RE: [DDN] article - using skype as a community media production tool

2005-03-25 Thread Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan
For more about Skype, read this online article in the NN/LM-MCR quarterly newsletter - great timing Phil, it just came out this week! http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news/newsletter/index.php?article=159 Siobhan Siobhan Champ-Blackwell Community Outreach Liaison NN/LM-MCR Creighton University Health

[DDN] Women, Poverty and ICT: Mediating Social Change (fwd)

2005-03-25 Thread Andy Carvin
From UNESCO... -ac Women, Poverty and ICT: Mediating Social Change http://webworld.unesco.org/real_media/ram/news/25-03-2005_1.ram http://webworld.unesco.org/real_media/ram/news/25-03-2005_2.ram Two documentary films on women and ICT are now available online. They were produced in the framework

[DDN] podcast of my NMUN keynote yesterday

2005-03-25 Thread Andy Carvin
I've just posted the audio of my keynote speech at the National Model United Nations Conference's WSIS simulation. Approximately 500 college students from several dozen countries participated. As I wrote in my previous post, they were an extraordinary group of young people. I really had a lot

Re: [DDN] Movie Review: Local Voices, Global Visions

2005-03-25 Thread Lars Hasselblad Torres
Andy, your idea about getting the TIG DVD into schools sounds like a great idea for the Omidyar Network $25k challenge. Why not draft a one page precis? Perhaps pull together a few reading resources as well...? I guess I should check the website to get my copy, eh? Safe travels -- Acela is fun

Re: [DDN] Movie Review: Local Voices, Global Visions

2005-03-25 Thread acarvin
Interesting idea, Lars Meanwhile, I talked with TIG and they're interested in putting the video online, so I suggested to consider hosting it on ourmedia.org. Hopefully that'll work out for them... Andy back on the Acela, opposite direction -Original Message- From: Lars Hasselblad

[DDN] BOOKS: ELECTRONIC: RESOURCES : BOOKS: FULL TEXT: Google's Library Up and Running

2005-03-25 Thread David P. Dillard
These posts may be of interest to some of the members of this discussion group. From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:43 am Subject: BOOKS: ELECTRONIC: RESOURCES : BOOKS: FULL TEXT: Google's Library Up and Running

[DDN] Technology Blackout Day

2005-03-25 Thread James Lerman
Dear Listers, Thought this was very interesting and warranted posting. Sincerely, Jim Lerman ARLINGTON, VA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/22/2005 -- The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) announced today that it will host the first annual National Imagine a Technology Black Out

[DDN] FY06 Budget Request Eliminates Funding for the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program

2005-03-25 Thread Zoe Holbrooks
fyi ... -- Forwarded message -- From: Educational CyberPlayGround [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:26:32 -0500 Subject: FY06 Budget Request Eliminates Funding for the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [DDN] Technology Blackout Day

2005-03-25 Thread Jon maddog Hall
So what technology will they do without? Computers? Cell Phones? Lights? Heat? Running water? Flush Toilets? Books (Printing Press is Technology)? md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557

Re: [DDN] On the need to adopt open access

2005-03-25 Thread Taran Rampersad
Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: In most cases the sponsors are the taxpayers. Much of the world'research is funded by governments. It is only legitimate to expect that publicly funded research should be availble to the public for free. And sponsors such as the Wellcome Trust are great champions of

Re: [DDN] On the need to adopt open access

2005-03-25 Thread Subbiah Arunachalam
In most cases the sponsors are the taxpayers. Much of the world'research is funded by governments. It is only legitimate to expect that publicly funded research should be availble to the public for free. And sponsors such as the Wellcome Trust are great champions of open access, particularly open