Re: [DDN] IT/ICT International Volunteer Programmes

2006-08-16 Thread Peter Miller
Hi, Katrin, the CTC VISTA Project is the most popular program in the AmeriCorps recruitment system and has generally been considered a good example of supportive volunteerism in the U.S. There's been some interest in exploring some of our programmatic features internationally and we've had

[DDN] vertical powerbook as an ebook reader

2006-08-16 Thread Phil Shapiro
hi DDN community - jon udell is one of the smartest technology commentators. he is paid to wonder about things, and he wonders constantly about things. you can get a glimpse of his mind in action in this amusing and instructive quicktime. http://tinyurl.com/mxxdx

[DDN] Wikipedia replacing books?

2006-08-16 Thread WVota
While we're debating the Wikipedia as part of the One Laptop Per Child project, might I wonder if you would be pro-Wikipedia if you knew it would replace books in schools? Last week, Thailand's Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced his country will test 530 laptop prototypes

[DDN] FW: [aapcho-path] Grants for grassroots organizing in the Midwest

2006-08-16 Thread Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan
Fyi - siobhan From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Junko Honma Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 4:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [aapcho-path] Grants for grassroots organizing in the Midwest FYI - Small grants for grassroots

[DDN] humble video on youtube viewed a million times

2006-08-16 Thread Phil Shapiro
hi DDN community - this humble, and authentic, video on youtube has been viewed more than a million times since it was uploaded on august 5, 2006. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_YMigZmUuk turn off your television at home. it's far more interesting listening to each other than

Re: [DDN] CTCnet Executive Director Job Announcement Description:

2006-08-16 Thread andycarvin
hi everyone, apologies for the attachments, which aren't allowed on the list. For some reason the list software didn't strip them out. -andy -Original Message- From: Sascha Meinrath [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:51:09 -0700 Subject: [DDN] CTCnet Executive Director Job

Re: [DDN] Digitizing Indian language books

2006-08-16 Thread charles.geiger
Dear Arun As you speak about African languages: Adama Samassékou is surely a good source, but he is difficult to reach (I don't have his e-mail, but maybe someone in UNECA has). There was also an IFLA-UNECA post-WSIS Workshop on Building of African Capacity to implement the Outcomes of the

Re: [DDN] IT/ICT International Volunteer Programmes

2006-08-16 Thread DSSA310
In a message dated 8/16/06 8:31:18 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Peter: Where do discussions stand with the Peace Corps? I had raised a technology training component with the Peace Corps several years ago, in the context of their proposed legislation to