[DDN] Can Computers Help Schools? The wrong perspective Yes ( a focus) Digital Libraries 1
Here is one perspective that was missed in the article by Jay Mathews Digital Libraries Most of us grew up with a community library as a resource. In my neighborhood there were slim pickings.. and in the school a limited selection. We now have access through the use of computers to digital libraries and resources beyond the information given to us by teachers. As a teacher the school library often did not have enough resources for the students and they would have to settle for another topic or.. another project to study. I could go on but you get the drift of this. A digital library is a library in which a significant proportion of the resources are available in machine-readable format (as opposed to print or microform), accessible by means of computers. The digital content may be locally held or accessed remotely via computer networks. In libraries, the process of digitization began with the catalog, moved to periodical indexes and abstracting services, then to periodicals and large reference works, and finally to book publishing. Some of the largest and most successful digital libraries are Project Gutenberg, ibiblio and the Internet Archive. Source Wikipedia The digital library is a resource that changes teaching and learning in any country. Libraries are a fundamental part of the cultural landscape of any country. They preserve the achievements of the past and provide access to the common heritage of humanity. They are fundamental components of the education and training system, and increasingly an important instrument for spreading the values of rationality, tolerance and the scientific outlook. Many libraries have important public outreach functions. However, they are also an essential part of the scientific research and development efforts that drive contempoerary economic growth. There is a great article on Vint Cerf and why libraries , technology can help, schools, and homes. Vint Cerf helps Google digitize books From the Web May 18, 2006 16:18 The Washington Post today has an interview with Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf, who now holds the title of Chief Internet Evangelist at Google. In it, he talks about his efforts to digitize and make freely available the content of tens of thousands of the world's great volumes. Think for a moment about the dead-tree problem, he said. When you stand in your own personal library looking for something and you realize that A, you can't remember which book it was in, and B, there's no way you can go through manually looking at all the pages, then you think, 'God, I wish all this stuff was online.' That's the stated goal of Google's library project, to create a massive electronic card catalog that will help people find information in published books, much as Google already does with Web pages. (The Washington Post) There are a lot of digital library sites. I would pick LOC.gov as the beginning one. 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] Call for Reviewers - Digital Divide mini-track
Hello everyone, We need reviewers for the digital-divide mini-track papers in HICSS. The review process will occure between mid-June and mid-July. This is the first year that HICSS hosts a digital divide mini-track, and it is very important to our community. More information about HICSS can be found here - http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu If you are interested in reviewing, please send me an email with the subjects of expertise and two lines of bio. Thanks Karine - Karine Barzilai-Nahon Assistant Professor The Information School University of Washington Mary Gates Hall, Room 370B, Box 352840 Seattle, WA 98195-2840 (206) 685-6668, http://www.ischool.washington.edu/karineb ___ 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] MEDIA and EARTH LITERACY update May 2006 [From Heiner Benking]
This news note comes from Heiner Benking [EMAIL PROTECTED], a Net-Gold member for quite a while in Germany who has some excellent website resources of his own. On dialogue, knowledge, creativity, (cyber)culture, learning http://benking.de/ Heiner Benking's personal ad-hoc homepage leading to some places http://www.newciv.org/cob/members/benking/ Heiner Benking http://coforum.de/index.php4?Heiner_Benking Links von Heiner Benking http://www.thur.de/philo/benking.htm Heiner Benking ON Conceptual navigation LO23526 Arun-Kumar Tripathi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Wed, 8 Dec 1999 22:28:09 +0100 (MET) http://www.learning-org.com/99.12/0071.html TheTransitioner.org : Heiner_Benking http://www.thetransitioner.org/wen/tiki-index.php?page=Heiner_Benking Heiner Benking Know Map http://www.knowmap.com/contributors/benking.html Heiner Benking's Papers on Dialogue and Understanding http://www.thehope.org/Benking.htm Selected Works of Heiner Benking http://publish.uwo.ca/~mcdaniel/weblinks/benking.html Re: [Fis] Ecological Economics and Information http://fis.icts.sbg.ac.at/mailings/1163.html So without further introduction, here is the post from Heiner Benking, after the signature lines. Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Net-Gold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html General Internet Print Resources http://library.temple.edu/articles/subject_guides/general.jsp http://www.learningis4everyone.org/ http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html Digital Divide Network http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/jwne Educator-Gold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Educator-Gold/ --- Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 18:08:51 +0200 (MEST) From: Heiner Benking [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MEDIA and EARTH LITERACY update May 2006 Dear David, et.al. I thought this update on LITERACY and MAP/MEDIA Demagogy is of possible interest to you and your lists. It shows that UNESCO changed their WORLDMAP at their entry PAGE and how manye questionable, distorted, controiversial world amps are around and where our inititative is now after 18 month. http://in-betweener.org/flatworlds/ UPDATE 16. May 2006: http://in-betweener.org/flatworlds/ maps/earth-literacy-update-may-06.html A shorter URL for the above link: http://snipurl.com/qpr0 I hope you enjoy ! best and PEACE Heiner And I have added: http://benking.de/heiner-b.gif http://www.ihtec.org/fileadmin/templates/images/150LynnHolden.jpg http://www.ceptualinstitute.com/genre/benking/battle/Ww1750.jpg http://www.ceptualinstitute.com/genre/benking/battle/battle.htm http://www.wood.uni-goettingen.de/phd/uni/Heiner.jpg http://www.knowmap.com/contributors/images/benking.jpg http://www.mythen-der-buchkultur.de/Texte/ 06_Dialog/Beispiel/Kreative_Medien_im_Dialog.htm A shorter URL for the above link: http://snipurl.com/qpre ___ 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] Second Call for Papers - Digital Divide Mini-track - HICSS 2007
CALL FOR PAPERS for the Digital Divide minitrack Forty Annual Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-40) January 3-6, 2007 Hilton Waikoloa Village, Big Island Additional detail may be found on HICSS primary web site: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu Digital divide plays an important role in last years' discourse in theory and practice as well. Starting in the 90's by focusing on infrastructures divides between the 'have' and 'have-not' and continuing in the following years to other dimensions of the divide such as skill, usage, governmental and communal support and more... The mini-track calls for papers that study the digital divide in different levels, methods and perspectives. Levels of the digital divide such as: international, national, local, sector, communal, and also individual. Subjects related to the digital divide that are in the scope of this mini-track but not limited to: * Socio-demographic factors- gender, age, education, income, ethnic diversity, race diversity, language diversity, religiosity * Social and governmental support - for example the use of supportive initiatives, policy and applications to bridge the gap, or how society and communities impact e-Inclusion * Conceptualization and theory of digital divide * Comparative and local analysis of policy * Use - skills, frequency and time, locus, autonomy of use, what do users do online and for what purpose * Access and technology - infrastructure factors * Affordability * Accessibility focusing mainly in populations with special needs * Measurements index - e-readiness, DiDix and more MINITRACK CHAIR: Karine Barzilai-Nahon Assistant Professor The Information School University of Washington Mary Gates Hall, Room 370B, Box 352840 Seattle, WA 98195-2840, Tel- (206) 685-6668 Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website - www.ischool.washington.edu/karineb IMPORTANT DEADLINES AbstractAuthors may contact Minitrack Chair for guidance and indication of appropriate content at anytime. June 15 Authors submit full papers to the Peer Review System, following Author Instructions found on the HICSS web site (www.hicss.hawaii.edu). Papers undergo a double-blind review. August 15 Acceptance/Rejection notices are sent to Authors via the Peer ReviewSystem. September 15Authors submit Final Version of papers to the Peer Review System web site. The Digital Divide minitrack is part of the Digital Media: Content and Communication Track Chaired by Michael Shepherd ([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] Microsoft: Open source 'not reliable or dependable'
Microsoft: Open source 'not reliable or dependable' View the complete story at: http://news.com.com/Microsoft+Open+source+not+reliable+or+dependable/2100-73 44_3-6074237.html?tag=nefd.pulse A senior Microsoft executive told a BBC documentary that people should use commercial software if they're looking for stability. I don't think (open source) is anti-Microsoft in the sense that it's giving people choices in the technologies that they use, Jonathan Murray, the vice president and chief technology officer of Microsoft Europe, told BBC World in the first part of the documentary The Code Breakers, which aired this week. Some people want to use community-based software, and they get value out of sharing with other people in the community. Other people want the reliability and the dependability that comes from a commercial software model. And again, at the end of the day, you make the choice based on what has the highest value to you, Murray continued. It isn't clear from Murray's statement which category he believes commercial open-source companies such as Red Hat and MySQL fit into. Forwarded by --- Fouad Riaz Bajwa FOSS Advocate www.fossfp.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] DDN web community approaching the 10,000 member mark
hi Digital Divide Network community - over the weekend, the DDN web site registered its 9,775th person -- Dr.S.S.D. Pandey. see http://digitaldivide.net/profile/ssdpandey that's some achievement to have gathered that many people together in less than 2 years. (the DDN web site officially launched in january, 2005, if memory serves.) kudos to andy carvin, cedar pruitt and all the current DDN members for this accomplishment. now that we're within striking range of the 10,000 member mark, thanks for thinking about which colleagues you know to invite onto the site. i can think of 3 people i recently met who would find this community interesting and valuable. i'll be inviting all 3 to join. - phil shapiro -- Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro http://philsrssfeed.blogspot.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html Wisdom starts with wonder. - Socrates Learning happens through gentleness. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@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] New YouthLearn Web Content on Youth Media
