Re: [DDN] Hurrah to the three people volunteering to moderate
Jayne, you've reminded me that we probably don't need to rely on a single moderator. In the past when I've guest moderated there would be times when both Andy and I would have authorization and that just meant double the chance that a post would be approved quickly. And if we spread moderators evenly around our global membership we can always have posts approved in real time. What say DDN? Cheers, Charlie Meisch Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:49:10 +0100 From: j...@coyotecommunications.com To: digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net Subject: [DDN] Hurrah to the three people volunteering to moderate Fouad Bajwa, Andy Swarbrik and Molly Uzoh are all volunteering to moderate the DDN. Nothing says yes, I want this group to continue like people willing to step up to the plate and take on responsibilities to make it happen. Not sure who makes the decision, but I just wanted to say -- hurrah. I'd like to suggest no switching of the DDN platform for now, that we focus just on getting this group regularly moderated and, if that works out for a while, *then* a discussion happen about possibly moving the platform. Is there a full written description of the role of the DDN moderator, so that these three, and any others, could know exactly what it is they are volunteering to do? I would be happy to share some sample descriptions if that would help. -- Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Bonn, Germany http://www.coyotecommunications.com www.ivisit.com id: jcravens.4947 ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _ Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_howitworks_012009 ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] 2009 Inaugural Coverage on PBS to be Described and Captioned Live
January 16, 2009 Press Contact: Mary Watkins 617 300-3700 mary_watk...@wgbh.org Media Access Group at WGBH To Provide Closed Captioning And Live Description for PBS's Inaugural Coverage Described version of coverage will also stream live on the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) web site, http://www.inaugural.senate.gov/ Boston, MA - The Media Access Group at WGBH, a non-profit service of the WGBH Educational Foundation in Boston, Massachusetts, will provide both closed captioning and live description of Barack Obama's presidential inauguration for the PBS presentation of Inauguration 2009, a NewsHour special hosted by Jim Lehrer. The PBS coverage of the inauguration airs live on Tuesday, January 20 from 11AM to 1:30PM EST. While live captioning is an established feature of many television broadcasts, live description, the creation at time of air of a narration track imparting information about visual elements that people who are blind or visually impaired would miss, is a rare service. Dunkin' Donuts is generously sponsoring the description service for this broadcast. In 1993, PBS's coverage of the Clinton inauguration was the first live television program that was made fully accessible to the nation's 36 million deaf, hard-of-hearing, blind and visually impaired viewers. While details from the inaugural planning committee are still forthcoming, PBS plans to include coverage of Barack Obama's arrival at the White House, excerpts of the church service and Barack Obama's speech to the nation from the Capitol steps. Hosted by Jim Lehrer of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, the PBS presentation will feature political analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks, as well as a panel to provide historical context: * Ellen Fitzpatrick, presidential historian and professor at the University of New Hampshire * Peniel Joseph, professor of history and African-American studies at Brandeis University * Richard Brookhiser, senior editor at National Review and author of a series of biographies of America's founders, including Alexander Hamilton and George Washington WGBH is proud to take part in making this historic event fully accessible to all PBS viewers once again, says Media Access Group director Larry Goldberg. And we're extremely grateful to PBS, the team at MacNeil/Lehrer Productions and to corporate sponsor of the live description Dunkin' Donuts for the opportunity to bring not only the audio of the inaugural coverage to deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans, but also the visual highlights of the occasion to those who are blind or visually impaired. Dunkin' Donuts, for many years a corporate caption sponsor of local news broadcasts in the Boston area, is sponsoring description for the first time. Shannon Maxwell, field marketing manager for Dunkin' Donuts says, Dunkin' Donuts individual franchise owners are proud to play a part of making this major event accessible to blind and visually impaired audiences. We are thrilled that our contribution will make the images of the day come alive via description. Closed captions display spoken dialogue as text on the television screen. The live captions will be typed by specially trained stenocaptioners - working from WGBH's Boston-based headquarters - and broadcast simultaneously with the live program. The descriptive narration - provided by an expert team of describers - will be audible during pauses in program dialogue and will identify speakers, describe settings and convey other visual information about the event. Captions can be accessed on televisions equipped with built-in decoders (most televisions are equipped), while viewers can hear descriptions by switching to the Second Audio Program (SAP) channel on their stereo TVs. The described coverage will also be streamed live on the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) web site at http://www.inaugural.senate.gov/ The Media Access Group at WGBH incorporates The Caption Center, the world's first captioning agency, founded in 1972; Descriptive Video Service® (DVS®), which has made television, film and video more accessible to blind and visually impaired audiences since 1990; and the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM), a research and development entity that builds on the success of WGBH's access service departments to make existing and emerging technologies more accessible to these under-served audiences. Members of the Media Access Group's collective staff represent the leading resources and experts in their fields. ### ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] why not googlegroups - Re: The future of DDN
