RE: [DDN] California Launches Self-Help Legal Aid Web Portal

2004-09-01 Thread Julie Plevancic
Could you send us the web link to the legal-aid web portal? We must be a Contra Costa Times member to read this. Julie Plevancic I&A Network Project Manager Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency 427 N. Hwy 49 #103, Sonora CA 95370 Phone:209-533-1397 x 274 Fax: 209-533-1034 www.infonettc.org Li

Re: [DDN] California Launches Self-Help Legal Aid Web Portal

2004-09-01 Thread Katherine A. Bladow
California is among many states that have launched self-help legal aid portals. To see if your state has a Web site, visit http://www.lawhelp.org/, and select your state from the drop down list under Help for the Public. Kate CMC Temp said: > California Launches Self-Help Legal Aid Web Portal >

Re: [DDN] Mandatory Laptop computers

2004-09-01 Thread John Monberg
Like so many other trends in our society since the Reagan era, requiring the purchase of laptops is not simply an increase in costs for individuals, it is part of a transformation so that education is defined as a private good that benefits individual students instead of a public good that bene

RE: [DDN] Mandatory Laptop computers

2004-09-01 Thread Jacqueline A. Morris
I think the relevant skills can be developed with the use of public access computers on campus. The requirement for "computer ownership" is designed to shift the burden of providing the facilities for learning from the institution to the student. What will be next? Removing the books from the libra

Re: [DDN] Mandatory Laptop computers

2004-09-01 Thread Thomas A Webb
I taught in community colleges for over thirty years before I retired. I agree with the requirement for college students to have a computer; it's a little wierd to think you can get a good education and be hireable without having basic skills and using them routinely. I do have a problem with s

[DDN] California Launches Self-Help Legal Aid Web Portal

2004-09-01 Thread CMC Temp
California Launches Self-Help Legal Aid Web Portal California launched a legal-aid web portal on August 27 in an attempt to make legal resources available to low-income individuals. There has been a recent rise in people reporting to court without lawyers. The website attempts to address the "d

[DDN] African ICT Conference

2004-09-01 Thread Royal Colle
Apologies for any duplicate posting. The Institute for African Development at Cornell University will host a conference at Ithaca, New York on November 19-20 titled BUILDING THE ICT CAPACITY OF AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES FOR PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT. The objective of this conference is to generate practi

[DDN] Announcing the WSIS Telecentres Working Group!

2004-09-01 Thread Andy Carvin
Announcing TELECENTRES: A Civil Society Working Group on Community Technology for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Open to the public; Discussions begin September 15 In November, 2005, thousands of representatives from governments, civil society and the private sector will go to

RE: [DDN] Mandatory Laptop computers

2004-09-01 Thread Debbie Podwika
"Let's make college even less affordable! Unless financial aid covers up to the full cost depending on income, this is simply another way to make a college education less affordable on top of tuition increases, the high cost of books, and limits to financial aid." Just some thoughts Your gene

RE: [DDN] Mandatory Laptop computers

2004-09-01 Thread Charlie Meisch
Mandatory laptops as a cost-cutting measure makes perfect sense. Now when the tuition is adjusted downward to compensate for the reduction in student services, everything will even out! Right? . . . Charlie Meisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Original Message Follows From: Kathleen Muro <[EMAIL PR

[DDN] Re: Digital/Academic Training for Seniors

2004-09-01 Thread Valerie Greek
-- In partial response to the comments contained in the message below, does anyone know of a similar program being offered in the Collegedale /Chattanooga, Tennessee area? I am especially interested in the "Senior" portion. This past summer we brought my