Dear DDN members, If you are at all interested these days in how technology can support learning both in school and afterschool, you¹re probably also thinking about media projects and media making. Today¹s young people are consuming and making media in multiple forms and with a range of new multimedia tools, and educators are looking for new ways to support this creative expression. The youth media movement, which for some 35 years has illustrated how best to guide media education and promote youth voice, has much to teach the broader education community, and here at YouthLearn, we¹re making a concerted effort to bring about this sharing of lessons learned. That said, I¹m thrilled to announce a new section of our website, ³Youth Media: Exploring Media Making Positive Youth Development.² You can reach it via a link on our homepage or at http://www.youthlearn.org/youthmedia. Here you¹ll find new information about our approach to media making and a wealth of resources available online to support you in launching similar efforts. Of particular interest is our work over the last few years to improve the evaluation of youth media programs and their intended outcomes. YouthLearn has been working with Time Warner, Inc. and their community-based youth media grantees to examine and strengthen evaluation practices and better articulate the unique impact these kinds of programs have on young people. We feature a variety of stories and findings from leaders in the youth media field and lessons learned that can inform other youth media and technology programs. From basic information about evaluation to samples of youth-produced media, this section will provide you field-based examples of how to assess the effectiveness of your programs and foster new media making skills. YouthLearn¹s effort to support educators in technology integration and youth media making practices is on-going. Please feel free to share with us your feedback, suggestions, and questions. Your input will inform our services and our future efforts to support your programs and schools. Best, Tony Tony Streit Director, The YouthLearn Initiative Education Development Center, Inc. 55 Chapel Street, Newton, MA 02458 Phone 617.618.2778 Fax 617.332.4318 http://www.youthlearn.org [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] L@@K! National Education Computing Conference - San Diego - July 5-9
= Please share with colleagues :-) International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) 2006 National Education Computing Conference (NECC) to be held in San Diego, California - July 5-9! Keynote Addresses by Nicholas Negroponte and DeWitt Jones Professional Development Opportunities for the Whole Education Team! K-12 Teachers o Great new ideas for integrating technology throughout the curriculum o Hands-on training with practical and useful technology applications Technology Coordinators Staff Developers o Exciting, effective solutions for staff development o Proven strategies for technology funding, sustainability, and support Library Media Specialists o Best practices for promoting information and media literacy o Electronic resources for students, teachers and administrators Administrators Policy Makers o Leadership development and guidelines for improved education outcomes o Assessment of teacher and student use of technology Teacher Educators o Curriculum ideas for methods courses o Models for meeting accreditation requirements Special Programs for Superintendents Day and Special Borderlands Project targeting needs for English Language Learners and Bilingual Education. Go to http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2006/program/ for program details For registration information go to http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2006/registration/ Volunteers are needed: RECEIVE SUPER EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION RATES Sign up at www.cue.org/necc06/ ___ 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] DDN web community approaching the 10,000 member mark
Phil Shapiro wrote: hi Digital Divide Network community - over the weekend, the DDN web site registered its 9,775th person -- Dr.S.S.D. Pandey. see http://digitaldivide.net/profile/ssdpandey that's some achievement to have gathered that many people together in less than 2 years. (the DDN web site officially launched in january, 2005, if memory serves.) kudos to andy carvin, cedar pruitt and all the current DDN members for this accomplishment. Thanks, Phil... The current version of the site launched in December 2004. At that point we actually had over 3,000 members. This included everyone who was an active member of this discussion group, going back to late 1999, as well as everyone who had registered to our old website's newsletter. So effectively, we've tripled our membership in less than 18 months. now that we're within striking range of the 10,000 member mark, thanks for thinking about which colleagues you know to invite onto the site. i can think of 3 people i recently met who would find this community interesting and valuable. i'll be inviting all 3 to join. Phil beat me to it, but I was going to suggest something similar. As DDN makes its transition from EDC to