Steven, You are right about only taking across 25% as a guesstimate. Also it can split the group as one tries to leave the old group running and then it somehow has its own momentum (with perhaps the remaining 75%). Also anyone taking on board social networking would do well to understand the whys and wherefores of that process. As someone who is a user on many if not almost all major social sites I would not wish to impose that on this group, even though it has great possibilities. I see one role of DDN as a gateway for people to come on board to the 21st Internet age. That means de facto it must be at least inclusive - and inclusiveness is is the definition of email-drive group discussion. As such it supports people on poor internet connections also it is extremely well understood by all reveling its ubiquitessness. Social sites on the other hand add functionality that can at least confuse novices and so their strength may also be their weakness. Another weakness of many existing social sites they tend to focus on an all-inclusive all-powerful all-embracing solutions. Ning is quite good in this way of enabling groups to run with cut down facilities, unfortunately I am yet to be convinced about Ning's email support since like most social sites what they really want is people logged onto their servers. (By constrast Grouply is one service that allows a total email service for those who wish it.) My recommended way forward towards social networking is for people to be able to add in bits as they gain confidence. Especially focussing on inclusive technologies. Foremost I would argue twitter (and its like) is a great social device for DDN enthusiasts. It has a simple interface, is very socially inclusive (including support for even those who do not have direct access to the web!!) That's one way forward. Andy On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Steven Clift s...@publicus.net wrote: Anyone know how big the current membership is and whether the current system can export out member directory data? No matter where it moves to (if it needs to), asking people to move will only bring over 25 percent of the folks. Whether it is GroupServer installed at http://groups.dowire.org or Yahoo or Google Groups, the key is ensure that participants may post via e-mail - both new topics and replies. Anything short of that might as well be launched as a new competitive thing for our attention on Ning or some other social networking platform. Cheers, Steven Clift ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- Andy http://www.tickertxt.org/ ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] FW: Digital Inclusion Grants Available from the City of Seattle
-original message- From: Delia Burke delia.bu...@seattle.gov Date: Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 6:16 PM Subject: [NonProfitNetworking] Digital Inclusion Grants Available To: nonprofitnetwork...@yahoogroups.com Digital Inclusion Grants Available Deadline: March 9th The City of Seattle is offering grants to Seattle organizations to support the growth of a technology-healthy community through the Bill Wright Technology Matching Fund. Grants up to $20,000 are available from a total fund of $250,000. The fund supports projects that reach technology underserved communities to address one or more of the following goals 1) to increase technology literacy and access; 2) to provide residents with access to computers, the Internet and other information technology; and 3) to increase residents' use of technology for community problem solving, civic engagement and community building. For more information and to view the application and guidelines, visit www.seattle.gov/tech Questions? Attend a Grant Information Session. Program staff will be there to answer any questions. Learn more about the application process and grant requirements, how projects get funded and the experiences of successful applicants. Sessions will be held: Wednesday, Feb 4th Jefferson Community Center 3801 Beacon Ave. S98108 10:00am - 12:00pm Saturday, Feb 7th Miller Community Center 330 19th Ave. E 98112 10:00am - 12:00pm. For more information on the Bill Wright Technology Matching Fund, visit www.seattle/gov/tech or contact Delia Burke at 206-233-2751 or delia.bu...@seattle.gov. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] The future of CTCnet
Dear DDN Colleagues: I'd like to call your attention to a conversation taking place about the future of CTCnet (Community Technology Center Network): http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55635782836 It occurred to me that this would be of vital interest to many of you. Best regards from Deborah Deborah Elizabeth Finn Cyber-Yenta Boston, Massachusetts, USA deborah_elizabeth_f...@post.harvard.edu www.cyber-yenta.org Skype: Deborah909 Twitter: Deborah909 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah909 Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. - Martin Luther King jr. (1929 - 1968) ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Corrected Links: eLearning Africa 2009 (Senegal): Reduced Fees Now Available!
