Re: [DDN] Intel: Poor Want 'Real' Computers (fwd)
In a message dated 12/13/05 4:55:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Of course I see your point (otherwise I would not be involved so deeply in digital equity/digital divide issues) but, as with the case of Barrett announcing that everyone needs a real computer, shouldn't the point be that those concerned should be making the decisions about their future? :-) I support Sandy... and the work that is going on nationally and internationally. We often find that we have to educate and involve everyone, that means our minority teachers and communities in the understanding of what can be with the use of computers. Community Groups source: http://www.edutopia.org/getstarted/community.php In the Digital Age, our best schools are tearing down the artificial boundary of the classroom walls, inviting -- depending on -- the community's active involvement in educating its children. Science centers, museums, hospitals, universities, business organizations, and parents' groups offer a diversity of vital resources and expertise to local schools. Beyond furthering the education of students, these school-community partnerships support the larger needs of children and families, thereby strengthening the entire community. International groups have to come to the table and be empowered with the knowledge of what might work. The UN Task Force has been working with this idea .. for some time. Bonnie Bracey Sutton bbracey at aol 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.
[DDN] Who wants a broadcast fax server? Yes, you do.
Hi all, In partnership with Chicago's wonderful Linux group (FreeGeek Chicago: http://www.freegeekchicago.org/), we've decided it's about time we had a replicable, well-documented, broadcast fax solution. The idea is to get together and make use of FreeGeek's linux expertise to turn an average, low-end, nothing-fancy desktop computer we had lying around into a fax server capable of automatically sending high-volume faxes to addresses / numbers from pre-built databases. The immediate use that comes to mind is in advocacy / press releases / flyer distribution etc, but I'm sure most nonprofits could benefit from this kind of thing. And it'll be a great primer on the world of open source software and Linux, and the possibilities inherent in your old computer boxes. We're currently compiling a list of interested parties, and we expect to set a date to meet and build this thing in the near future. If there's enough interest from people / groups that won't be able to attend in the Chicago area, we can make extensive, newbie-friendly documentation available online soon afterwards. Anyone who'd like to be in on this, please email me and let me know. Please mention if you're in the Chicago area and would be interested in attending the build. You'll also get a tour of the Free Geek facility and hands-on experience of the work they're doing. Thanks, Dave. --- Dave A. Chakrabarti Projects Coordinator CTCNet Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] (708) 919 1026 --- ___ 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] Intel: Poor Want 'Real' Computers (fwd)
Hi Cindy Your comments are so straightforward and incisive. We are in danger of blaming technology, or the lack of it, for the digital divide, whereas people seldom consider themselves as having some responsibility for their own position. This is not to minimize the problems that exist where access is an issue, but it's not the main issue. As a thought, if computers were introduced into an environment, be it a country or a community, where previously there were no computers, and everyone had access, would there still be a digital divide? In Ireland the town of Ennis was selected for an experiment by the Irish Government and DELL who put a computer in every home in the town along with an internet connection. No-one had an excuse not to use a computer and no-one had an excuse not to get online. It would be interesting to see how many in that town are now buying new computers to replace the originals which are now well out-of-date. If the computer has become an integral part of life they would be making every effort to buy their replacement just as they would replace their washing machine. What I would love to know is if there has been a higher than average purchase of computers to Ennis than to any other town in Ireland. Perhaps someone might know the answer to that. The usual thought for the day from Ireland - Do washing machines keep your hands soft or is it your responsibility? Likewise do computers create the digital divide, or do people create it? Ken Ken Callaghan Digital Communities Project Manager c/o Belfast Education Library Board 40 Academy Street Belfast BT1 2NQ Tel 028 9056 4263 (Direct line) Mobile 078 66 55 77 83 ### This message has been scanned by F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange. For more information, connect to http://www.F-Secure.com/ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the originator of the message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. This message has been scanned for viruses and spam by SurfControl RiskFilter - E-mail. ___ 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] More info on the MIT/Quanta laptop partnership
Here's the official press release from Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child initiative regarding the manufacturing partnership with Taiwan's Quanta. -andy Quanta Computer Inc. to Manufacture $100 Laptop December 13, 2005—Cambridge, Massachusetts—The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) board of directors today announced that Quanta Computer Inc. of Taiwan was chosen as the original design manufacturer (ODM) for the $100 laptop project. The decision was made after the board reviewed bids from several possible manufacturing companies. In announcing the selection of Quanta, OLPC Chairman Nicholas Negroponte said, Any previous doubt that a very-low-cost laptop could be made for education in the developing world has just gone away. Quanta has agreed to devote significant engineering resources from the Quanta Research Institute (QRI) in Q1 and Q2, 2006, with a target of bringing the product to market in Q4. The launch of 5-15 million units will be both in