[DDN] showing how ichat av 3 works

[Phil Shapiro]

hi everyone -

 last year i taught a workshop showing how ichat videoconferencing
works.  i captured a quicktime from that workshop and posted it on
the web at
http://www.wap.org/imovie/videochat.html

you can also see this quicktime at
http://www.writersforliteracy.org/richjaeggi5152004b.mov

  in a few weeks ichat 3 will be coming out (in mac os 10.4) and i'd
like to create a similar quicktime showing ichat 3 in action -- with
4 people videoconferencing at the same time.

  i'm pretty sure i can find a location here in the washington dc-area
that has a fiber optic internet -- with 2 megabits upstream and 5
(or 15) megabits/sec. downstream.

   i'm on the lookout for 3 other locations around the country who
would like to appear in this quicktime.  we'll get the best results
if you have a dual-processor G4 (or dual processor G5) on your side
and fast upstream bandwidth on your side.  i'm game for trying this
with other mac hardware, though.

this quicktime videoconference would take place sometime in mid to
late may, 2005.
i only need to capture 10 or 15 minutes -- just to show people what it's
like.

 i have a hunch the slashdot web site might link to this, if the
quicktime is well lit and sounds clear.we can include a link
to your organization or company within the quicktime.

   thanks for letting me know if you'd like to be in on this.

- phil

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Re: [DDN] Podcasts from Chiapas

[David P. Dillard]

By some interesting coincidence, there is a post of a substantial group of
Maya resources on Net-Gold that was just posted a couple of days ago.
Those interested are cordially invited to visit and have a look at this
post.

From: "David P. Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon Apr 4, 2005  4:28 pm
Subject: HISTORY: MEXICO : HISTORY: CENTRAL AMERICA: The Maya Civilization


Also related, this post on Net-Gold from David Murray, the history
librarian at Temple University Libraries.

From: "David C. Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon Apr 4, 2005  3:49 pm
Subject: Mesoamerican Studies Research Guide



Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
[EMAIL PROTECTED]





World Business Community Advisor


==

On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Dave Pentecost wrote:

> Hi folks

> For DDN folks who are interested:

> I've been in Chiapas, Mexico for about a month, podcasting and posting
> travel updates. Nicco Mele of echoradio came along for the first week
> and has started posting the podcasts we recorded in the Maya sites of
> Palenque, Yaxchilan, and Bonampak. It begins with part one of Nicco's
> conversation with archaeologist and mapper Ed Barnhart:

> http://nicco.org/blog/archives/junglecast.html

> My post from today updates that with a visit to the Lacandon Maya, and
> provides links to our previous posts:

> http://www.gomaya.com/glyph/archives/001199.html#001199

> Xeni Jardin picked up what we were doing, and posted on Boing Boing today:

> http://www.boingboing.net/2005/04/05/crosscultural_podcas.html

> I'm here for another week and there are more podcasts and video in the
> works, four more already edited. It's been a great variation on my
> annual obsession with documenting the Maya, a return to one village
> with video from 25 years ago, and an interesting experiment with Nicco
> in collaborative recording and reporting from the road. I still find
> it a challenge to live it, document it, edit it, and get it out. But
> the discovery this year of wi-fi within range of my highland base has
> made a huge difference.

> Wireless from San Cristobal de las Casas
> Dave Pentecost

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[DDN] The New DDN Articles: CyberGeography, Educational Media, Open Networks and Using Skype, for starters

[Cedar Pruitt]

Dear DDN Members,

I wanted to bring your attention to this month's freshly posted articles 
on the homepage of the Digital Divide Network. We're pleased to feature an 
interview with cyber-mapper Martin Dodge:

*
CyberGeography: A Conversation with Martin Dodge
 
The possibilities of the Internet are always framed by what users 
visualize when they consider the virtual landscape. How does the Internet 
reflect, or connect to, the physical world? Martin Dodge, a renown 
cybergeographer, expounds on the subject of mapping cyberspace, and 
explores what his results mean for educators, technologists, community 
activists and Internet users around the physical world. 
*

We also feature an interview with educational media specialist and Harvard 
professor Chris Dede, who defines for us the three interfaces that will 
define new educational practices throughout the next decade. Mike Chege 
takes on the "stupid revolution," explaining why the Internet's 
architectural simplicity could spell success for the digitally 
disenfranchised. We look at wireless in rural Africa, Phil Shapiro 
explores the community media potential of the Internet tool Skype, and 
school blogevangelist Will Richardson explains why blogs in schools are a 
good thing. And that's not all! 

