, perception, and other factors influence this great discrepancy, but as Robin Kay puts it, this area of study is ripe for theory building. My question for the academy is twofold. First, who, in your estimation, are the seminal authors in the gender divide that I should investigate. Second, can you suggest anything that might lend focus to my study. I would appreciate any and all help. Please email at [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] Creating the $100 Laptop
I've found in my English composition classes, where I use online discussion, that anyone older than 19 or 20 is a little hesitant about using the big pencils of computers in class. The reason, I think, is the old attitude when a machine is broke, don't touch; call the repairman. But with computers, users can tinker and usually solve the problem. I don't mean programming; users need to tinker with the basic tools until they gain competency. Jim Flick -Original Message- From: Jacqueline Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 09:20:09 -0400 Subject: Re: [DDN] Creating the $100 Laptop I've found children have an easier time with some of my devices than I do... The gameboy etc are really tiny buttons that I can't really manipulate properly - my 6 year old cousin is a whiz. He's also much faster at SMS and uses my cell to play games with a speed and dexterity I can't match. I however, can type a LOT faster than he can on a big keyboard. ;) Basically because I know how to type and he doesn't. If he were taught - he'd probably be faster. How young is young? That's why I asked about what age the grades are... I can see the need for big buttons etc in 2-3 year olds, but by 4-6 this issue is disappearing - at least in the children I see here. (trinidad and tobago) Jacqueline On 10/3/05, Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jesse Sinaiko wrote: Big pencils. Much larger circumference than a normal thin, octagonal pencil. Maybe 1/3 inch in diameter. I see kids in Chicago Public Schools using them every day. I had them (and hated them) in first, second, and third grade (6, 7, and 8 years old aprox.) back in the early 1960s. Last year I heard a fairly comprehensive explanation about why they are used by a second grade teacher and department head. It's about motor skill development and dexterity. You may want to ask how long ago this theory was developed. I think that this particular theory may need some substantial updating... we've (mankind) learned a lot about human development since the early 1960s. More recent books on human development have been written since then. I think that this might just be a hold over that is explained away without thought. Also... think about how small the joints are in little fingers. A pencil that big is actually harder to manage because of the physical constraints of the human hand. Of course, I don't write like people would want me to write, I write like I write (you know, the whole 'move the hand', 'hold the pencil right') thing. Obviously not essential, but helpful in getting primary school kids to develop writing skills more readily. My point was about teeny keyboards and young children having the developed motor skills to use them efficiently. Actually, kids should have less trouble with keyboards since it's basically learning how to point instead of learning how to draw hieroglyphic lines with an oak tree. But that's an opinion, substantiated only with my own experience. -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Coming on January 1st, 2006: http://www.OpenDepth.com 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. -- Jacqueline Morris www.carnivalondenet.com TT Music and videos online ___ 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.
RE: [DDN] Business Week story on Digital Divide
All of these big ideas that Google and Yahoo have about making everything available have to also follow copyright rules. Right now, what that means is a big mess. siobhan Copyright lawsuit challenges Google's vision of digital 'library' Daniel B. Wood Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor 09/26/2005 http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0926/p03s01-ussc.html (LOS ANGELES) Book publisher Lisa Grant recently got an e-mail from Google Inc. - the $90 billion Internet search engine. Hello, Lisa, we understand that you have some concerns about your books being potentially included in the Library Project, it said, referring to Google's well-known bid to digitize the book collections of major libraries, including those at the University of Michigan, Harvard, Stanford, and Oxford. The idea: scan all or portions of those collections to make the texts searchable on the Internet for users around the world. As you already aware, said the notice, explaining a step-by-step procedure, you can easily exclude books from the Google Library Project. The interchange goes to the heart of a lawsuit filed in federal court in New York last week against Google and its Google Print Project. Brought by the 8,000- member Authors Guild, the suit seeks damages and an injunction to halt Google's project, claiming it violates copyright because authors have not first given permission to use their works. Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS Community Outreach Liaison National Network of Libraries of Medicine - MidContinental Region Creighton University Health Sciences Library 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 402-280-4156/800-338-7657 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nnlm.gov/mcr/ (NN/LM MCR Web Site) http://medstat.