Re: [DDN] The future of DDN

2008-11-10 Thread theteach
On Tue, 14 Oct 2008, George Roberts wrote: I cannot see the reason for a wiki as a focus for DDN discussion. Maybe that was not the intention. Wikis are for collaborative development of documents. Email is a much more accessible channel for discussion than web-based services. I

Re: [DDN] The future of DDN

2008-11-10 Thread Harmony Kieding
An excellent suggestion, Barbara. A Ning Network Creator of an online community myself, I've found it to be a highly user-friendly and successful means of collaboration and community building. Members can participate via blogs, discussion forums, chat, and groups. Additionally they can upload

Re: [DDN] Digital divide in emergent countries

2008-11-10 Thread Jose Mendonça Lima
Hi Sade, The best way to get all of Brazil data on Digital Divide is www.idbrasil.gov.br Good Luck Joe EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA DE QUALIDADE PARA TODOSEU POSSO. VOCÊ PODE. NÓS PODEMOScontribuir para garantir uma educação básica de qualidade para

Re: [DDN] Digital divide in emergent countries

2008-11-10 Thread Jose Mendonça Lima
Hi Sade, The best way to get all of Brazil data on Digital Divide is www.idbrasil.gov.br Good Luck Joe EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA DE QUALIDADE PARA TODOSEU POSSO. VOCÊ PODE. NÓS PODEMOScontribuir para garantir uma educação básica de qualidade para

Re: [DDN] Digital divide in emergent countries

2008-11-10 Thread OBOT N. Gregory
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Re: [DDN] The future of DDN

2008-11-10 Thread Steven Clift
DDN should use the open source GroupServer platform to host an integrated e-mail/web forum/feeds experience! We use it here: http://forums.e-democracy.org More info: http://groupserver.org In terms of crossing divides, we paid for a feature that allows for super simple photo sharing that

Re: [DDN] PhD research on OLPC

2008-11-10 Thread tom abeles
Hi Taran what educational institutions preK-gray have to offer is certification. Some of the skills to obtain that certification can be provided through the certifying institutions and people choose to acquire both that information/knowledge and the certification as a package. But given the

Re: [DDN] Digital divide in emergent countries

2008-11-10 Thread Paperless Homework
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Re: [DDN] PhD research on OLPC

2008-11-10 Thread Paperless Homework
Satish Jha   You described children's experience using Internet. I believe in India such children are usually the haves and the better off.   What is/are your experience with regard to rural India where the digital divide is all about? How are they faring in India. What are their challenges.

Re: [DDN] Digital divide in emergent countries

2008-11-10 Thread melita zajc
Hi Sade there is an excellent book about media technologies in Nigeria, Signal and Noice by Brian Larkin. I am doing research on Nigerian Video Film Cultures and would very much like to learn more about your research, and results concerning Nigeria :) Kind regards Melita Zajc ... Melita

Re: [DDN] [SPAM] Re: PhD research on OLPC

2008-11-10 Thread Spectate Swamp
Teacher Smeacher real elearning comes from using Desktop Search. I have been using search since the mid 80's and the Dec VAX computers. Search is so important that I created my own. It does video, music, pictures text and a lot more. Open Source too. Simple fast and the only program I need.

Re: [DDN] The future of DDN

2008-11-10 Thread Tobias Eigen
Thanks Adam - this is all very interesting. I think the biggest problem I am seeing is that emails get stacked up for approval - this really limits any real discussion that might take place here on this list. I'd propose either opening it up or recruiting some volunteers to help manage the

[DDN] Master research for edugames

2008-11-10 Thread Muhammad Ali Reza
Dear All, I am doing a research on educational games. Anybody have an information can share with me? because it is worth for me for my literature review. particularly on interface design Thank you Muhammad Ali Reza Bin Ahmad Faculty of Information Science Technology Kolej Universiti Islam

Re: [DDN] The future of DDN

2008-11-10 Thread Claude Almansi
Good evening, Somehow gmail delivered just now the e-mails after Taran Rampersad's. Thanks for clarifying about payment. And thanks for the explanation of why keep the present system for the site. Just wondering: at first, the last posts of the mailing list used to appear bottom-right of the

Re: [DDN] The future of DDN

2008-11-10 Thread tom abeles
Hi Cindy First, on charging a ¨fee¨. Tax Deductable? As my farmer brother-in-law says ¨deductable against what? Second, given networking in the web 2.0 world with U-Tube, Twitter, Linkedin, Wiki´s and so many other social networks, what do we get for a fee that this list and other tagged,