Visit http://www.digitaldivide.net to read the latest articles and weigh 
in on today's discussions.


Cedar Pruitt
Online Content Manager
EDC Center for Media & Community
http://cmc.edc.org
cpruitt @ edc.org
(617) 618-2185
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[DDN] Help make PodcasterCon

[Brian Russell]

Hello all,
Recently I set the ball rolling for an event called PodcasterCon. My hope
is that podcasters and those wanting to learn about podcasting will work
*together* to make this event. The URL is www.podcastercon.org

Here is the statement of purpose as of now:
PodcasterCon is a free users conference about podcasting. The focus will
be on learning. In effect it is an anti-expo without swag, without product
promotion, and a way to keep podcasting fun!

Please come on over to the wiki at www.podcastercon.org/wiki
* register a user name
* login
* start editing the pages.

PodcasterCon will be held at the University of North Carolina in Chapel
Hill, NC sometime in Jan or Feb of 2006. We are working as a group to
finalize the exact date.

My sincere hope is we can all learn a lot and have fun. I hope you can
participate in making this event happen.

-Brian
p.s. you can hear our first planning group meeting in MP3 format here.
 The
URL for the podcast of all future meetings is


audioactivism.org
podcastercon.org


> Views From iPodster
> "Podcasting will shift much of our time away from an old medium where we
> wait for what we might want to hear to a new medium where we choose what
> we want to hear, when we want to hear it."
> -- Noted Linux guru Doc Searls when he discovered podcasting way back in
> September.
> http://www.technewsworld.com/story/41967.html
>
>
> Bob Pyke Jr.,RN,NP
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> or
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "The best journeys are the ones that answer questions that at the outset
> you never even thought to ask."
> Rick Ridgeway
>
> "There are certain spots in the world where you can stand that will change
> the way that you look at things forever."
> Pete Whitaker
>
> Co administrator Telehealth List Serve and E-health List Serve and roving
> editor at large.
> http://www.telehealth.net/interviews/pykebio.html
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[DDN] RTPnet conference and Community Technology Awards, May 20, Chapel Hill, NC

[Judy Hallman]

To Digital Divide list:
For those who might be in North Carolina on May 20...
I'm forwarding Damita Chambers' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> news release for
the RTPnet conference May 20 in Chapel Hill, NC.
The conference Web site is at http://www.rtpnet.org/conf/ .
I've also posted the event on the digitaldivide.net Web site, at 
http://www.digitaldivide.net/events/view.php?EventID=117