Dear Friends, My apologies for the double posting, but I realized (only after sending this the first time, of course :)) that the links were not working properly. So below they have been corrected! Thanks, Janet eLearning Africa 2009 4th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training When: May 27-29, 2009 Where: Le Méridien Président, Dakar, Senegal Organisers: ICWE GmbH, www.icwe.net Hoffmann Reif, www.hoffmann-reif.com Contact: Katharina Goetze, i...@elearning-africa.com, Tel: +49 (0)30 31018180, www.elearning-africa.com Short Description: eLearning Africa is a conference organised by ICWE GmbH and Hoffmann Reif that focuses on information and communication technologies (ICTs) for development, education and training in Africa. Serving as a pan-African platform, eLearning Africa links a network of decision makers from governments and administrations with universities, schools, governmental and private training providers, industry, and important partners in development cooperation. Conference languages are English and French. Each year, a different African country serves as the venue. The event will be accompanied by an exhibition. www.elearning-africa.com Furthermore we would be happy if you could also forward the information about the special association rate for eLearning Africa 2009 to other orgs. Please contact me to obtain your own association code: Anja Megel-Rouloff, anja.megel-roul...@icwe.net. The special association rate for eLearning Africa 2009 is 220 Euro instead of the regular 270 Euro for African nationals living in Africa. The special rate for Non-African participants is 500 Euro instead of the regular 590 Euro. Please see event announcement for eLearning Africa below. In case you need it, please find a logo for eLearning Africa 2009 here: http://elearning-africa.com/press_logos.php To take advantage of the reduced fee simply go to http://elearning-africa.com/part_fee.php and fill in the online registration form. You are requested to enter the code you receive from me here, as well as the reduced rate of 220 Euro (or 500 Euro). The conference secretariat will confirm your registration by sending the reduced invoice as well as further information. Anja Megel-Rouloff ICWE GmbH Leibnizstrasse 32 10625 Berlin, Germany Tel.: +49-30-310 18 18-0 Fax: +49-30-3249833 anja.megel-roul...@icwe.net www.icwe.net ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] New issues brief: Job-Seeking in Public Libraries + Role of Libraries as Community Technology Hubs
Fyi-excellent new brief on role of libraries in closing digital divide. New issues brief on job-seeking in public libraries http://link.ixs1.net/s/lt?id=98699513si=b137766062pc=92012ei=k310870 The ALA Office for Research and Statistics is drawing attention to the increasingly important role public libraries are playing in supporting job seekers. Job-seeking in U.S. Public Libraries (PDF file http://link.ixs1.net/s/lt?id=j8699514si=b137766062pc=j2013ei=k310870 ) discusses the range of library resources available and the challenges libraries face in maintaining these services. Nine states report increased use of library computers for job-seeking and e-government services, while nearly 73% of libraries are their communities' only source of free computer and internet access Source: American Libraries Direct, 2/4/09 Full Issue Brief: http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/ors/plftas/IssuesBrief-Jobs.pdf ALA Press Release: http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/february20 09/orsissuesbrief.cfm Mary Ann Mary Ann Van Cura Library Development Continuing Education Coordinator State Library Services 1500 Highway 36 West Roseville, MN 55113 651-582-8632 voice 651-582-8752 fax maryann.vanc...@state.mn.us education.state.mn.us/MDE/Learning_Support/Library_Services/index.html ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] CPU's and Monitors for Donation - Non-Profits/CTC's in the U.S.
Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF) has partnered with a large agency in the U.S. to donate fully functional computers to other non-profit organizations and community technology centers working in the U.S. Quantities vary by city. There are donations available in the following cities/states: * Culver City, CA * Austin, TX * Mountlake Terrace, WA * Atlanta, GA * San Antonio, TX * Rancho Cucamonga, CA * Gardena, CA * Lees Summit, MO * Columbus, OH * Niles, OH * Raleigh, NC * Wilmington, NC * Erie, PA * Evansville, IN * Albuquerque, NM * Grand Rapids, MI * Hamden, CT * Montgomery, AL * Lanham, MD * Brookfield, WI * Albany, NY * Ames, IA * Fairfax, VA * Charlotte, NC * Warwick, RI * Burlington, MA Please send me an email, as soon as possible, if you are interested in any of these computer donations and I will be happy to provide additional details and collection steps. Sincerely, Njideka Harry http://www.youthfortechnology.org _ It’s the same Hotmail®. If by “same” you mean up to 70% faster. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_AE_Same_022009 ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Digital Divide Bridging as Economic Stimulus
Steve Clift writes: I thought I'd try to stir up some thinking related to the pending economic stimulus package by proposing 30,000 digital Community Infrastructure Builders: http://citizensbriefingbook.change.gov/ideas/viewIdea.apexp?id=08780 004pDg Cheers, Steven Clift Steve, How about having the 30,000 Community Infrastructure Builders work with 2000 Community Connector Town Halls (or intelligent and early warning system Building Blocks in each in an area of about 150,000, or about 4 1/2 per Congressional District which average 675,000) hosted at a familiar local community center, hospital, college or other place persons go to all 4 seasons of the year? One of the tasks for Community Infrastructure Builders would be to help translate the Stimulus Infrastructure spending and tax cut proposals, the TARP housing security/local credit/foreclosure prevention and Health/Safety Homeland Security investments -- which Obama and Congress have said will be posted Online nationally for a week before Congress votes -- and in scenarios of potential local impacts on Lives of families and communities, as backdrop for local vision/trade-off/cooperation/monitoring discussions across so many kinds of financial and people mobilization activities. Then, the Builders can help host, develop digital presentation materials for, and expand community participation in citizen-business-education-health-public official Transparent Town Halls (e.g. America Speaks and InternetForAll-like models), which would have responsibility to use keypad polling for Digital Quality of Life Report to the President (and American People) which could become a Weekly Online Report (or Health/Safety/Opportunity/Resourcefulness Quality of Life indicators, or so-called Community Life SCAN). Such a Weekly (NOT MONTHLY) Online Quality of Life Report could be a helpful press-worthy discussion point, locally, in states and regions and nationally, as a Near Real Time open source health-and-enterprise-sustaining tool, with credibility and basis for action by individuals, families, businesses, institutions and public agencies. See below notes on Digital Illinois as one state model for Obama Innovation, Technology and Transparent Government Reform agenda, showcasing $5 million investment this week in rural healthcare fiber + wireless infrastructure build-out along with urban and rural medical IT consumer health records investments. Stay tuned for postings in February at www.illinoisclicks.org via library resource for regional broadband outreach and infrastructure planning. Look forward to continuation and expansion of DDN discussions, including consumer capacity building (demand side) or infrastructure entrepreneurship building (supply side by business, nonprofit and public enterprises) whatever the online forum! Layton Olson Community Life Initiative Chicago Non-Illinois broadband interested parties, FYI Legislation passed Tuesday on last day of 2006-elected session ___ Community technology and communication colleagues - Illinois to Launch Rural and Urban Broadband State of the Art Health Services With $5Million in State Funding On January 13, the Illinois General Assembly adopted legislation to allocate $5 million in currently unused funds to unlock $21 million in FCC-awarded Illinois Rural HealthNet project funding, plus launch patient electronic medical records programs across Illinois. The legislation, which will be effective immediately upon completion of enactment, is an important step toward making Illinois a Digital Age and Digital Government state. Under SB 1132 (Search www.ilga.gov) $2 million is