Re: [DDN] Help for community radio stations

[John Hibbs]

At 2:11 PM +0100 2/25/05, A. K. Mahan wrote:
In this convergence, radio promises to take on even greater 
significance and value. For this reason, we believe that radio is 
the one to watch.

Amy Mahan, I love you. I believe you are just exactly on target!
Now.
Perhaps I should be writing off list directly to Amy Mahan in 
Montevideo? Or, most certainly, perhaps I should mention  - 
especially to Amy - that one of the premier gurus in the whole of the 
community radio world, a Dutchman, lives in Montevedio -

Bruce Girard
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.comunica.org/apasionados/
or
Arun Mehta, in New Delhi
http://www.radiophony.com/html_files/arun.html
Also one of the planet's radio gurus
or
George Lessard...in Nunavut
http://media002.tripod.com/
Or perhaps I should just plug for the fact that I am seeking, 
seeking, seeking a small group of people who would like to help in a 
"real world" demonstration of the impact that can be made by 
combining the collaborative power of the Net with the reach of 
ordinary radio -- and not so ordinary radio -- to include podcasting, 
Apple, and some Gee Whiz folks in San Francisco?

Would those interested in helping with such demonstration please 
write to me - on or off this list? Bruce? Amy? Chuah Siew Eng? Geoff? 
Andy? Janet?

John Hibbs
http://www.bfranklin.edu/johnhibbs
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 important use of the telecenter?

At 2:11 PM +0100 2/25/05, A. K. Mahan wrote:
 > Second, while there has been a lot of talk about podcasting, and
 other audio deliveries, and some talk about internet (streaming)
 radio, there hasn't been much talk about reducing the divide by
 combining the power of the Net with the reach of conventional radio.
"The One to Watch: Radio, New ICTs and Interactivity"
This book is available online in English and Spanish at:
http://www.comunica.org/1-2-watch/
The Internet and other new ICTs are changing radio in the developing 
world. But far from making it less relevant, they are opening up 
hitherto unimagined
possibilities:

*Broadcasters who used to have to travel for hours or even days to find a
public library to research a programme, now have instant access to the
Internet;
*National, regional and global radio news agencies are making 
world news and alternative perspectives available to even the most 
remote communities;
*The radio/telecommunications combination is helping to keep communities
together, despite the distances imposed by migration.

The cases presented in this book are among the first examples of the 
convergence of radio and new ICTs for development, and the book 
underscores the significant potential of the combination. In this 
convergence, radio promises to take on even greater significance and 
value. For this reason, we believe that radio is the one to watch.

--
Amy Mahan
Montevideo, Uruguay


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[DDN] "awards and recognitions" community set up

[Phil Shapiro]

hi everyone -

 i've set up a DDN community for awards and recognitions at
http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/awardsandrecognitions

here is the intro text to this community:


Awards and Recognitions

Awards and recogitions often spur people to higher levels of performance.
This community on DDN will share information and ideas about awards and
recognitions. Discussions will address current awards and recognitions
(are they being administered in the right way?) and prospective awards and
recognitions. Naturally, the focus will be awards and recognitions that
relate to the digital divide field -- but discussion of other related
awards and recognitions is fair game, too.

This forum is also the appropriate place for DDN members to share
announcements about awards or recognitions they -- or the organizations
they work for -- have received. Having such information all in one place
will be helpful to our community. Naturally, you'll want to share such
good news on the DDN email list, too.

Discussion of contests of various sorts also fits within the scope of this
community. Contest announcemenst and results can be blogged here.

Phil Shapiro
Volunteer Community Moderator
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http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro



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[DDN] Digital Divide' Narrowing Fast, World Bank Says

[John Hibbs]

At 7:01 PM -0500 2/24/05, Jon maddog Hall wrote:
WHY do they hold these meetings in Geneva?  Why don't they hold them in the
REAL world, sayNigeria or (dare I say it) Appalacia or Indian reservations
in the South West of the United States?  Or maybe inner-city Chicago...the
Digital Divide is not an "African thing".
If the digital divide is so narrow, why don't they hold them 
virtually? Or, if the digital divide is wide, why don't they hold 
them virtually?