We expect the conference to fill up this year, so please register early.
Judy Hallman ([EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.rtpnet.org/hallman)
Executive Director, RTPnet, NC (http://www.RTPnet.org/)
---
News Release
For Immediate Release
March 29, 2005
Registration open for 6th Annual RTPnet Conference hosted in Chapel Hill
Nominations now accepted for the 2005 Community Technology Awards
CHAPEL HILL - Online registration is open for the 6th Annual RTPnet
Conference, a statewide nonprofit technology conference hosted by RTPnet
and Triangle United Way. The conference mission is to help nonprofits
use technology more effectively. This year's theme is "Bringing Together
Volunteers and Technology for Community Development."
More than 100 people are expected to attend the conference, which offers
a full day of breakout sessions along three tracks: Technology
Volunteer, Technology Infrastructure and Technology Innovation. Our
featured speakers represent IBM, Cisco and Network for Good, a national
nonprofit organization that connects individuals with their favorite
charities. Our partners include the Duke University Certificate in
Nonprofit Management and ncyt  North Carolina's Network of Nonprofit
Professionals.
RTPnet is also accepting nominations for the 2005 Community Technology
Awards. The awards recognize individuals, organizations and businesses
that have made significant contributions to North Carolina communities
in the area of information and computer technology. The deadline for
submitting nominations is Friday, April 29.
What:  6th Annual RTPnet Conference and Community Technology Awards
When:  Friday, May 20, 2005 from 9 a.m.  4:30 p.m.
   Photo opportunity: Community Technology Awards from 1  2 p.m.
Where: William and Ida Friday Center, 100 Friday Center Dr., Chapel Hill
Who:   Damita Chambers, RTPnet, 919-463-1362, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
**Visit www.rtpnet.org/conf to register for the RTPnet Conference and
submit nominations for the Community Technology Awards.
About RTPnet
RTPnet is a volunteer-driven, 501 (c)(3) nonprofit corporation dedicated
to helping North Carolina nonprofit organizations leverage Internet
tools to promote and support their missions. RTPnet offers annual
fee-based memberships to North Carolina nonprofits and community
technology centers in the Southeast. Member benefits include Internet
services and discounts to RTPnet-sponsored events.
RTPnet has hosted the RTPnet Conference for five straight years around
the theme of Bridging North Carolina's Human/Digital Divide. Last
year, RTPnet presented eight honorees with the first Community
Technology Awards at the RTPnet Conference.
To learn more about RTPnet, visit us at www.rtpnet.org.
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Re: [DDN] PC recycling story

[Taran Rampersad]

Bill McIver wrote:

> *Recycling skill*
>
> Millions of PCs are decommissioned every year in the UK, but one
> company is finding a useful home for them in Kenyan schools. Simon
> Birch reports
>
> *Thursday April 7, 2005
> The Guardian *
>
> See http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1453286,00.html

One of the questions I always have about this is a matter of parts.
Where a lot of these machines may be donated, they may be donated
because parts have become a problem or service has become too expensive
when compared to new machines.

While I like to see such machines used instead of not used, I often
wonder whether the long term consequences of labor and the costs of
parts balances the use of the machines in the first place. Have there
been studies done that indicated either way, over a period of 36 months
(2 evolutions of Moore's Law)?

-- 
Taran Rampersad

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

http://www.linuxgazette.com
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"Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo

Presently in: San Jose, Costa Rica

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[DDN] Views From iPodster

[Bob Pyke Jr.]

Views From iPodster
"Podcasting will shift much of our time away from an old medium where we wait 
for what we might want to hear to a new medium where we choose what we want to 
hear, when we want to hear it." 
-- Noted Linux guru Doc Searls when he discovered podcasting way back in 
September.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/41967.html 


Bob Pyke Jr.,RN,NP
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
or
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

"The best journeys are the ones that answer questions that at the outset
you never even thought to ask." 
Rick Ridgeway

"There are certain spots in the world where you can stand that will change
the way that you look at things forever."
Pete Whitaker

Co administrator Telehealth List Serve and E-health List Serve and roving 
editor at large.
http://www.telehealth.net/interviews/pykebio.html
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[DDN] ::> World's Greatest Global Teachers Win $10, 000! Global SchoolNet Announces 2005 Online Shared Learning Champions

[Yvonne Marie Andres]

* PLEASE SHARE WITH COLLEAGUES



Contact:
Yvonne Marie Andres
760-635-0001, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

For Immediate Release:

World's Greatest Global Teachers Win $10,000!
Global SchoolNet Announces 2005 Online Shared Learning Champions

[San Diego, April 7, 2005] Throughout the world educators are asking,
"How can I prepare my students to succeed in an increasingly
inter-connected and borderless world?" Global SchoolNet's Online Shared
Learning Award recognizes champion educators, who have made significant
contributions to global collaborative learning. Ten teachers were
selected for this honor from across the USA, Australia, Canada, Israel,
Japan, and Uzbekistan. 

