Tommy, add Steve Eskow to your list of names.
Here, though, isn't a bulletin board, although a bulletin board is
featured. This is the Digital Divide Network, and it's much more than a
bulletin board, and the sum of its parts: it's a brilliant initiative that
has assembled some 7000 people around
(sorry if you already received this; I don't think it was posted right
the first time)
Thanks, Steve and Tommy, for the support; I truly appreciate it. But
like I said in my original email about the contest, nominations were due
yesterday. So unless you submitted it last night, the deadline
Introducing myself as a new member and suggesting a topic of conversation,
I am a Digital Divide activist, Neil Hendrick. I'm working with Partners in
Solidarity to build a network of Computer Academies in Xela, Guatemala. Project
dates, Jan-Mar 2006.
A little history is that this is the PIS's
At 8:51 AM -0700 5/9/05, Dr. Steve Eskow wrote:
In the case of the powerful drug called a telecenter, there are times and
communities when that drug needs to be delayed or avoided until there is a
readiness to benefit from it.
Somewhat later Mr. John Hibbs asked:
And, in the instant case -
Folks,
If you are paying more than $100 per year for web hosting, then you are
paying too much. I volunteer with a little nonprofit that provides web
hosting to others. the hosting comes with access to a control panel where
you can do whatever you want. it is easy to learn and works.
This is a
...so it is conceivable that community centers for internet access could
become an acceptable method for the Amish to use modern media, but this
simply may not be an option if it conflicts with the viewpoints of this
unique community.
I applaud the consideration of culture in this discussion.
Welcome, Neil, and I look forward to visiting your project next year.
I travel to Chiapas and Guatemala every spring. (See my site, The
Daily Glyph, for clues to my mania)
And I'll try to come up with some helpful ideas in the meantime.
Saludos
Dave
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Thanks to everyone who has responded to this request. You have confirmed
my initial feeling that this was not something I wanted to post on my
blog!
Siobhan
Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS
Community Outreach Liaison
National Network of Libraries of Medicine - MidContinental Region
Creighton
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From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon May 9, 2005 11:23 am
Subject: INFORMATION LITERACY : COMPUTER: DIGITAL DIVIDE: Technology for
Social Inclusion: An Interview with Mark Warschauer
At 8:51 AM -0700 5/9/05, Dr. Steve Eskow wrote:
In the case of the powerful drug called a telecenter, there are times and
communities when that drug needs to be delayed or avoided until there is a
readiness to benefit from it.
And, in the instant case - Iraq - perhaps could you tell us what
Ross Gardler wrote::
Ross Gardler wrote:
...Remember that bandwidth need not be a live Internet connection
It would be great if someone with a media bent could create a set of
dramatisations on key subjects (such as HIV/AIDS) in an accessible form.
Something along the lines of the BBC World
You moved me to get out of my lurk. it was only yesterday that I wrote
the subject line above down as an action point in the Moree
International Conference on Human Security - more information on this
appended below. The next phase of this process is on June 24, 2005. An
international workshop on
Pamela McLean wrote:
Ross Gardler wrote:
Remember that bandwidth need not be a live Internet connection. I
recently passed a Compact Flash containing a number of key
presentations from IT Conversations to a colleague in rural Guyana.
In his village he doesn't even have a computer, let alone an
From ZDNet -ac
Rural India's rough road to computer literacy
Bringing the benefits of computer technology to rural villages in India
will require a substantial amount of work--and a lot of extra car
batteries, said professor Jitendra Shah.
Shah--who works in the Centre for Development of
I use a web hosting company, which I've had for 5 years, which charges
$50/YEAR, with a $25 startup fee, and offers more email accounts, more
storage, and equivalent support to this $35/mo+69 startup fee offer...
Doesn't sound like a deal...
Regards, Fred
--
Fred Mindlin, Project Leader
PVUSD
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hi Pam... Actually, this is one of the things I hope to do with mobcasting: to
allow people in the south to be able to record and listen to online podcasts on
their mobile phones. I'm working to put together the specs for the software,
then plan to recruit some programmers to tackle it. Then,
Dear Ross, Pam, and All,
Hello and great to see this interchange! Ross, I have a friend in Guyana--the
regional focal point for the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS
(www.youthaidscoalition.org )--who is also the head of the Guyanese Youth
Network (GYN+), and they would be interested in what
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