For those who don't have connectivity, where the divide is wide, 
conference organizers could send bus tickets to the nearest 
telecenterbut if the divide is narrow, anyone of consequence 
could get to a telecenter on foot..or at worst, on bike.

Like Jim Madddog Hall, this nonsense pisses me off. Plenty of money 
to sit in the front of the airplane and hob-nob in fancy hotels; but 
very little money to provide chalk, water pumps and training to clean 
the chicken coops.

John Hibbs
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Re: [DDN] 'Digital Divide' Narrowing Fast, World Bank Says

[ictlogist]

Andy said:
> WHY do they hold these meetings in Geneva?  Why don't they hold them in the
> REAL world, sayNigeria or (dare I say it) Appalacia or Indian
> reservations
> in the South West of the United States?  Or maybe inner-city Chicago...the
> Digital Divide is not an "African thing".

good point. and this is specially true when talking not _only_ about
infrastructure, but the other two main basis of digital divide bridging:
- training and/or capacitation
- availability of content and services

I guess the report only focuses infrastructure, and then it is not that false
that the World has more cellulars and more computers. 

But who can use them to improve their lives? 
And who has digital content and e-services they can benefit from?

ismael
ictlogy.net

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Re: [DDN] 'Digital Divide' Narrowing Fast, World Bank Says

[Gaston Zongo]

Now that this assertion has caused so much diverse reaction from the digital
divide warriors, I think it is time to go back and to clarify what is the
common understanding of ''Digital Divide''.
Though I have not seen the WB-quoted report, I am inclined to concur with
the report findings as long as the digital divide is understood on the
provision of simple voice communication enabled-facilities. Indeed, it
cannot be denied that the reforms in the telecom sector through
privatization and liberalization of the data and the mobile segments have
resulted in a fast penetration of these tools in Africa and as recent
statistics from ITU highlight. Mainly, thanks to the contribution of the
private sector. OK, from this angle, no doubt that the digital divide is
narrowing, though the speed at which the gap is being closed may be
discussed. In addition, the DD is not an only African issue as proved by the
current controversy of ''municipal wireless broad band facilities'' in the
USA.

Unfortunately (at least on my view), the DD-debate focuses to much on access
to telephone and the Internet (with the over-used words: ''haves and have
nots'').  But , if  the digital divide is understood in the framework of the
possibility of LDCs and their communities to apply the potential of ICT for
development in a holistic approach, then much remains to perform.
An other  positive effect of this report is that it calls for a review of
what the international community is targeting in the fight to bridge the DD.

Gaston Zongo

- Original Message - 
From: "Andy Carvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 8:22 AM
Subject: re: [DDN] 'Digital Divide' Narrowing Fast, World Bank Says


> Does anyone have the URL of this report? I can't find it anywhere on the
> World Bank website. But from reading the article, they seem to equate
> bridging the digital divide with the spread of mobile telephony, which
> strikes me as very misguided. Unless all of those mobiles are offering
> Internet access, then they're not addressing the issue of ubiquitous
> Internet access, not to mention universal literacy and local language
> content needs. Saying that the digital divide is being bridged rapidly
> makes no sense when many countries still have Internet penetration rates
of
> less than one percent. And it does a huge disservice to policymaking and
> public understanding of the issue, because it suggests the job is done,
> let's not worry about it, and takes pressure off all these policymakers
> here in Geneva who are debating how to finance bridging the digital
divide.
> I mean, if I were a policymaker or a donor and the world bank just told be
> the digital divide is becoming a non-issue, do you think I might put my
> resources elsewhere? It's already happened in the US, and the American
> digital divide isn't as severe as the international digital divide, so the
> impact international could be devastating...
>
> ac
>
> -
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> Program Director
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[DDN] LinuxWorld and the Nonprofit World (Redux)

[Deborah Elizabeth Finn]

Dear Colleagues,

I recently posted to my blog - and to a few email distribution lists -
about my experience at LinuxWorld under the subject heading, "Same
planet, different worlds."

