[DDN] Blogs Moving into Academia
BLOGS MOVING INTO ACADEMIA On a number of campuses in the United Kingdom, blogs have begun to migrate from the technology fringes to the mainstream of educational tools. At the University of Warwick, more than 2,500 students and staff have signed up for the university's blog service, making it one of the largest academic blogging operations. John Dale, head of IT services at Warwick, said, We believe that blogging may open new opportunities for students and staff. Robert O'Toole, a Ph.D. student at Warwick, said his blog has allowed him to speak to academic communities across the U.K. and [to gain] knowledge from strangers. Blog[ging] has allowed me to write in a single place almost daily and develop things in fairly cohesive fashion. Esther Maccallum-Stewart, a history researcher at Sussex University, uses a blog in her research and her teaching. She said her blog has become an invaluable part of her work and argued that academic institutions need to avoid becoming too insular, constructing their own language and cliques which do nothing to promote the getting of knowledge. On the other hand, David Supple, Web strategy manager at Birmingham University, cautions universities not to rush into new technologies. He advises considering how best to implement tools such as blogs without creating legal and reputational issues for the institution. BBC, 23 January 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/4194669.stm Bonnie Bracey bbracey @ aol com ___ 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.
RE: [DDN] narrated flash web tour of various DDN members' pro bono work
i'll be focusing on the pro bono work people are involved with -- whether it be web design, teaching, computer refurbishing, video production, or anything of that sort. Those of you who are engaged in pro bono activities to support initiatives to help bridge the digital divide are VOLUNTEERS, and there is a community that is set up specifically for such volunteers: the UNITeSCommunity, an interactive online discussion group, part of the United Nations Information Technology Service (www.unites.org) and the UN Volunteers programme (www.unvolunteers.org) This group has an international focus, and most of the members are volunteers are working onsite in developing countries. However, volunteers working to help bridge the digital divide in any country is welcomed to join: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitescommunity/ We have very few women on the group -- would really like to see more women volunteers engaged in ICT4D on the list, as well as those who are engaged in activities to encourage more women to learn about and use ICTs. But, ofcourse, anyone engaged in ICT4D as a volunteer is welcomed to join. Hope to see you there. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jayne Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Online Volunteering Specialist United Nations Volunteers www.unvolunteers.org Bonn, Germany Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org UNITeS: www.unites.org Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ 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.
RE: [DDN] ICT for Development research from Berkeley
The problem can be shortly stated. There is plenty of literature on the economical aspects of Digital Divide, covering both international and domestic aspects, with a very large documentation of statistics, measurements, recommendations and case studies. What I'm looking for is something about the impact of ICT on local, especially rural, cultures. How a calm day by day life in rural area can interact with the speed of communcation through the ICT? I think this is one of the main issues people (not only from the developed world) involved in on the ground projects have to deal with. Yes, the question comes form my, and others, personal experience, therefore it's very limited to a single place, but any policy, and any projects, ends to people, i.e. local people who most likely have never seen a computer before. The main point is people, not technology. So usual practical questions arise: - how can we use the pc in the day by day life? - ok, the culture is important for the future but what can we do now to get some money, a job, now - such a speed on communication is not our first priority, the usual channels are quite enough, why should we spend so much in order to be connected with the entire world? - ok, I want to learn something about computers but just to have some more chances to find a job - how the computer knowledge can help the local economy to grow? - what do you mean with a better level of life, how could I use a computer for something I don't know yet? - etc. To trivial? Maybe, for us chatting here! But surely not for my parents too (Italy, even if deep south). Waiting for the next project somewhere, I'd like to know some more from somebody else about ICT and people running at a different speed. I strongly believe in the (final) people directly involved, each of them is different so that different issues would arise, but trying to capture the basic local attitude is the first priority for any on the ground project. Thanks Raffaele Moles -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Hibbs Sent: Mon 24 Jan 2005 10:19 PM To: The Digital Divide Network discussiongroup Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [DDN] ICT for Development research from Berkeley 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 Divide related topics. I have spent one year (Oct 2003-Oct 2004) in Sri Lanka, as volunteer coordinator in the startup of an IT Training Center (ITTC). The ITTC is managed by a local ngo and we started it from scratch, involving more than 500 students. We built the ITTC starting with 8 desktops and after seven months we had 50 laptops (Pentium 1), a Local Area Network (LAN) with one server (Pentium 2), an Internet connection shared on the LAN, a Database and an internal web site with administration, teaching and learning tools (such as online resources, online tests, etc.). One of the main goals was the training of local people as future teachers, also able to run the school after the volunteers. I was the only foreigner until May and after new volunteers came from Japan, in May 2005, and from Spain, in August 2005, and again from Japain in Oct 2005. So far, the ITTC has had a very strong impact on the local community, allowing many students (almost none of them had touched a computer before) to have both basic literacy and a deeper touch in IT. Of course we also had to face some questions on the relationships with local attitude, surely not so frenetic as in western countries (or developed world); the real impact was on people, not about physical resources availability. To be short, the question is how to deal with fast technology and slow attitude. If you are interested in such a topic I will try to send you more details about whatever you'll ask. Thanks Raffaele Moles ___ 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.
