Re: [GKD] Literate Societies and the Internet

2002-08-17 Thread tom abeles
Interesting post. But the question is not one of a literate society, but a post literate society where the North is rapidly moving. In this respect there may be a coming together of North and South as the networks develop and communication transcends text. The attempt to try to maintain a "litera

Re: [GKD] Literate Societies and the Internet

2002-08-17 Thread Olu Ekundayo
What Cornelio says goes to the core of the argument for a different way to look at assumptions about the participation of large protions of the planet in the internet. Ideas from those parts cannot appropriately enrich collective human experience when they cannot express themselves in their own wa

Re: [GKD] Literate Societies and the Internet

2002-08-17 Thread David J.A. Sawe
Greetings, First let me confess that I really appreciate reading our colleague Cornelio's various postings on our list, as they're both enlightening and smooth for quick reading/understanding. I'd like to thank him for them and send my encouragements to "keep it up". You may be interested to not

[GKD] Literate Societies and the Internet

2002-08-14 Thread Cornelio Hopmann
Dear all, Just as I had a recent presentation on the topic in El Salvador (for directors of primary and secondary schools, I'll forward the ppt in Spanish to whomever likes a copy), I would like to describe another pitfall or mistake committed many, many times by people from the north. They stil