Many thanks are due to all the folks from the various lists who
responded with thoughtful and very useful commentary about the
challenge of building bridges between LinuxWorld and the nonprofit
world.  I am posting a selection of their comments to my blog, having
obtained permission from each of the authors quoted.  You can find the
compiliation at:



The compiled quotes are drawn from the following email distribution lists:

Information Systems Forum

Nonprofit Open Source Initiative

Community Informatics

Human Service Information Technology Applications


Additional comments are very welcome!

Best regards from Deborah

Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Cyber-Yenta
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Re: [DDN] The Sun Sets on the Prepcom

[Taran Rampersad]

Andy,

I'm really sorry to read this from you, since it seems you have joined a
growing number of people who have become somewhat despondent when it
comes to the WSIS process and the WSIS politics.

Someone on one of the Civil Society lists told me, in person, that the
WSIS was a string of parties where people are invited, and they continue
creating new parties in the future so that they can attend them. I don't
know that this is true, but it does seem like the WSIS events are more
popular than useful.

Maybe a World Summit is needed to fix WSIS. :-)


Andy Carvin wrote:

>It's 7pm here in Geneva and civil society is wrapping up its final official
>meeting. We've been working on a press release summarizing the delegation's
>thoughts on the Prepcom. There seems to be a general feeling that WSIS
>needs to get back to basics, focusing on what we can do to bridge the
>digital divide and create an information society for all people, no matter
>their situation.
>
>So much of the WSIS process has focused on Internet governance, it's easy
>to forget we're talking about giving people access to tools so they can
>improve their families' lives, their communities. The news about that
>mysterious World Bank report that doesn't seem to exist anywhere isn't
>making it any easier; by dismissing the idea that there's a digital divide
>yet providing scant evidence as to why that's the case just strikes me as
>so counterproductive. I mean, if African villages suddenly have Internet
>access, and rural women in India have achieved universal literacy, and
>people in Tunisia can now say whatever they want using whatever media they
>want, please tell me, so I can go home and be with my wife and cats rather
>than having to sleep in crummy hotels and wear a tie for so many days in a
>row. But the last time I checked, there is a gaping digital divide in this
>world, and no amount of mobile phones is going to make that go away any
>time soon.
>
>As you might be able to tell from my tone, I'm tired and a little cranky,
>but bloggers are usually at their most honest when they've reached this
>state of mind. So be it. Fortunately, as I've been typing this, there has
>been a lot of laughter in the room, clapping, lots of smiles, hugs. Despite
>the fact we sometimes feel like we are so many sisyphuses (sisyphi?) all
>shoving that godforsaken boulder up the hill, I'm astounded by the
>boundless energy and hope within civil society. There is still a hell of a
>lot of work to be done, perhaps even more so because of this zelig-like
>World Bank report, but that's okay. Tomorrow I go to Paris for a weekend of
>museums, cafe creme and the occasional burgundy, then to India; after that,
>somehow we'll get it all done. -ac
>
>-
>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>-
>  
>

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Re: [DDN] ITU plugs telecentre caucus

[John Hibbs]

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 telecenter there was only a single link and that to Andy/DDN


and this text
As part of the civil society delegation to the World Summit on the 
Information Society (WSIS), we have created a working group to 
discuss the role of telecentres, community technology centers, 
telecottages and other public access points to the Internet, in 
achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals. The working group is 
an international community of activists, with English, French and 
Spanish as official working languages for the group. We'll use this 
space, along with our email discussion group, to explore ways of 
working together to share best practices and strategies for 
promoting successful, sustainable telecentres.

