[DDN] Tablet and PDAs for development

2005-08-10 Thread Joe Monahan
Hello, I am new to the digital divide network and am not sure if my post is appropriate for the mailing list. I am at Engineering Distance Education at Iowa State University. I have been experimenting with tablet-pcs for distance education. The system I put together has proven popular here

[DDN] The N-TEN Webinars

2005-08-10 Thread Deborah Elizabeth Finn
(A version of this item - with live links - is available at http://blog.deborah.elizabeth.finn.com/blog/_archives/2005/8/9/1123853.html.) Dear Colleagues, According to the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (N-TEN http://www.nten.org/), a webinar is ...an online seminar hosted by N-TEN,

[DDN] VOIP for nonprofits

2005-08-10 Thread Brian Russell
Is anyone in the US using VoIP services to save money on phone bills for small to medium size nonprofits? If so is it cost effective for you? Where you able to use the phone equipment you had already? Did this service provide long distance and local phone calls? I'm doing research on phone

Re: [DDN] Spanish Language materials at midst of controversy

2005-08-10 Thread John Mitchell
Clarification: The last link you provided appears to simply contain information published by REFORMA, such as mission, goals and bylaws. (At first I thought CAIRCO was saying those things!) Perhaps you intended to link to http://www.cairco.org/library/library.html or some other URL? John --

[DDN] GIVING the Poor a Voice - The East African - Nairobi,Kenya

2005-08-10 Thread David P. Dillard
From: George Lessard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:51 pm Subject: GIVING the poor a voice - The East African - Nairobi,Kenya themediamentor Offline Send Email GIVING the poor a voice East African - Nairobi,Kenya ... In 1985, notes the World Association of Community Broadcasters

[DDN] two views on using your neighbor's wireless internet

2005-08-10 Thread Phil Shapiro
hi everyone - for those who might be interested, here are two views about usage of one's neighbors wireless internet. one is from CCN/Money. one is from the blogosphere. note how the issue is characterized in different ways. http://shorterlink.com/?HD2FCM

[DDN] Fwd: LRC Best Global Website Award - Deadline Extension

2005-08-10 Thread Donald Z. Osborn
FYI... DZO - Forwarded message from LRC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 12:22:06 +0100 From: LRC [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LRC [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FW: [LRC Press Release] LRC Best Global Website Award - Deadline Extension To: '[EMAIL

[DDN] Digital Accessibility in Education

2005-08-10 Thread Noble, Steve (OFB-LV)
The announcement below contains information on two notable projects designed to reduce the digital divide in education for students with disabilities... -Original Message- I am pleased to announce that the Commonwealth of Kentucky is once again in the national spotlight as an innovative

[DDN] grant

2005-08-10 Thread Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan
From ALA Selected Sources for Grants http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOissues/washfunding/grants/grants.htm The purpose of the CTC program is to assist eligible applicants to create or expand community technology centers that provide disadvantaged residents of economically distressed urban and

[DDN] New report on state of US broadband - Broadband Reality Check

2005-08-10 Thread Frannie Wellings
Hi everyone, Free Press, the Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union released a report today detailing the ways in which the FCC's recent positive assessment of US broadband penetration is misleading and glosses over serious problems behind an ever-widening digital divide. The