large-scale pilot projects in seven culturally diverse countries (China, India, Brazil, Argentina, Egypt, Nigeria, and Thailand), with one million units in each of these countries, and an additional modest allocation of machines to seed developer communities in a number of other selected countries. A commercial version of the machine will be explored in parallel. Quanta would like to contribute its industry-leading laptop technologies to the future success of the project, in hope of affording children worldwide with opportunities not only to close the 'digital divide,' but also to bridge the 'knowledge divide.' This project signifies a new stage and scale for the laptop industry by including those children never before considered to be laptop users, said Quanta founder and chairman, Barry Lam. One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a Delaware-based, non-profit organization created by Nicholas Negroponte and other faculty members from the MIT Media Lab to design, manufacture, and distribute laptops that are sufficiently inexpensive to provide every child in the world access to knowledge and modern forms of education. The laptops will be sold to governments and issued to children by schools on a basis of one laptop per child. These machines will be rugged, Linux-based, and so energy efficient that hand-cranking alone can generate sufficient power for operation. Mesh networking will give many machines Internet access from one connection. The pricing goal will start near $100 and then steadily decrease. The corporate members are Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Brightstar, Google, News Corporation, Nortel, and Red Hat. Quanta Computer Inc. was founded in 1988 in Taiwan. With over US $10 billion in sales, the company is a leading provider of technology products and solutions to Fortune 500 companies, including Dell, HP, and IBM. Quanta has the distinction of being the world's largest manufacturer of laptop PCs. The company also provides a full array of mobile phones, LCD TVs, and servers and storage products. With dedication to technological innovation and education, Chairman Barry Lam launched a new US $200 million RD center, Quanta RD Complex (QRDC), in Taiwan. The facility, which opened in Q3 of 2005, has 2.2 million square feet of floor space, and the capacity to house up to 7,000 engineers. For more information about Quanta, visit http://www.quantatw.com To learn about the $100 Laptop, visit http://laptop.media.mit.edu -- --- 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.
[DDN] Skilled WebHead Needed to Help Tweak Web Site for Newly formed Public Interest Group
Just curious to ask if there are any skilled WebHeads on this list who might be interested in collaborating on design and CMS endeavors for a newly formed public interest group in Chicago devoted to promoting Sustainable Community. As like other groups, we have almost no budget, but are open to simple ideas, such as implementing Moveable Type, and other such programs, or open source solutions. If you or someone you know would have an interest in collaborating, please write to us at: info at sustainable-community.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] NetSquared Community Builders
We are looking for NetSquared community builders to help NPOs use technology for social change. We are also having a happy hour to discuss this stuff face to face, next Tuesday. Details are below: __ Do you know a nonprofit using technology for social change? Be a NetSquared Builder: help nonprofits use web-based technology to create social change. Net2 is an online and offline community created by TechSoup, www.techsoup.org, a project of CompuMentor, www.compumentor.org, an organization that has helped nonprofits access technological assistance, information and products for 18 years. We are looking for folks to be NetSquared Builders, people who want to use their writing, technology and/or community building skills to help spread Net2 and to help nonprofits use web-based tools to create social change. As a Net2Builder you can help by: * Creating case studies of nonprofits that are successfully using Net2 technology * Researching what obstacles and challenges nonprofits face to using these tools * Creating toolkits for nonprofits (i.e. How to Podcast) * Podcasting from Net2 related events * Facilitating discussion forums on the Net2 site. * Organizing f2f events in cities across the globe * Providing tech support for Net2 users * Being site editors and writers * Working at/on the Net2 conference in the spring * Moving the Net2 movement with your ideas, inputs and visions! If you are interested in being a Net2Builder, go to http://www.netsquared.org/participate/be-netsquared-builder, or contact NetSquared's Community Builder, Britt Bravo at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, Malin Coleridge Business Analyst Techsoup.org A program of Compumentor ___ 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] Rural Wireless Broadband on NPR
Sorry for the late notice, but there have been several schedule changes and I lost track of this until now. Barring some late-breaking news story, NPR is currently scheduled to air a segment on All Things Considered this afternoon about a non-profit West Virginia WISP bringing broadband to an underserved rural area in central West Virginia. I gather the piece addresses the importance of broadband and the difficulties of extending it into rural areas. - Ed Ward - - - - - - - - - - - - - - edward @ mail . wvnet . edu ___ 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] Your Bibliography Must Have Twenty Scholarly Sources and You Can Only Use Print Publications
Professor Ayers proved the power of research using Net sources only http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/usingvalley/background.html -- John W. Hibbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] About the Institute http://www.bfranklin.edu About John Hibbs http://www.bfranklin.edu/johnhibbs About Global Learn Day http://www.bfranklin.edu/gld About a long term stint abroad http://www.bfranklin.edu/champions Eugene, Oregon, USA TEL: +1 541 343 9389 cell +1 541 337 4233 ___ 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] More info on the MIT/Quanta laptop partnership