I've probably missed something, but how do we push this along? From 
the "40 foot van" thread, there is a ton of knowledge about the 
subject. Surely there is broad agreement that the more we can 
"standardize" a "telecenter"  the more sustainable - and more 
ubiquitous ? - these centers can become.

i.e. Andy - what, exactly, is -- the next step?
Hibbs
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RE: [DDN] 'Digital Divide' Narrowing Fast, World Bank Says

[Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan]

This has been driving me crazy, so i used the "Contact Us" resource on Reuters 
and asked what report the author was referring to in the article. I will let 
you know if i get a response!
Siobhan
 
Siobhan Champ-Blackwell
Community Outreach Liaison
NN/LM-MCR
Creighton University Health Sciences Library
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Omaha, NE 68178
402.280.4156/800.338.7657 option#1,#2, then #1
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Andy Carvin
Sent: Fri 2/25/2005 4:26 AM
To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group
Subject: Re: [DDN] 'Digital Divide' Narrowing Fast, World Bank Says







ac: Amazingly, no one here at the Prepcom seems to be aware of the report.
I mentioned it during the morning civil society plenary, and the reaction
was a lot of very confused, very angry faces. There's a new UNCTAD report
circulating here that says that the digital divide is being bridged
"slowly," which is quite different from the wham-bam, just-add-water
solution that seems to be suggested by the Reuters article.

ac

andy carvin
acarvin at edc -dot- org

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[DDN] DDN DC-area community set up

[Phil Shapiro]

hi DDN community -

inspired by bob babione of st. louis, who recently created a "st.
louis bridging community" on DDN
(http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/stlouisbridging), i've set
 up a DDN community for people in the washington dc-area to share
ideas, work collaboratively, blog and organize gatherings and
events.  the community is at

http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/dc

  if you live, work or study in the washington dc-area and are
registered on the DDN site, thanks for stopping by and entering
a short self-intro on the community's message board. you can
choose your level of involvement, too.  it's fine if you choose
your level of involvement to be less rather than more.

   just by showing up you're doing a lot. you're being counted.
your interests and work count, and we need you to be counted.

 - phil

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[DDN] Interview with Marty Kearns about Network Centric Adcocacy

[Brian Russell]

I did a podcast interview with Marty Kearns of Green Media Toolshed. We
talked about GMT, what Network Centric Advocacy is, why non-profits should
blog, examples of Network Centric Advocacy in action, etc.

Read more about it here http://www.audioactivism.org/?p=107

Download the MP3 here
http://www.audioactivism.org/audio/AA_martyinterview1.mp3

At the same time we were filmed by Voice of America TV for a show about
podcasting.

Cheers!
-Brian R.
audioactivism.org
Podcast feed: www.audioactivism.org/wp-rss2.php

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Re: [DDN] 'Digital Divide' Narrowing Fast, World Bank Says

[Jon maddog Hall]

Don,

[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> In a message dated 2/25/05 4:29:42 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

> Or maybe inner-city Chicago...the
> Digital Divide is not an "African thing".
>  

>Andy:

>Good point.  Perhaps smaller gatherings around the world.  Chicago has 
>meaningful communities from virtually every African country, as well as 
>immigrant 
>groups from Europe, the middle east, the far east, etc.  The headquarters of 
>Rotary International.  Lots of things to recommend taking this idea seriously. 
> 

>Don Samuelson
>Chicago

It was not Andy that the Digital Divide was not and "African Thing" and that
it should be held in inner-city Chicago, it was me in my original rant against
the so-called "report" that the Digital Divide was well underway of being
conquered because more and more people have access to telephones.

As probably all of the people on this list know and most understand, the
Digital Divide is a multi-faceted problem of huge proportions.

My latest laugh came from the article that "The U.N. will not bridge the
Digital Divide".  The reporter was trying to do the right thing in saying that
the problem is too big just for the U.N. to mount large meetings once every
two or three years and try to correct the problem from a central source.  In
particular it is impossible for the U.N. to solve the Digital Divide problem
if a large number of those people go to the meeting with a specific agenda
OTHER than solving the problem of Digital Divide.