The top award winners are Janet Banstable from Percy Julian Middle
School in Oak Park, Illinois, United States and Rene de Vries from De
Wadden Primary School in Haarlem, Netherlands. Each receives a cash
award of $2,500 and a trip to the National Education Computing
Conference in Philadelphia, June 25-June 30, 2005 where the awards will
be presented.

In addition, five finalist champions each receive $250 USD. 
* Brenda Dyck from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
* Marsha Goren from Petach Tikva, Israel, Israel 
* Karen Kliegman from Albertson, New York, United States
* Stephanie Moore from St. Louis, Missouri, United States 
* Jennifer Wagner from Corona, California, United States 

And, three honorable mention awardees are recognized.
* Adrian Bruce from Ballina, NSW , Australia
* Natalya Hamidova from Karshi, Kashkadarya, Uzbekistan 
* Morey Norkin from Saga-Ken, Japan 

"Global SchoolNet was founded twenty years ago by teachers who believed
that the real promise of technology is in its ability to create people
connections," said Al Rogers, Global SchoolNet co-founder.  "It is our
core belief that the Internet is not merely a library of information --
but a conduit for communication and a way to connect with one another."

Winner Janet Barnstable describes her teaching style as "Socratic," and
says, "My real job is thinking about what needs to be learned and
setting up situations where students can find out the answers for
themselves while collaborating with their peers." She believes using the
Internet to collaborate has opened up the world for her and her
students. According to Barnstable, "I've never learned so much and so
quickly as I have by working with teachers from around the world." She
goes on to say, "But, what students describe as unique teaching is
actually what I've learned works well during the 43 years that I've been
in the classroom." Her original projects include CyberDictionary,
CyberTeen Magazine, and Postcards from Paul.

"In order for today's youth to become world citizens, we must create
opportunities where they will gain a better understanding of their own
future plans, the conditions that will affect the future of their
community, and issues of global importance," said Dr. Yvonne Marie
Andres, President and co-founder of the Global SchoolNet Foundation.  

Winner Rene de Vries teaches in Haarlam, Netherlands and engages his
primary students in future-thinking authentic research about wildlife
preservation, historical communities, and service-learning. His unique
projects include Animal Diaries and CityQuest. A year ago he launched
the Ukunda schools project to raise awareness about life in the small
Kenyan village of Ukunda, and to provide help for Ukunda schools. De
Vries says, "We all share the vision that if we bring our students
together online and let them collaborate on projects. that this will
help to bring some peace and happiness to the world." 

Under the stewardship of these exemplary educators, students around the
globe interact with one another in meaningful educational, cultural, and
scientific projects. The opportunities are diverse -- ranging from
studying marine life and sea turtles, to learning physics by rolling
hard boiled eggs, to promoting bicycle safety, to creative story telling
and sign language.

GSN's annual award program saw nominations from nine countries including
candidates from Australia, Canada, Germany, Estonia, Israel and Japan.
The entire award process is paperless, and managed by GSN's innovative
Web-based system that solicits nominations, obtains candidate
information, collects testimonials, and allows rubric-based judging. You
can learn more about the outstanding accomplishments all of the Online
Shared Learning Champions at www.globalschoolnet.org

About Global SchoolNet
Global SchoolNet combines smart teaching ideas with web publishing,
video conferencing and other online tools that bridge geographic gaps,
allowing young people around the world to learn together. Global
SchoolNet, headquartered in San Diego, California, is an international
network of 80,000+ educators, who engage in online project-based
learning activities. Since its inception, Global SchoolNet has reached
more than a million students from 45,000 schools across 100 countries.
GSN partners wi

[DDN] PC recycling story

[Bill McIver]

All,
There is a story today in the Guardian on recycling.
WJM

*Recycling skill*
Millions of PCs are decommissioned every year in the UK, but one company 
is finding a useful home for them in Kenyan schools. Simon Birch reports

*Thursday April 7, 2005
The Guardian *
See  http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1453286,00.html
--
Bill McIver, Ph.D 
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