[DDN] Virtual Libraries and Print Libraries and Access and Learning Styles
This post highlights an article about the relationship of virtual libraries to user needs in contrast with print resources and collections and this article is juxtaposed with content sources regarding the diminuation and elimination of libraries and library services. From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue Jan 25, 2005 2:38 am Subject: BOOKS: ISSUES : EDUCATION: READING: RESOURCES : ARTICLE: Touched by the Turn of a Page; Virtual Libraries Are Cool, But Where's the Soul, the Serendipity? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/4115 In contrast to the funding for public physical libraries in Philadelphia we have two contrasting posts about electronic access to the internet and to electronic archives in recent Net-Gold posts from Terri Willingham and from Jill E. Vaile. The ability to find funding for free city wide access to broadband internet for the entire city of Philadelphia highlighted in Terri Willingham's post is interesting in contrast to the cut in funding in the public library system that leaves some public branch libraries without the services of a librarian as noted in the post about Where's the Soul, the Serendipity?. From: uuterri [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon Jan 24, 2005 3:49 pm Subject: Internet use: Full Speed Ahead for Philly's Wi-Fi Plan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/4104 From: Jill E. Vaile [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue Jan 25, 2005 12:37 am Subject: National Archives http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/4112 This article about the internet as a research tool cited in the most recent issue of LLRX is also pertinent in this contrast of the print collection with the online tool in terms of the growing wealth of learning and research resources on the internet. This article was written by Marcus P. Zillman. From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:10 pm Subject: INTERNET: RESOURCES : RESEARCH: TECHNIQUES : ARTICLE: Deep Web Research 2005 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/4105 But on the other hand, the lack of guidance in the use of online tools and their availability without without consultation and training can lead to even a problem as basic as this in terms of resource evaluation. From: George Lessard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue Jan 25, 2005 12:16 am Subject: Savvy searchers fail to spot ads http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/4113 But at the same time, the tremendous and growing wealth of resources online free through the internet is undeniable as highlighted in just one field, the field of economics, by this post. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:31 am Subject: ECONOMICS: ONLINE BOOKS: Ludwig von Mises Institute Austrian Economics http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/4090 Nevertheless, the decline in some quarters of the availability of public libraries or public library services or public librarians becomes more of a problem when viewed in terms of the digital divide and the many in low income neighborhoods who lack access to computers and the guidance in the use of intellectual resources in a close at hand public institution like the local library due to service, staffing or branch cuts. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:18 pm Subject: Are L.A's Children Ready For School? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/4065 The importance of having a variety of ways of learning in both online and physical hands on settings is highlighted by research on brain based learning and the application of brain based learning to information literacy. EDUCATION: LEARNING STRATEGIES METHODS AND TECHNIQUES: How to Search the Literature Tools and the Internet for Brain Based Learning http://snipurl.com/c9xx From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun Jan 23, 2005 7:10 pm Subject: INFORMATION LITERACY : EDUCATION: LEARNING STYLES : EDUCATION: LEARNING STRATEGIES METHODS AND TECHNIQUES: Information Literacy and Brain Based Learning http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/4075 The role of print libraries, given a wide variety of learning styles coupled with the fact that many lack access to electronic learning resources and in particular to the internet in their homes underscores the need for public access to print library collections and the need to prevent and correct the budget cutting that takes away access to public library staff, services and facilities. Indeed the public library is the only place for many to have access to electronic resources. To learn a tremendous amount more about the digital divide one source that is excellent among many other quality resoruces about this vital issue is the Digital Divide Network. Digital Divide Network http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/ Featured Communities Access Community Technology Content Cool Tools Disaster Relief and Emergency Preparedness E-Government for All Economic Development Literacy Learning The DIGITALDIVIDE List
[DDN] Free Online Computer Training - feedback please