allocated to Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for IRHN, led by Northern Illinois University, to trigger the December 2007 FCC award to link rural hospitals and clinic with fiber and wireless infrastructure in a 3 year plan. Www.irhn.org $3 million is provided to Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services for model Medical IT projects in 15 DHFS urban and rural regions across the state. These world-class investments were supported by a cross-section of community, business, health and public sector leaders in General Assembly, in administrative agencies and among supply and demand side parties in Illinois Broadband Deployment Council. They reinforce another $4 million in DCEO RFP for high speed Internet extension in rural and urban areas for economic development, education, public services and health needs. This project is designed to begin mid-2009, and parallels City of Chicago Digital Excellence investments in 3 year projects in Pilsen, North Lawndale and Auburn Gresham/Englewood begun in 2009. The $5 million health communication infrastructure investment was the top priority arising from the July 2008 Digital Government hearing of Illinois House Computer Technology
[DDN] Senegal
Do any of you do work in Senegal? We are in the early stages of planning a DD project there. We want to have public access, a computer lending library, computer fundamentals training and entreprenuerial assistance. There is a microloan program in place foe entrepreneurs. I want to find a partner already working there for guidance. Karen. --Original Message-- From: Phil Shapiro Sender: digitaldivide-boun...@digitaldivide.net To: digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net ReplyTo: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: [DDN] Number Squares logic puzzles now playable in a web browser Sent: Feb 17, 2009 8:58 AM hi digital divide network community, for those of you who like fun logic puzzles, some commercial apple II educational software i designed in 1989 can now be played online in your web browser. i've even played these on my ubuntu linux computer after i installed java onto that computer. i designed these puzzles for 3rd and 4th graders, but i've seen children as young as three years old enjoy them. some older students enjoy them, too. when this software was evaluated by teachers in the iowa city community school district, the evaluators rated this software 5 out of 5. these puzzles are mostly self explanatory, but you might benefit from watching this quicktime screencast i created. http://tinyurl.com/dc25cx thanks for passing along word about these puzzles to youth or adults you know who would enjoy playing them. Number Squares logic puzzles on the web (runs on any web browser that has Java installed) http://virtualapple.org/2listN.html (click on the words Number Squares at the bottom of this web site) phil yes, it's quite something seeing one's creative work from 20 years ago come alive again in a web browser. it's like revisiting a favorite friend that you haven't seen in many years. -- Phil Shapiro pshap...@his.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html http://philsrssfeed.blogspot.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html Wisdom starts with wonder. - Socrates The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Abraham Lincoln (1862) ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on the MTS High Speed Mobility Network ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Senegal
Try posting your request to the Aid Workers Network http://www.aidworkers.net ka...@cathedral.mb.ca wrote: Do any of you do work in Senegal? We are in the early stages of planning a DD project there. We want to have public access, a computer lending library, computer fundamentals training and entreprenuerial assistance. There is a microloan program in place foe entrepreneurs. I want to find a partner already working there for guidance. Karen. --Original Message-- From: Phil Shapiro Sender: digitaldivide-boun...@digitaldivide.net To: digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net ReplyTo: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: [DDN] Number Squares logic puzzles now playable in a web browser Sent: Feb 17, 2009 8:58 AM hi digital divide network community, for those of you who like fun logic puzzles, some commercial apple II educational software i designed in 1989 can now be played online in your web browser. i've even played these on my ubuntu linux computer after i installed java onto that computer. i designed these puzzles for 3rd and 4th graders, but i've seen children as young as three years old enjoy them. some older students enjoy them, too. when this software was evaluated by teachers in the iowa city community school district, the