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At 6:27 PM -0800 12/18/05, Dr. Steve Eskow wrote:
A growing body of literature argues that, in Steven Jo
The digital natives may be analog immigrants
If this is so, if there are several grains of truth here, what should our
colleges and universities do about the New Illiteracy?
Two
Professor Ayers proved the power of research using Net sources only
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At 1:33 PM -0600 11/30/05, Michael Maranda wrote:
Greetings all,
Dec 1 is World AIDS Day, and there are little things one can do to increase
awareness, such as including a button on your website
a href=http://www.worldaidsday.org/default.asp
http://www.geocities.com/vance_stevens/papers/evonline2002/convergence2005.htm
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At 11:00 AM -0400 9/18/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John, I hear you and agree with you. Visit
http://www.tutormentorconference.bigstep.com to see
how my small
This group has so much to offer, and operates on budgets that
ranking government and corporate officers would scoff at --- because
it is so tiny. There are many examples of how bright ideas and a few
dimes would do so much -- Taran's van in a box is as good as any.
FEMA would spend more
At 3:26 PM -0500 9/15/05, Taran Rampersad wrote:
John Hibbs wrote:
Why is an ICT conference not held virtually? Why do I have to travel
to Washington to participate? or listen? or view? What century do we
live in?
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So that's where I
At 10:42 AM -0500 9/15/05, Taran Rampersad wrote:
Thank, Taran, for the reminder about the Jamaican effort. I had
looked at that about four years ago...I see they have made a LOT of
progress.
All of what you say - every single word - has merit. Now, how to get
our hands on some of the $50
At 12:34 PM -0400 9/15/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
While we're all talking about ICT disaster preparedness, I'd like to point
out there is a NTEN-sponsored conference on ICT disaster preparedness
coming up in October : Global ICT Humanitarian Relief
http://www.nten.org/conferences-ict
Why is
Remember the discussion about those cyber vans? Wouldn't it be nice
if FEMA would have had about 50 of them? Or even a 100? They could
have located in places where they could be used for disaster (and
other) training; but in an emergency, they would be rounded up and
trucked and ready-to-use
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Is there a better way that picking a date certain - say six months
from now? - and then putting our collective shoulders together to
make sure that a zillion people hear of the Simputer - and cause the
ordering in the millions?
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P.S. Sam Johnson says
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
the Digital Divide posts. I see the the goal of
reaching larger audiences --- and with that cash contributions,as per
the success of www.move-on.org.
John Hibbs
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P.S. My favorite Çonnect the Dots involves the role of English
language instructors, ICT, radio and how
thousand in their electronic circulations.
I wish they would give more thought on how to reach millions.
Unfortunately, the recipe that will generate same has yet to be
formulated -- much less baked. Ideas welcome.
John Hibbs
http://www.bfranklin.edu/johnhibbs
That is a grim reminder of the fierce nature of those who wish to
return Afghans -- and other Arabs - to 4th century barbarism.
This should not mean that there should be less cybercafes. If that
logic would apply, police training would stop because the their
facilities are targeted.
It would
In the run up to the invasion of Iraq, when it was certain to some of
us - including a well connected civilian inside the Pentagon - that
war and the aftermath would come, a number of us drafted a memorandum
outlining why 40 foot vans, filled with the necessaries, could do
about as Andy
Dummy me, I can't find the thread dealing with the forward thinking
podcaster who is organizing an podcasting event - or a serious of
events. That person, particularly, will be interested in the below.
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At 5:50 AM -0400 4/23/05, Sandra Latherbenson wrote:
As a creative thinker, it is grand to find such a body of scientific
professionals who are willing to share knowledge and interests.
Where else can you see this?
The only comparable listserv that I know of is Webheads - where
marvelously
At 6:56 PM +0200 4/21/05, J Cravens wrote:
Actually, I am rather impressed with blogger.com in this regard.
Blogger.com does not work with my machine -- I'm on a Mactintosh,
and have three browsers: MS Explorer 5, Netscape 7.0, and Opera 6.3.
Blogger.com does not work with any of them -- it
1. My jaw dropped when I read of the cost of hiring the PR firm - was
it $2.3 million? What could THIS group do with that kind of money?
2. I lean to the left about as far as anyone on this list, but I have
to wonder if the Feds belong in this business at all? And if so,
would it not be to
problems bridging it. I don't think we will have much trouble using
www.talkingcommunities.com - which now allows Mac OSX platforms.
I can probably get www.talkingcommunites.com free.
John Hibbs
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At 9:03 AM -0400 4/12/05, Brian Russell wrote:
I'm having a large group
Andy's video, though quite large, is a remarkable piece -- which well
illustrates the one picture, thousand words idea. Thanks greatly
Andy.
Next week I have sworn to myself that I will write both a short
version and a long version paper on the wisdom of efforts to
PROMOTE use of appropriate
Tempting post, Phil...mm 40 foot container shell, insulated, with
floor, lighted, doors, and ventilation $5,500. 40 computers $4,000.
couple printers, and, say $2,000. for install using smart volunteers
accepting beer money -- What are we to? -- $12-14K.