The following item was posted on the Washington DC Mayor's Office Funding Alert http://opgd.dc.gov/opgd/lib/opgd/services/grant/funding_alerts/currentne wsletter.pdf Has anyone on the list ever used the resources described here? If so, can you tell me your experiences? Thanks ~ siobhan GCF Global Learning offers online computer classes and tutorials in English and Spanish, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on their new and improved Web site. It provides material on Computer Basics, Email Basics, Internet Basics, Microsoft Office, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, OpenOffice.org Writer and much more. New features include: free tutorials to learn at your own pace; tutorial search tool to find the material you want to learn; free online classes to learn with the help of an online instructor; My GCF -your own personal start-page - to find all class-related material and records; article search tool; Organizational Member Program (OM); and Media Center. For further information, contact Courtney Hodgson, Marketing Specialist for GCF Global Learning, at (919) 281-9195; or go to: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/ Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS Community Outreach Liaison National Network of Libraries of Medicine - MidContinental Region Creighton University Health Sciences Library 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 402-280-4156/800-338-7657 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nnlm.gov/mcr/ (NN/LM MCR Web Site) http://medstat.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/ (Web Log) http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/siobhanchamp-blackwell (Digital Divide Network Profile) ___ 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.
RE: [DDN] RSS: The Next ICT Literacy Challenge?
Thanks for sharing this and there is much I agree with... I've also been thinking about how I was when I was younger and as I was reading about the students who aren't involved - I was thinking about myself at that age and I too was pretty much occupied with my immediate world. I read my daily college paper for news and that was pretty much it. Maybe I was a late bloomer, as were most people I knew, but we didn't really start becoming truly engaged and active until our world had opened up beyond our campus and surrounding community. It wasn't until I started working after college that I started listening to the radio regularly (NPR and Pacifica primarily) and reading news (like the NY Times, Alternet, Wiretap, and international news organizations) via online and the paper. So...it also just may be how things go. If you think back to yourself in high school and college - how engaged were you? Where did you get your information? Would you have sought it out like you do now? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Oliver Moran Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 7:44 PM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: Re: [DDN] RSS: The Next ICT Literacy Challenge? I agree. Although aren't the cable sports and news channels, the touch-down by touch-down mobile updates and knowing where tonights party is just another kind of feed? Just as RSS (and blogs and the internet generally) specialises people's consumption of information, vegging them out á la 'Bowling Alone', then maybe aren't we vegging out on this feed also - the DDN list? What does this mean for the digitally disenfranchised - well isn't it their right to veg out too? Should they not have *their* mind-numbing nonsense? Should *they* be able not participate in the numbing of culture also? Oli - Oliver Moran, Digital Media Centre, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland - Original Message - From: Tom Abeles [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 6:02 PM Subject: Re: [DDN] RSS: The Next ICT Literacy Challenge? This thread puzzles me from a number of perspectives. First, RSS while a powerful aggregating search tool is still mapping brick space into click space, the same as what we are currently doing with e-learning using the standard Learning Management Systems and their variances. It has, as has been carefully and repeatedly noted, the propensity for overwhelming the individual and, as some have mentioned regarding the developing world, chewing up costly bandwidth. What this list, in its pragmatic, tip-of-the-iceberg, manner shows is that self-organizing networks of human biocomputers probably is a more effective learning/sorting and aggregating vehicle. The corporate world, as Knowledge Management clearly shows, has embraced these self-organizing communities and have developed a variety of web deliverable vehicles for enhancing these. Wiki's offer a peek at the possibilities as do blogs. Second there has been a side thread about the indifference of youth to using these knowledge systems and becoming committed to more than vegging out in front of the telly after classes. Let us dismiss the idea that this is the older generation just upset with the profligate ways of today's young folk. Perhaps one needs to look at the gaming community to see that there is life and hope, particularly if one follows the MMRPG world (Massive Multiplayer Role Playing Games) where networks of participants engage each other at levels far expanded from the action on the screen. And one can not overlook the efforts now with the domain of serious games which are a much wider genre than just those used by the military or tech folk to check out systems. What one might just be seeing is a bifurcation impacted by the arrival of the web and big pipes. What this means for the digitally disenfranchised may not imply just wiring the world and putting a computer in the hands of all. That would be falling into the same trap that concerns me (see above). thoughts? tom abeles ___ 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. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.2 - Release Date: 21/01/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.2 - Release Date: 21/01/2005 ___ $0 Web Hosting with up to 120MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. Signup at www.doteasy.com
[DDN] International Children's Digital Library