Quanta has a good name in white book and OEM notebooks and I am sending this from one I built myself. Mike Michael F. Pitsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Carvin Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 1:54 PM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: [DDN] More info on the MIT/Quanta laptop partnership Here's the official press release from Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child initiative regarding the manufacturing partnership with Taiwan's Quanta. -andy Quanta Computer Inc. to Manufacture $100 Laptop December 13, 2005-Cambridge, Massachusetts-The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) board of directors today announced that Quanta Computer Inc. of Taiwan was chosen as the original design manufacturer (ODM) for the $100 laptop project. The decision was made after the board reviewed bids from several possible manufacturing companies. In announcing the selection of Quanta, OLPC Chairman Nicholas Negroponte said, Any previous doubt that a very-low-cost laptop could be made for education in the developing world has just gone away. Quanta has agreed to devote significant engineering resources from the Quanta Research Institute (QRI) in Q1 and Q2, 2006, with a target of bringing the product to market in Q4. The launch of 5-15 million units will be both in large-scale pilot projects in seven culturally diverse countries (China, India, Brazil, Argentina, Egypt, Nigeria, and Thailand), with one million units in each of these countries, and an additional modest allocation of machines to seed developer communities in a number of other selected countries. A commercial version of the machine will be explored in parallel. Quanta would like to contribute its industry-leading laptop technologies to the future success of the project, in hope of affording children worldwide with opportunities not only to close the 'digital divide,' but also to bridge the 'knowledge divide.' This project signifies a new stage and scale for the laptop industry by including those children never before considered to be laptop users, said Quanta founder and chairman, Barry Lam. One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a Delaware-based, non-profit organization created by Nicholas Negroponte and other faculty members from the MIT Media Lab to design, manufacture, and distribute laptops that are sufficiently inexpensive to provide every child in the world access to knowledge and modern forms of education. The laptops will be sold to governments and issued to children by schools on a basis of one laptop per child. These machines will be rugged, Linux-based, and so energy efficient that hand-cranking alone can generate sufficient power for operation. Mesh networking will give many machines Internet access from one connection. The pricing goal will start near $100 and then steadily decrease. The corporate members are Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Brightstar, Google, News Corporation, Nortel, and Red Hat. Quanta Computer Inc. was founded in 1988 in Taiwan. With over US $10 billion in sales, the company is a leading provider of technology products and solutions to Fortune 500 companies, including Dell, HP, and IBM. Quanta has the distinction of being the world's largest manufacturer of laptop PCs. The company also provides a full array of mobile phones, LCD TVs, and servers and storage products. With dedication to technological innovation and education, Chairman Barry Lam launched a new US $200 million RD center, Quanta RD Complex (QRDC), in Taiwan. The facility, which opened in Q3 of 2005, has 2.2 million square feet of floor space, and the capacity to house up to 7,000 engineers. For more information about Quanta, visit http://www.quantatw.com To learn about the $100 Laptop, visit http://laptop.media.mit.edu -- --- 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. ___ 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] Taiwan's Quanta to manufacture MIT $100 laptop
That clearly raises its viability to begin with.. Regardless of the differences of opinion on the meaning of $100 laptop, even if it extends the boundary of computer's reach by another degree, it should be welcomed. The questions about how to use it and how to benefit more or better must go on in parallel. On 12/14/05, Andy Carvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This was just posted to Yahoo's homepage -andy MIT Picks Maker of $100 Laptop Taiwan's Quanta, the world's largest maker of notebook computers, will manufacture an ultra-low-cost laptop developed by Nicholas Negroponte, the chairman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab. Negroponte, who is also chairman of the One Laptop Per Child non-profit group, has said he expects the laptops to be available to governments next year at a price of $100 each. A prototype of the laptop was unveiled at the recent U.N.-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis. Under terms of an agreement with One Laptop Per Child, Quanta will devote engineering resources to develop the $100 notebook design during the first half of the year, according to a statement issued by the group. At the same time, Quanta and the non-profit organization will explore the production of a commercial version of the laptop. One Laptop Per Child did not immediately respond to an e-mail request for additional information. snip One Laptop Per Child said trials of the notebook are planned for China, India, Brazil, Argentina, Egypt, Nigeria, and Thailand, with 1 million notebooks to be shipped to each of these countries. [Massachusetts has also placed an order - ac] In addition, the group expects an additional modest allocation of the notebooks to be shipped to developers in other countries. snip http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20051214/tc_pcworld/123921 -- --- 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] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- Satish Jha Special Adviser, Kofi Annan Centre for Excellence in ICTs Principal Adviser, vMoksha Technologies Co-Chair, Economic Opportunities Commission, WITFOR Management Consultant - Technology Strategy, Management and Program/Project Management www.vmoksha.com; www.dpindia.org; www.aiti-kace.com.gh; www.witfor.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.