What's missing? - a location,
At 4:27 AM + 3/12/05, Cindy Lemcke-Hoong wrote:
One reason is, as a labourer, you don't need to know too much
reading. Just pure muscle. And miserable lives. I saw that in China,
Singapore (that was in the 80s, where foreign workers from
Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia lived in deplorable
On another list with concerns about the digital divide, and the talks
about the $100 computer, Sam Lanfranco [EMAIL PROTECTED] makes some
very, very interesting observations, as follows:
Sam Lanfranco writes
:
GKD has had an interesting and instructive round of discussion about the
$100
clean, no amount
of brilliant technology would fatten up their wallets.
Isn't that what Declan was getting at? That the easy part was the
technology. The hard part was good governance. Are we completely sure
that once a society has a narrow digital gulf, that good governance
will follow?
John
Dr. Eskow: Are you saying that reviewing the text of the proposed
lecture - or keynote speech - in advance of same is a bad idea?
Are you also saying that in today's college (100) classes it is NOT
common that there is little or no Question and Answer by the students
of the person at the
is accurate?
But here's a much better question: What are the best ways to
accelerate the work of the Lilliputians?
John Hibbs
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Paul Mondesire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Folks,
We may be preaching to the choir but those singing need inspiration
as well
At 6:13 AM -0500 2/25/05, Andy Carvin wrote:
It turns out the ITU has included a nice plug for the WSIS telecentres
caucus in its latest Prepcom newsletter:
http://www.itu.int/wsis/newsroom/2/pc2/highlights/23feb.html
There were few links in the laundry list of fine objectives; and in
the
please
write to me - on or off this list? Bruce? Amy? Chuah Siew Eng? Geoff?
Andy? Janet?
John Hibbs
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P.S. Inside that 40 foot van/telecenter should be the skills and
equipment necessary to allow low power broadcasts to reach a radius
of 25kms...arguably the most
First, there is an enormous amount of technical skills on this list,
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org;
not to mention serious intellectual depth that comes with almost every post.
Second, while there has been a lot of talk about podcasting, and
other audio deliveries, and some talk about
(forgive cross posting)
For those who want a great peak under this brand new tent we call the
Internet, I consider Stephen Downes to be one of the most profound
thinkers on the planet.
Trust me on that.
For those who would like a mental challenge, this piece from him is
as good as it gets.
Time spent reading what Jon Lebkowsky has to say about innovation,
wireless connecting and politics is, I submit, well spent.
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/002146.html
Municipal Wireless, Innovation, and Politics
At WorldChanging we talk a lot about leapfrogging, where developing
and mortar facilities...for dozens of good reasons.
Anyway, here is the post and the web site of the organization which
authored same:
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Pamela - all good work. And how publicity have you received from it?
Can you point us to your press releases web page? I hope so. I really
do.
My bet is the demands on you are such that publicity comes a long
way down the totem pole. If so, should more resources be devoted
there?
John Hibbs
A must visit. I loved the text overlay that attached the name of the
speaker (in text) to the person on display. Andy, who did you ever
get to be so YOUNG
At 11:29 AM -0500 2/19/05, Andy Carvin wrote:
Hi everyone,
Video blogger extraordinaire Steve Garfield has put together a
10-minute Web
From Lee Thorn,an truly exceptional human being writes - on another
list (forgive cross posting.)
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Dear Colleagues,
I hope this finds you well. I have been following all the various
threads on GKD with interest and wish to comment on this one. Thanks to
all of
in the classroom.
Perhaps the lady doth protest too much?
At 4:00 PM -0800 2/7/05, Steve Eskow wrote:
John Hibbs asks if a technologized alternative to the traditional lecture
would enable students to learn more, and suggests an answer:
Would the students (attendees) have learned more if they had
At 3:39 PM + 2/8/05, Oliver Moran wrote:
Taran, I was born in the rural area, I work in the ghetto, this
advertisement is irrelevant to both and a distraction from the real
needs of those places and the real people who live their real lives
there. It is a fiction, its a presentation
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On Wednesday 02 February 2005 21:04, George Lessard wrote:
Lifeline radios are the windup radios from
http://www.freeplayfoundation.org/
Ed Girardet, just back from Aceh and once again in Kabul.
I am in the process
Tapped from the creative radio list,
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Vickram Crishna [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Some attention to the possibilities of widening the possibilities for
keeping the flow of information moving collaboratively in times of
stress, both literally and
There are some wonderful strengths in virtual conferences that are
rarely duplicated in physical ones - although there is no reason they
should not be.
I will list these as they come to mind:
a) narrowly defined list serv where each participant is strongly
encouraged to subscribe - and
themes like
improving 'global information flow' and 'reducing the digital divide'
to walk-the-walk, not just talk-the-talk?
With all due respect,
John Hibbs
http://www.bfranklin.edu/johnhibbs
I'm a big advocate of virtual conferences and have hosted several
already, but I don't see them
to all who contributed to a discussion which
continues to have an elusive outcome. You know who you are and if you
would like updates, or wish to write off-list with additional
comments, I would love to hear from you.