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/ (Web Log) http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/siobhanchamp-blackwell (Digital Divide Network Profile) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kenan Jarboe Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 9:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DDN] Business Week story on Digital Divide Business Week is running a story on what tech companies are doing on the Digital Divide: Help for Info Age Have-Nots - http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2005/tc2005104_6877_tc 024.htm It includes a mention of the MIT $100 computer, among other things. It also stresses the need to go beyond the one-size-fits-all solution. One of the projects I found most interesting was the Bookmobile part of Yahoo's Internet Archive project: The project will do more than just give everyday Internet users full access to some of the world's classic works, says Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle. In addition to being available online, the digital books will be included on all of the archive's Bookmobiles -- Internet-enabled trucks that print and bind books on demand for the poor and underprivileged. Kahle says those trucks, which have been deployed as far away as Egypt and Uganda, are just the beginning. Using this print-on-demand technology, we want every school, and every neighborhood library to be a million-book library, says Kahle. As I have tried to stress, its not about the technology - its about access to information and communications. After all, we don't call it the Internet economy, we call it the information economy. Ken Kenan Patrick Jarboe, Ph.D. Athena Alliance 911 East Capitol Street, SE Washington, DC 20003-3903 (202) 547-7064 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.AthenaAlliance.org http://www.IntangibleEconomy.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. ___ 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] an office suite accessible from within a web browser
Doesn't Thin Client Computing do that -- The PC doesn't have anything on it, it's just a box that makes an Internet connection to a server that has the software and the users files on it. There are some slides from the RTPnet conference this spring at http://www.rtpnet.org/conf/ctvo_files/v3_document.htm -- Cohesive Teamware described how it works, WinstonNet, and Chapel Hill/Carrboro City Schools described how they are using it. [The conference schedule with links to presentations is at http://www.rtpnet.org/conf/schedule.htm] SimDesk has a great product -- See http://simdesk.com/. Also see http://simhouston.com/, http://simchicago.com/, http://simindiana.com/. I'm looking forward to simnc.com ... Maybe someday... The software package consists of: * SimWord: A full featured word processing program. * SimCalc: An easy spreadsheet program. * SimMail: An e-mail program. * SimPim: A basic personal management program and calendars. * SimExplorer: A file management program. * SimGroups: A program to manage groups of contacts. * SimPrinter: An easy way to share printers. [from http://simdesk.com/news_events/news_stories/sim_for_all_hoosiers.asp] Judy Hallman ([EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.rtpnet.org/hallman) Executive Director, RTPnet, NC (http://www.RTPnet.org/) Phil Shapiro wrote: hi everyone - it sure would be nice someday having an office suite application accessible from a web browser. that day is surely coming sometime. - phil ___ 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] Gender Divide
For practical issues related to gender and information technology, search out works by Nancy Taggart and Nancy Hafkins. RDC Royal D. Colle International Professor Emeritus Cornell University Kennedy Hall Ithaca, New York USA 14853 Telephone 607-255-2113 Fax 607-254-1322 ___ 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] Gender Divide
Hi Joe, Funny that you asked about this today - just hours ago I ran across a resource on this topic from the International Finance Corporation/World Bank: Engendering ICT Toolkit You can find it at: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTGENDER/EXTICTTOOLKIT/0,,menuPK:542826~pagePK:64168427~piPK:64168435~theSitePK:542820,00.html Hope it's helpful. Best, Cindy Cooper Co-Founder Speak Shop Learn Spanish for Good http://www.speakshop.com Rextivius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, My name is Joe Skubis. I am a doctoral student at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, PA and I am in the preliminary stages of preparing my dissertation research proposal. The topic that interests me is the digital divide that exists between the genders. For example, in the high school that I currently teach, advanced computer courses are male dominated while application type courses such as word processing and desktop publishing is heavily female. I am sure that attitude, perception, and other factors influence this great discrepancy, but as Robin Kay puts it, this area of study is ripe for theory building. My question for the academy is twofold. First, who, in your estimation, are the seminal authors in the gender divide that I should investigate. Second, can you suggest anything that might lend focus to my study. I would appreciate any and all help. Please email at [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. ___ 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] Business Week story on Digital Divide
I recommend a glance at Larry Lessig's opinion on this. It's not so clear that Google is in the wrong. There is a case to be made for fair use. And Google would not be providing the entire texts, only excerpts. Read and see what you think: http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/003140.shtml Best Dave On 10/4/05, Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All of these big ideas that Google and Yahoo have about making everything available have to also follow copyright rules. Right now, what that means is a big mess. siobhan Copyright lawsuit challenges Google's vision of digital 'library' Daniel B. Wood Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor 09/26/2005 http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0926/p03s01-ussc.html (LOS ANGELES) Book publisher Lisa Grant recently got an e-mail from Google Inc. - the $90 billion Internet search engine. Hello, Lisa, we understand that you have some concerns about your books being potentially included in the Library Project, it said, referring to Google's well-known bid to digitize the book collections of major libraries, including those at the University of Michigan, Harvard, Stanford, and Oxford. The idea: scan all or portions of those collections to make the texts searchable on the Internet for users around the world. As you already aware, said the notice, explaining a step-by-step procedure, you can easily exclude books from the Google Library Project. The interchange goes to the heart of a lawsuit filed in federal court in New York last week against Google and its Google Print Project. Brought by the 8,000- member Authors Guild, the suit seeks damages and an injunction to halt Google's project, claiming it violates copyright because authors have not first given permission to use their works. Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS Community Outreach Liaison National Network of Libraries of Medicine - MidContinental Region Creighton University Health Sciences Library 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 402-280-4156/800-338-7657 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nnlm.gov/mcr/ (NN/LM MCR Web Site) http://medstat.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/ (Web Log) http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/siobhanchamp-blackwell (Digital Divide Network Profile) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kenan Jarboe Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 9:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DDN] Business Week story on Digital Divide Business Week is running a story on what tech companies are doing on the Digital Divide: Help for Info Age Have-Nots - http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2005/tc2005104_6877_tc 024.htm It includes a mention of the MIT $100 computer, among other things. It also stresses the need to go beyond the one-size-fits-all solution. One of the projects I found most interesting was the Bookmobile part of Yahoo's Internet Archive project: The project will do more than just give everyday Internet users full access to some of the world's classic works, says Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle. In addition to being available online, the digital books will be included on all of the archive's Bookmobiles -- Internet-enabled trucks that print and bind books on demand for the poor and underprivileged. Kahle says those trucks, which have been deployed as far away as Egypt and Uganda, are just the beginning. Using this print-on-demand technology, we want every school, and every neighborhood library to be a million-book library, says Kahle. As I have tried to stress, its not about the technology - its about access to information and communications. After all, we don't call it the Internet economy, we call it the information economy. Ken Kenan Patrick Jarboe, Ph.D. Athena Alliance 911 East Capitol Street, SE Washington, DC 20003-3903 (202) 547-7064 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.AthenaAlliance.org http://www.IntangibleEconomy.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. ___ 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. -- The Daily Glyph http://www.gomaya.com/glyph Usumacinta http://www.gomaya.com/dams Cell 917 312 9733 ___ 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] Bridging the Digital Divide in the US
In a message dated 10/4/05 3:21:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You can lead a horse to water... what I've found is that unless people can solve a problem that's bugging them with technology, they really don't care too much. If you show a computer doing word processing to someone who has never felt the need to use one and don't see the need to use one now, it's unlikely that they would dedicate time to it. In low income households, especially if it's a low wage household, people get paid little for lots of work - they don't have cushy jobs where they sit around all day, they are usually on their feet. Then they have children, so when they get home they should spend time with the children, though that may mean snoring lightly under the same roof. There's a good book out, 'Nickel and Dimed', which describes what low wage life is like. Having lived on low wages - fortunately, alone and without kids - I identify with the book through that period of my life. I agree completely. Bonnie Bracey Sutton [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.
[DDN] Ensuring We Media Includes All of Us
Hi everyone, This evening I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of 120 graduate students at NYU's interactive telecommunications program. After being introduced by Red Burns, I spoke for about an hour about the the digital divide and its relationship with participatory media, or We Media as it's sometimes known. I made the argument that the participatory media phenomenon will remain skewed to well-off, well-educated populations as long as disenfranchised groups, such as low-income populations, people of color and people with disabilities, don't have equal access or the skills to participate. Unless we do more to bridge the digital divide, particularly in terms of 21st century skills and media literacy, marginalized groups will find it harder and harder to engage in civic participation effectively. After giving some basics about the digital divide and its various manifestations, I talked about several initiatives that are beginning to push back by creating more equitable participatory media, from Global Voices Online to Atlantic City Rough Cuts. I then took questions for about 30 minutes; the students asked smart, probing questions and did a great job of reminding me of all the things I'd wish I'd said in my speech. :-) I recorded a very long podcast of the speech, including the QA. Be forewarned it's over 30 megs, so download at your own peril. Meanwhile, the powerpoint presentation is also available. You can find both of them here: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2005/10/ensuring_we_med.html Meanwhile, tomorrow I'll be blogging from the We Media Conference here in NYC; assuming no one kicks my laptop again, you'll be able to follow along at my blog, www.andycarvin.com. -andy -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://katrina05.blogspot.com Blog: http://www.andycarvin.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.
