the reason why a mobile phone, I think it can be even land-line, is because a
person can use a phone without having to learn how to write. Or read. Most can
talk.
Language barrier is still is the most fundamental barrier of the digital world.
A phone is the interface between man and the dig
From the Washington Post... -ac
Blogs, Wikis Clicking on Campus
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25305-2005Mar10.html
First the Internet turned colleges upside down, extending classrooms
and changing the way people learned. Next came Napster and other
file-sharing tools, then Web l
Friends:
I just visited the Bytesforall.net portal and found the following two
interesting items.
UN opens its Official Document System to the general public
The United Nations has launched its Official Document System (ODS), a full-text
web resource for official UN documentation.
For free typing, we use senselang.com, but I'm afraid I haven't gotten
enough feedback to give very constructive comments on it to this list. My
limited experience is it's a bit confusing, but useful and, of course, free.
Kevin Cronin
Magic Johnson/HP Inventor Center
University Settlement
4800 B
Is there internet access in the classroom? Does he have internet at
home? There are many free online typing tutors, for example
http://www.mrkent.com/typingtutor/index.asp
Cheers, Fred
On Mar 10, 2005, at 7:26 AM, Brian Russell wrote:
Hi all,
I'm looking for some *free* WINDOWS software to help t
The OpenOffice suite is free and windows compatible: downloadable from
www.openoffice.org,
results compatible with Microsoft Office programs (hem, not if you go into
complex page settings with tables, though).
Purely for writing: there's something called AbiWord. I've used it a couple
of times, d
Hi Andy
The mobile phone and radio, as others, here, have suggested seems to
have been spot on. What we must also realize is that the many emerging
features of the mobile phone, including txt msgs, gps and even pda
capabilities are being actively deployed in the developed world for a
number of
Hi everyone,
i'm a long time lurker of this great mailing-list.
Now I have a request for the members.
Sorry for my uncertain english.
I'm completing my work for the degree in
Communication Sciences five years curriculum at
the University of Rome. The subject of the thesis
is the so called digital d
hi DDN community -
in case it might be of interest, a company in the washington dc-area
is selling refurbished pentium II computer systems at a very
afforable price. $89 for the complete system, including 17-inch
monitor.
see http://www.pcretro.com/
you know their supply
Hi all,
I've occassionally forwarded the lists emails to family and friends who
aren't on the list.
My father, a Mexican who lives in Mexico and is an avid fighter of the
divide,
responded to the cellphone comment below, but he did so in Spanish.
I'm attaching, and translating for others to r
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Creative Commons, which is fighting for more open culture through
copyright reform, has a similar science initiative that digital divide
network folks should be aware of.
http://science.creativecommons.org/
Best
Dave
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:11:28 +0530, Subbiah Arunachalam
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr
Quoting Kevin Cronin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> For free typing, we use senselang.com, but I'm afraid I haven't gotten
> enough feedback to give very constructive comments on it to this list. My
> limited experience is it's a bit confusing, but useful and, of course, free.
>
Tux Typing can look a bit
> Marian,
>
I have been working in the DC area for some time, and fairly successfully in
some areas, but if you look at what you wrote in the blog on Tavist Smiley and
all, I worked for Bill Clinton, Al Gore and with Ron Brown. Not one of the
brothers in technology in DC accepted me, or my plat
Sabi ni Brian noong Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:26:07 -0500 (EST):
> I'm looking for some *free* WINDOWS software to help teach BASIC typing
> skills on a laptop. This is for a adult student learning to read who is
> an
> absolute beginner with computers. His job requires him to use a computer
> occasiona
Friends:
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think w can be of some help, we are ready to share what little we know.
Indeed, every year, I organise a eight-day South-South Exchange Travelling
Workshop to which we invite about 20-25 development workers fro
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work or about Mission 2007, please contact us.
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