Now two years old, the International Childrens Digital Library ( www.icdlbooks.org) houses books in 27 languages. Through stories, it introduces kids to their counterparts in other countries and to universal ideas, in the hope of promoting open-mindedness. Children use the library for recreation, but also for homework. Adults use it to teach English as a second language, supplement school libraries, and preview books for purchase. Allison Druin also works with the worlds largest free online library for kids. With more than 500 books, the International Childrens Digital Library has been visited by nearly one million children and adults in more than 200 countries. In addition, Druin serves as a White Houseappointed commissioner with the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, an agency that advises the president and Congress on policy matters relating to libraries and information science. forwarded by Bonnie Bracey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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.
RE: [DDN] Municipal broadband efforts in the US
Jim Baller in Washington DC with the law firm of Baller Herbst keeps an excellent record of municipally-owned systems, regulations and issues about municipal ownership, and is involved in advising many of them. He has an abundance of information on the history from public power to public network operations. For more info see www.baller.com. If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact me directly and I can put you in touch with Jim. Stay tuned, Brenda Brenda J. Trainor Frontier Trail, Inc. Box 935 Monrovia, CA 91017 323.229.2397 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pioneering guidance for communications, technologies, and communities. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Marnie Webb Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 4:58 PM To: 'The Digital Divide Network discussion group' Subject: RE: [DDN] Municipal broadband efforts in the US Is anyone out there tracking the various state-level initiatives to either block or encourage the deployment of broadband networks by local governments? I know there are a handful of actions underway in Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, Massachusetts and Minnesota. Is there anyone monitoring these developments in a central location? [Marnie Webb] There's also an Omidyar Network group that covers this topic: http://www.omidyar.net/group/state-by-state/ One of the threads collects various resources: http://www.omidyar.net/group/state-by-state/news/2/ :mw Marnie Webb CompuMentor, www.compumentor.org TechSoup, www.techsoup.org Extension 337, ext337.blogspot.com ___ 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.
RE: [DDN] Free Online Computer Training - feedback please
List: We use GCF Learn Free quite a bit here and I encourage users to get there own account so they can use it wherever they have access to a computer. The classes cover a range of areas, MS Windows and Office applications, as well as non-computer subjects, like financial literacy/savings and resume writing that many have found helpful. As the material is self-paced, clicking through the pages, it helps for a new user to already have some experience with a computer. New users are more likely to get overwhelmed with the detail of information and need some guidance, as well as get frustrated with the mouse. All in all, it's a very helpful tool. I dont think it replaces having someone in the room to teach, but it helps users who need to refresh their skills and experienced users who can keep themselves going forward on new activities. I understand it was developed by Goodwill Industries of North Carolina. Kevin Cronin Magic Johnson/HP Inventor Center 4800 Broadway Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44127 www.universitysettlement.net 216.641.8948 Each year, 182,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer. If detected early, the five-year survival rate exceeds 95%, yet 13 million U.S. women 40 years of age or older have never had a mammogram. To help fund free mammograms, please click, www.thebreastcancersite.com. Original Message Follows From: Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: DIGITALDIVIDE (Digital Divide) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DDN] Free Online Computer Training - feedback please Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:30:51 -0600 The following item was posted on the Washington DC Mayor's Office Funding Alert http://opgd.dc.gov/opgd/lib/opgd/services/grant/funding_alerts/currentne wsletter.pdf Has anyone on the list ever used the resources described here? If so, can you tell me your experiences? Thanks ~ siobhan GCF Global Learning offers online computer classes and tutorials in English and Spanish, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on their new and improved Web site. It provides material on Computer Basics, Email Basics, Internet Basics, Microsoft Office, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, OpenOffice.org Writer and much more. New features include: free tutorials to learn at your own pace; tutorial search tool to find the material you want to learn; free online classes to learn with the help of an online instructor; My GCF -your own personal start-page - to find all class-related material and records; article search tool; Organizational Member Program (OM); and Media Center. For further information, contact Courtney Hodgson, Marketing Specialist for GCF Global Learning, at (919) 281-9195; or go to: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/ Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS Community Outreach Liaison National Network of Libraries of Medicine - MidContinental Region Creighton University Health Sciences Library 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 402-280-4156/800-338-7657 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nnlm.gov/mcr/ (NN/LM MCR Web Site) http://medstat.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/ (Web Log) http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/siobhanchamp-blackwell (Digital Divide Network Profile) ___ 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.