I do not want to "pick on" the U.N.  I have a lot of respect for a lot of the
people that work there.  But I went to a "Digital Divide" conference session
that they had at a Linuxworld in New York City and all the invited speakers
could talk about was how to make the laws of Intellectual Property strong enough
so they could feel safe selling their very expensive (by the country's
standards) software and hardware into that country.  Nothing about improving the
country's economic infrastructure so they might be able to AFFORD those
products.

The next year I sort of "grabbed" the conference and had the session talk about
the use of Free and Open Source Software in various projects where the
countries helped themselves.  With a little guidance and a little training these
countries went in and formed their own "self-help" groups, and a "reverse
blight" started to happen.

Some countries need more help and guidance than others, but my feeling is that
if the Digital Divide is going to be solved, it has to be:

o a comprehensive plan that goes beyond hardware and software
- it has to include self-sustaining training
- it has to include local-language documentation
o a plan that allows people to help themselves
- it has to include easy cloning techniques
- it has to instill pride in the local populace
o a plan that allows the more powerful countries to see that they will
  benefit from raising the rest of the world to their level
- we have to help these countries build economy as well as
  simply help them with access to information

I have watched a small contingent of people take a small operating system from
almost zero usage to being a contender against a whole slew of proprietary
products.  It was a ground-roots effort, with support coming more from
owner-participants than from large companies.

Your statement:

> Good point.  Perhaps smaller gatherings around the world.  Chicago has
> meaningful communities from virtually every African country, as well as
> immigrant  groups from Europe, the middle east, the far east, etc.  The
> headquarters of  Rotary International.  Lots of things to recommend taking
> this idea seriously.   

is a step in the right direction.

I had a thought about approaching International Data Group, owners of the
worldwide Linuxworld Conferences and making a "Digital Divide" section of
each event, and I WILL do that.  On the other hand, why limit it to them?
Why not approach Rotary International and other international groups and have
them make the Digital Divide at least visible on their list of things to do?
Make it a part of every one of their meetings.

Why not show these groups that bridging the Digital Divide in their own
areas will help them reach out to more people?

I am not a great believer in large groups doing large things.  They might be
able to give guidance and generate some good ideas. To see what grassroots
efforts can do, however, take a look at www.sourceforge.net, with 97 thousand
projects and over 1,000,000 volunteers.

Perhaps Digital Divide needs what we in Linux call an "Uber Project" on
Sourceforge, with other little projects starting underneath in various areas,
so people can see them and exchange ideas, practical code examples and see
projects that worked.

That way the Cathedral of Digital Divide can benefit from the Bazaar of the
world's thinkers, even if

Re: [DDN] 'Digital Divide' Narrowing Fast, World Bank Says

[Paul Mondesire]

Hello Folks,
 
We may be preaching to the choir but those singing need inspiration as well. ;-)
 
>they seem to equate bridging the digital divide with the spread of mobile 
>telephony, which
strikes me as very misguidedSaying that the digital divide is being bridged 
rapidly makes no sense...because it suggests the job is done, let's not worry 
about it, and takes pressure off all these policymakers here in Geneva who are 
debating how to finance bridging the digital 
divide.
 
This is exactly the point of the article IMO.  Whoever planted the story was 
trying to set the agenda so those working diligently to DO SOMETHING to bridge 
the DD would be forced stop what they are doing and defend themselves.  This 
type of misdirection is commnplace when dealing in a world of limited resources 
and extraordinarily powerful business/politcal interests who want to maximize 
their profits and or power at all costs.  
 
Conquering the DD is essentially a philanthropic effort, meaning  you have to 
appeal to people on the basis of their desire to work for the greater good.  
Working with such high ideals in mind is not exactly the most popular activity 
among those who control the vast amount of financial an other resources.  What 
those folks DON'T CONTROL is the intellectual capacity of people like-minded 
people determined to reach across the barriers to create new, more effective 
means for the sharing of ideas and ideals.  I think it is a blessing that folks 
here "get it" and are willing to step up to the plate.  I hope to be able to 
contribute in a more concrete fashion as we move forward.  In the meantime, 
keep fighting the good fight...
 
