Dear David, In Kenya, which I believe is the case in many African countries, there is little access to good reading material let alone the Internet. However, many facilities, for example, government have access to a computer. In my view, it is better to have an outdated copy of wikipedia than have nothing at all. I am interested in having a static copy of wikipedia (a plus if there can be a way of updating it). I am involved in running an elearning project that seeks to upgrade the skills of 21,000 nurses throughout Kenya. One of the hurdles we have faced is access to reference material. Wikipedia would be an excellent resource to deploy.
Rehards Martin Kinyua Assistant Project Manger - AMREF E-Learning [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: David P. Dillard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 10:48 PM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Cc: Senthil Kumaran; Shaddy Subject: Re: [DDN] Jimmy Wales announces Wikipedia/$100 laptop alliance, Wikiversity, Wikiwyg The problem with having copies on a computer hard drive of the Wikipedia or any other electronic book is that this is then a static copy of that tool. The whole idea of the Wikipedia and of a Wiki in general is that anyone in the audience of that Wiki can modify, rewrite or improve the content already there. There may be hundreds of changes to the Wikipedia daily. A static copy of this tool rather than accessing the Wikipedia on the web would become an outdated copy in very short order, unless a mechanism is going to exist to connect to the Wikipedia website to have the content revised online. Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Net-Gold <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold> <http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html> General Internet & Print Resources <http://library.temple.edu/articles/subject_guides/general.jsp> <http://www.learningis4everyone.org/> <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html> Digital Divide Network <http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/jwne> Educator-Gold <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Educator-Gold/> On Sun, 6 Aug 2006, Andy Carvin wrote: > Well, that's the long-term plan of Wikipedia.... > > ac > > Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: > > Why should we not have a free copy of Wikipedia in all low-cost > > computers meant for individuals, schools and other public access centres > > in the rural areas of developing countries? > > > > Arun > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Carvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 7:31 PM > > Subject: [DDN] Jimmy Wales announces Wikipedia/$100 laptop alliance, > > Wikiversity, Wikiwyg > > > > > >> > >> Today at the second annual Wikimania conference, Wikipedia founder > >> Jimmy Wales announced that MIT's $100 laptops will all include a copy > >> of Wikipedia. He also announced the launch of Wikiversity, an online > >> community for generating learning materials, and Wikiwyg, a > >> easy-to-use interface for editing Wikipedia, developed in conjunction > >> with SocialText. > >> > >> More here: > >> > >> http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/08/jimmy_wales_announce.html > >> > >> -- > >> ------------------------------ > >> Andy Carvin > >> acarvin (at) edc . org > >> andycarvin (at) yahoo . com > >> > >> http://www.andycarvin.com > >> http://www.digitaldivide.net > >> http://www.pbs.org/learningnow _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