evaluators rated this software 5 out of 5. these puzzles are mostly self explanatory, but you might benefit from watching this quicktime screencast i created. http://tinyurl.com/dc25cx thanks for passing along word about these puzzles to youth or adults you know who would enjoy playing them. Number Squares logic puzzles on the web (runs on any web browser that has Java installed) http://virtualapple.org/2listN.html (click on the words Number Squares at the bottom of this web site) phil yes, it's quite something seeing one's creative work from 20 years ago come alive again in a web browser. it's like revisiting a favorite friend that you haven't seen in many years. -- - Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Bonn, Germany http://www.coyotecommunications.com www.ivisit.com id: jcravens.4947 ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Online Charitable Giving Study
Hello everyone! As part of my Master's thesis at USC Annenberg School for Communication, I am conducting a study on the way a nonprofit organization's website design influences donor behavior. If you have made an online donation to any kind of nonprofit in the past, then please share your experience by participating to this short survey: http://usc.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_3CR4Qf8cZTzUhXSSVID=Prod All responses are anonymous, and the survey's closing date is March 3, 2009. I'd be happy to send a summary of the study's results to those who request it. Many thanks!! Diane Faure Candidate- Master's of Communication Management USC Annenberg School for Communication dfa...@usc.edu ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Senegal
Hello Karen, iEARN has a good program in Senegal, involving primary and secondary schools in Dakar and beyond. iEARN held its annual international conference there in 2005. They do workshops on how to integrate ICTs in education. They also are coordinating a student exchange program that sends high school students to the US for a year and all of these students are actively engaged online in collaborative project work. Feel free to contact our Co-Coordinators: Salimata Sene - sallse...@yahoo.fr Aminata Kole - kolef...@hotmail.com Let me know if you need any help. Regards, Ed Gragert iEARN-USA On Feb 25, 2009, at 3:49 PM, ka...@cathedral.mb.ca wrote: Do any of you do work in Senegal? We are in the early stages of planning a DD project there. We want to have public access, a computer lending library, computer fundamentals training and entreprenuerial assistance. There is a microloan program in place foe entrepreneurs. I want to find a partner already working there for guidance. Karen. --Original Message-- From: Phil Shapiro Sender: digitaldivide-boun...@digitaldivide.net To: digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net ReplyTo: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: [DDN] Number Squares logic puzzles now playable in a web browser Sent: Feb 17, 2009 8:58 AM hi digital divide network community, for those of you who like fun logic puzzles, some commercial apple II educational software i designed in 1989 can now be played online in your web browser. i've even played these on my ubuntu linux computer after i installed java onto that computer. i designed these puzzles for 3rd and 4th graders, but i've seen children as young as three years old enjoy them. some older students enjoy them, too. when this software was evaluated by teachers in the iowa city community school district, the evaluators rated this software 5 out of 5. these puzzles are mostly self explanatory, but you might benefit from watching this quicktime screencast i created. http://tinyurl.com/dc25cx thanks for passing along word about these puzzles to youth or adults you know who would enjoy playing them. Number Squares logic puzzles on the web (runs on any web browser that has Java installed) http://virtualapple.org/2listN.html (click on the words Number Squares at the bottom of this web site) phil yes, it's quite something seeing one's creative work from 20 years ago come alive again in a web browser. it's like revisiting a favorite friend that you haven't seen in many years. -- Phil Shapiro pshap...@his.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html http://philsrssfeed.blogspot.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html Wisdom starts with wonder. - Socrates The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Abraham Lincoln (1862) ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on the MTS High Speed Mobility Network ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. Ed Gragert - Join us in Morocco in July 2009 http://www.iearn2009.ma/ iEARN--Celebrating 20 years of connecting youth making a difference ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