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Re: [DDN] philly muni wifi featured on NOW show on PBS tonite

[Frannie Wellings]

Link for local listings of NOW on PBS:

Dear Media Reformer:
Community Internet may be the most important media policy fight of 
the decade. Local communities across the country -- looking to offer 
affordable, universal access to high-speed broadband services -- are 
squaring off against big cable and telephone companies determined to 
outlaw the competition.

In a few years, all communications -- TV, radio, Internet and 
telephone -- will come through broadband Internet connections. If 
Big Media has its way, access will cost more than $100 a month, and 
corporations -- not communities -- will determine what information 
is available and what's not.

The fight for tomorrow's technology is being waged today. Here's 
what you can do:

1. Watch Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott on tonight's broadcast 
of NOW, the PBS news magazine. 
(Click 
here to check your local listings.) Then visit Free Press' new 
Community 
Internet site to learn more.

2. A rapid response from vocal citizens is the only way to stop the 
cable and telephone companies when they try to sneak in bad 
legislation under the radar. Help us win the next battle by 
getting 
10 people to sign up now as Free Press e-activists for future 
actions. It's free and takes only a few seconds.

3. Meet and strategize with other activists working to defend 
Community Internet at the National Conference for Media Reform in 
St. Louis on May 13-15. You can 
register 
for the conference online or by calling (866) 462-2838. We need you 
to be there to build this important campaign.

With your help, we can stop Big Media -- and win the struggle for 
the future of communications in America.

Onward,
Josh Silver
Executive Director
Free 
Press

P.S. Early bird registration for the conference is still available, 
but not for much longer. 
Register 
now.


hi DDN people -
   list members in the united states might want to tune in this
evening to the television show NOW to see some coverage of the
philly muni wifi experiment.
  - phil
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[DDN] =>SEEKING VOLUNTEER REVIEWERS for CyberFair & Doors to Diplomacy

[Yvonne Marie Andres]

[DEAR COLLEAGUES -- PLEASE HELP US GET THE WORD OUT]

=>SEEKING VOLUNTEER REVIEWERS for CyberFair & Doors to Diplomacy: 

International Schools CyberFair 2005 - Prepare & Unite
  *an online project design competition that focuses on the future

  AND . . .

Doors to Diplomacy 2005
  *an online project design competition to raise awareness about 
   foreign diplomacy issues

Would you like to:

* have a positive impact on thousands of students?
* be a part of a worldwide online collaborative project?
* see amazing student-produced projects from around the world?

Well, you can do all of the above by becoming an INDEPENDENT REVIEWER.

Students (and their teachers) work tirelessly for many months on their
CyberFair/Doors to Diplomacy projects. But their success depends on 
getting honest and reliable feedback from volunteer reviewers.

Therefore, we invite adult members of the Education Community to review
this year's project entries. Your reviews will be part of the official
judging process.

IMPORTANT: 
You must be able to devote a few hours from March 29-April 16 to review
4-6 web projects. Each site will take approximately 30-45 minutes to 
review.

Because your review is an important part of the students' learning
process, 
they will be able to view your review and comments. We encourage
students 
to contact their reviewers to ask questions and discuss their project. 
Teachers report that this is a valuable aspect of this community review 
process..


One limitation: We assign you four projects to review. However, if you
know 
any of the teachers or students in one of your assigned projects, you
must 
contact us and we will give you a replacement project.

If you would like to be an Independent Reviewer (and you are not already
a 
CyberFair participant), please sign up now to become a reviewer for:
 
International Schools CyberFair at:
http://www.globalschoolhouse.org/gsh/cf/_cfm/revform.cfm

or

Doors to Diplomacy at: 
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