John Hibbs
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At 3:25 AM -0500 1/23/05, Stephen Snow wrote:
.
That is how this current information tool development feels to me: lots of
glitter and not much substance. Lots of information, but not much actual
communication.
What Stephen Snow writes about, quite eloquently, and as others have
touched upon, is
At 12:41 PM +0100 1/24/05, Raffaele Moles wrote:
If you are interested in such a topic I will try to send you more details
about whatever you'll ask.
Please do. In fact the work Raffaele talks about is so salutary, I
thought it worthy of a re-read.
Raffaele Moles wrote:
I'm working on Digital
Steven Elster wrote:
I have written my friend in India, and he says: there are plenty of cell
phones around here, even in the tiniest villages. He further goes on to
say that a cell phone earthquake warning system was in fact in place
in at least one village here on the southeast coast. They got
At 5:13 PM +1300 1/23/05, Nicki Gemmell wrote:
Hi Andy, Not trying to be too difficult here, BUT, for many people
not is the States, asking us to call a US phone number is going to
cost money.
How about setting up a gmail account and asking for mp3 attachments (a la
Adam Curry) or asking people
Tour d'France? our fund raising mechanisms? our Access
Honor Badge? our dynamite stick?
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At 6:54 PM -0800 1/21/05, Steve Eskow wrote:
John Hibbs's message below seems to challenge the conventional wisdom which
holds that the young are ready for the digital revolution while their
elders resist it.
It's not that the college students I know well resist technology.
Universally, they have
Tour d'France? our fund raising mechanisms? our Access
Honor Badge? our dynamite stick?
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Why do I think it's a pipe dream that the general public will do a
little more work to stay informed?
Isn't this in the opposite direction of where the world has been
going? Why did the Vatican change from delivery of the mass from
Latin into the vernacular? Why did colleges, long ago,
At 11:40 AM -0800 1/21/05, Steve Eskow wrote:
His first chapter is called The Daily Me, and deals with ever increasing
ability of the new communication technologies to allow their users to
personalize what they receive, tailor what comes to them so that they only
hear and see what they want to
is the primer - and who can say that it is not? - which
among us has a puncture proof theory why increasing access isn't good
for the bottom line?
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I also forwarded it. Andy, you take the prize for being truly innovative!
At 12:23 AM +0100 1/17/05, Claude Almansi wrote:
I'e an old-fashioned cell that only phones and sends SMS, so I wont
be able to avail myself of your precious indications. But I
forwarded your e-mail to our local indymedia
Those who know me well know of my conviction that one way to narrow
the digital divide is to work closely with the tens of thousands of
English language teachers gathered around the world. Not only are
they bright, resourceful, inventive and almost always of generous
heart, they are most
be
hampered by HTML messages, then I won't change the policy. But if
it's not longer an issue for them, I'm going to have to change the
policy just to make the list fully functional again
ac
John Hibbs wrote:
I for one hope the present (HTML) policy continues.
It seems this is especially
It could be this was already posted to the DD list? But in light of
the size of the tragedy and the silver lining that might come out
of this - narrowing of the divide by new communication adoption and
access to - I thought it might be worth a second posting?
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At 7:35 PM -0500 1/7/05, James Lerman wrote:
I agree with Pam. I think many people don't know much about this at
all. A primer for the neophyte would be excellent I think...don't
just tell them not to send messages as HTML, tell them how not to
and how to find out if they are.
Jim Lerman
GLDers, Webheads and Digital Divide Readers, forgive cross posting -
and forgive if you have already received the below from Stephen
Downes. I risk duplications because Stephen's daily commentaries are
so rich, so unusual and come from a person that is - really and
truly! - gifted.
You can
With thanks to David Kees who has passed on the neat bit of an
addition to the wonders of Google:
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Google Scholar Offers Access To Academic Information
By Danny Sullivan, Editor
November 18, 2004
Google has launched a new Google Scholar search
Global Learn Day 8 takes place this weekend, a 24 hour non stop event as per
http://www.bfranklin.edu/gld8. On this list there are lots and lots
of smart people. We would love to have you as audience or 'show and
tell'. Nothing hard about it. Just write to me.
Global Learn Day 9 will take place
can talk and have something people would
like to listen to on public radio stations, this is an event for you.
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It would seem to me good practice, especially for those in the
divide business, to have a very simple, very fast loading home page
which would give connectivity options to the viewers. (Oddly, I
think there are many with broadband connections and fast Pentiums who
would view text as their
is a pet project of
mine...which I have failed to do...but keep trying. Larry?)
BUT - the value of voices talking in a call center, cheaply and
affordably, is a wonderful thing to knit the leadership together.
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At 9:19 AM -0400 10/19/04, Larry Elin wrote
in place
wider - much wider - application of that which is already invented?
affordable? under-used?
Don't we need more soft power humans? More cyber-cafe's? More models
that show concrete, tangible results? Particularly ones which were
scaleable?
John Hibbs
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Students will quit submitting the works found on the Web when the
chances are very good they will be easily caught. That's pretty easy
given Google and other search engines into which a few suspicious
words will generate the original source of the material.
In the meantime, students who search
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