TakingITGlobal.org, it would be great if we could start off with a bang and reach the 10,000 member level. So for all of you who blog or participate in other email lists, I'd encourage you to invite people to join DDN. As always, it's free and open to the public. DDN membership allows you to participate in this forum, as well as have your own blog or online community on the DDN website. Here's the form to join the site: http://www.digitaldivide.net/members/add.php Please be sure to tell people that joining DDN is joining an online community, and this includes having a personal profile on the website. You can control how much info you show publicly, but people should know ahead of time, because lately I've been surprised by how many people have emailed me and asked to have their accounts canceled because they didn't want their name appearing anywhere on a website. Anyway, I hope we'll reach the 10,000 member mark very soon. Maybe we could even place bets on what day we'll reach the milestone. :-) andy -- -- Andy Carvin acarvin (at) edc . org andycarvin (at) yahoo . com http://www.andycarvin.com http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.pbs.org/learningnow -- ___ 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] RE: TrainersPod
Hi: I have just started a site called www.trainerspod.com I am originally from Kenya. I am interested in getting technological know-how and info on pedagogy into Africa and also share the African experience as experienced by those locally in the areas of education, healthcare and business with regards to technology infusion or attempts for such infusion. If you could participate in our forum ( http://www.trainerspod.com/forum/ ) especially on the section about AVU that would help our audience. We have monthly Webinars and are in the process of putting them up. If there is any of you that are experts in the areas of e-learning, e-healthcare or e-business that would be willing to contribute, please let me know. Thank You. Asif Daya [EMAIL PROTECTED] USF ___ 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] Online Discussion on young people and leadership.
Hello All, There is an online discussion for young people to look at ways on how young people could become part of leadership in their various countries especially African countries. The meeting will facilitate how young people can effectively participate in leadership. For you to participate you received an invitation to join and Gmail account . If you don't have contact me on [EMAIL PROTECTED] to log you in. Here from you all. The date is this week in two days time at about 10.00 am use www.worldtimeserver.com to check your local time difference. -- Chibuzo Governor Nwachukwu Intern - Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS www.youthaidscoalition.org - Development Partnership International www.developmentpartnership.org. http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/governor 2348037605400. preparatory team Global Young Greens Environmental Research Volunteer. www.worldcomputerexchange.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] Introduction
Hi, I've been lurking around here for a few weeks already, so I thought I'd finally come out and show myself! I am a decidedly un-techy person living in Portland, OR, but recently I've been working on a project to get an online community site built, so that's sort of pulled me into the digital world. I was quite happy to have come across the Digital Divide - already I'm getting ideas for future directions with this project. My project is to build a community for Burmese activists and refugees, primarily those living in Asia, but basically for activists living all over the world. I'm hoping it will be successful enough to lead into other activities, or getting involved in bringing more and better technology to refugees and activists in SE Asia - either through small grants to fund bills for internet and hardware, or getting involved in FOSS type work. Our developer is an Arakanese-Burmese living in India, who has his own small organization that does comp. training for monks and refugees. So that's already a step in the right direction, as we're paying to get him reconnected so he can continue and expand his work. We've just kicked off a fundraising campaign, to raise the money to get our developer connected so he can continue with actually developing the site. I've got more information about that here, if anyone's interested in participating, (pretty please): http://ethnicvoices.civiblog.org/burmasolidaritynetwork I'm looking forward to getting it running and see where it takes us, and getting involved in more issue-based discussions here. Nice to meet you! Cheers, Tara Horn [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] Online Discussion on young people and leadership.
There is also a very interesting discussion of youth social entrepreneurs going on at http://www.socialedge.org. Dan Bassill Tutor/Mentor Connection http://www.tutormentorconference.bigstep.com on 5/22/06 11:43 AM, chibuzo governor nwachukwu at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, There is an online discussion for young people to look at ways on how young people could become part of leadership in their various countries especially African countries. The meeting will facilitate how young people can effectively participate in leadership. For you to participate you received an invitation to join and Gmail account . If you don't have contact me on [EMAIL PROTECTED] to log you in. Here from you all. The date is this week in two days time at about 10.00 am use www.worldtimeserver.com to check your local time difference. ___ 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.