[DDN] AIDS ORPHANS IN UGANDA CALL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE
Dear Colleagues, Nyaka AIDS Orphans School mission is to provide quality, free education and extracurricular activities, both formal and informal, to children who have been orphaned due to HIV/AIDS as a means to counteract pervasive hunger, poverty, and systemic deprivation. It is the initiative of Jackson Kaguri, a human rights activist, who has the vision that education can bring hope and new alternatives to dispair to AIDS orphans in Uganda. The Nyaka AIDS Orphans School has been nominated for a $100,000 prize. There will be a period of online, public voting on nominated projects between 21-28 January. Please read his email below and consider casting a vote for the Nyaka School. To read more about the Nyaka School: http://www.nyakaschool.org/ With best wishes, Edouard Kabazimya Original Message Subject:can you help post this to other advocates Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:06:23 -0500 From: tjk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Global Giving (http://www.globalgiving.com), an organizations supporting global philanthropy, asked for nominations for social entrepreneurs and Nyaka School and 149 other organizations were nominated for a prize of $100,000 that will be given to 3 organizations. The nomination will go through a process of public online voting begining Jan 21st ending on the Jan 28th, 2005. That is seven days to get in as many votes as we can. For information of voting go to either http://www.globalgiving.com/gpf.html for more details. You may also vote at http://skoll.socialedge.org where you will be asked to register as a member. That is, user name, password, e mail and zipcode. Then you can cast your vote for Nyaka AIDS Orphans School. This is another way for our many supporters to participate in helping Nyaka. Please tell everyone you know to help us and donate few minutes to vote online. Thanks in advance and happy new year. Twesigye Jackson Kaguri __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ 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.
[DDN] Upcoming conference of interest
With all the talk of the citizenship journalism I thought some of you would be interested in the below conference. :: Ellen Lenihan :: Content Producer, Educational Technologies Department Thirteen/WNET New York (PBS) 212.560.2909 phone [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/ CALL FOR PROPOSALS!! The Second Annual New York City Grassroots Media Conference Hosted at the New School University April 9-10, 2005 The New York City Grassroots Media Conference is now accepting workshop proposals for workshops, discussions, panels, multi-media and art that address the focus of this year's event: How can independent media best serve the needs of communities organizing around issues of justice and equality? Last year 1,000 media makers, activists, students, teachers, and youth came together at the first Grassroots Media Conference for a weekend of learning, discussion and networking. This year, from media policy forums and hands on DIY (Do It Yourself) workshops to art installations and a mini-video festival, conference attendees will participate and network with an array of New York's grassroots media and creative resistance resources. We invite you to join us for this important conference. We want a diverse representation of media organizations, media makers, media activists, youth and local community organizations who are interested in utilizing independent and grassroots media as a means for achieving social justice. Workshop, discussion and panel proposals deadline February 18, 2005 Art submissions deadline March 15, 2005. Visit http://www.nycgrassrootsmedia.org for a detailed description of the criteria and guidelines for how to participate in the 2005 Conference. Please contact the organizing collective with any questions and concerns. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call Paper Tiger at 212/420-9045 ___ 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.
