[DDN] Heroes, pioneers, technology for positive social change, and the Dirk Award
Dear Colleagues, Since 2000, the Riders movement (also known as the eRiders or Circuit Riders movement), has recognized outstanding achievements with the Dirk Award. This year marks the first time that nonprofit technology professionals and the communities that they serve can go online to nominate their heroes and pioneers: http://www.dirkaward.org/nominations/index.html The award began as something of an affectionate joke during the early years of the annual Circuit Rider Roundup, which was then organized by TechRocks. According to the nominating committee: The Dirk Award is named after its inaugural recipient, Dirk Slater, the rabble-rousing LINC Project Rider who received the award not only for his accomplishments as a rider but also to embarrass him for an impassioned speech he gave at the event. During this speech, which had everyone in tears and on the edge of their seats, Dirk implored the riders to organize themselves into a powerful and supportive community. He implored the crowd to acknowledge that circuit and eRiding was and is inspired by principles of social justice and community organizing that riders support with their technology services. The group thanked him with a little golden man. These days, the Circuit Rider Roundup takes the form of the annual Nonprofit Technology Conference, and is organized by the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network. Dirk Slater continues to serve as a leader and an inspiration in the field, as do the other Dirk Award recipients: Bill Lester, Teresa Crawford, Art McGee, Katrin Verclas, and Allen Gunn. In general, I don't attach a tremendous amount of significance to professional awards, and tend to entertain an assortment of worries about how awards (rather than the work itself) can be mistaken for achievement. However, I think the world of Dirk, and I love the spirit in which this award was created and is perpetuated. (By the way, a version of this item can also be found on my blog at http://blog.deborah.elizabeth.finn.com/blog/_archives/2005/4/8/563996.html.) Best regards from Deborah Deborah Elizabeth Finn Boston, Massachusetts, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://blog.deborah.elizabeth.finn.com/blog http://public.xdi.org/=deborah.elizabeth.finn ___ 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] international conference calls
Brian: I am the imagineeer and chief conductor to Global Learn Day, now in it's ninth year. 19 of the 24 hours of this event come from real time articipants outside of the United States. We use VOIP very successfully, provided by talking communities.com. We also use the telephone bridged through a nice conference system provided by www.mrconference.com. We bridge the Net to the phone and the phone to the net using some easy and very cheap devices. Now this does not answer the questions about international phone calls, so let me address that. In those few cases where our speakers cannot use talking communities, and want to speak over the phone, we rarely have complaints about the international cost of their call to our telephone conference center. But in those rare cases, we and the speakers work hard to find very cheap phone cards. Rarely does it cost more than 20 U.S. cents per minute from almost anywhere in the world. Given that very few talk on the phone for more than an hour, this means a cost to the speaker of about US$12.00 - less than the cost of the taxi from most downtowns to the airport. We have not had too much luck with Skype. In fact we have some problems bridging it. I don't think we will have much trouble using www.talkingcommunities.com - which now allows Mac OSX platforms. I can probably get www.talkingcommunites.com free. John Hibbs http://www.bfranklin.edu/ At 9:03 AM -0400 4/12/05, Brian Russell wrote: I'm having a large group conference call to work on PodcasterCon. We have folks all around the world who want to participate. I tried using Skype conference call with five people and it just didn't work. Sounded TERRIBLE. Plus there is some difference between the mac version and the pc version. Does anyone have any ideas on how to hold a international conference call on the CHEAP? We can't afford a toll free number and cheap cell phone minutes are obviously only good in your nation. Thanks! -Brian R. p.s. we want an AUDIO conversation to record ___ 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] apple feels learning happens only at k-12 schools and colleges
I use this medium rather than his blog or one I create to respond to Phil Shapiro's criticism of Apple's Tiger campaign because I am one of those who is more comfortable with the easy give and take of email dialog than I am with the formalities of the blog. (That may change.) The notion that Apple does not know that learning takes place outside of the school setting is wide of the mark: anyone who knows the history of the two Steves and their work and statements over the years knows of their belief in the power of nonformal learning. There is a simple explanation for Apple's current focus on the formal educational settings which does not involve ignorance of or indifference to other possibilities for teaching and learning. In the early days of school computing Apple had the lion's share of the school and college market: the Apple 2 and the early Macintosh's were everywhere, and all the others including Tandy and Morrow and Eagle--and IBM--far behind. That of course has changed, and currently Apple has only a minority share of the school and college market. The campaign that Phil criticizes is nothing more than a focused marketing campaign aimed at getting Apple back into contention in the school and college market. This focus on a target is of course how marketing works, and does not at all mean that Apple does not know or appreciate the nonschool contributions of nonacademics and nonschool settings to learning. Steve Eskow [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Phil Shapiro Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 8:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DDN] apple feels learning happens only at k-12 schools and colleges hi everyone - apple computer feels that learning happens only at K-12 schools and colleges. that point of view is ingrained into their corporate culture. see apple's tiger educator evaluation program for one more instance of this. http://www.apple.com/education/tigerevaluation/ it's a pretty sad reflection on the company that its outlook is so limited. we who are outside-of-school educators feel that learning goes on everywhere at all times. and we feel you don't have to be a K-12 teacher or a college professor to be an impassioned and effective educator. apple hasn't yet heard of outside-of-school learning. we need to teach them. the question on the table is can a company involved in education learn. can they learn? let's hope they can. if you feel this is an issue that needs some public attention, you can link from your blog to the blog posting http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/pshapiro/view?PostID=3078 adding your own comments and point of view. if you don't have a blog yet, you can set one up for free quite easily at http://www.blogger.com or, even better, the Digital Divide Network offers free blogging. http://www.digitaldivide.net do please send me any questions you might have about starting a blog. our collective voice is only as strong as the quantity and quality of our blogging. our cause is only as powerful as we are cohesive. - phil -- Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.his.com/pshapiro/ (personal) http://teachme.blogspot.com (weblog) http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro (technology access work) http://mytvstation.blogspot.com/ (video and rich media) There's just so much more creativity and genius out there than our media currently reflect. FCC Commissioner Michael Copps ___ 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] national teacher's hall of fame - john mahoney
hi DDN community - some happy news to share this evening. a teacher friend of mine in the district of columbia public schools has been inducted into the national teacher's hall of fame. http://www.nthf.org i volunteered at john mahoney's school for the FIRST robotics competition in january and february of this year and got to see his work up close. remarkable is all i can say. if you're interested, see http://www.writersforliteracy.org/banneker2005.htm for a 2 minute powerbullet presenter flash slideshow from the Banneker 2005 Robotics team. we used the free version of powerbullet presenter to create this. http://www.powerbullet.com i've asked john mahoney to join the DDN web site. he'll be joining soon. read about his background and interests at http://www.nthf.org/inductee/05mahoney.htm i'd just ask that you go light on sending him emails as he typically works 15 to 18 hour work days. his passion is in teaching calculus and advanced placement statistics. he brings a lot to the DDN community -- and we also bring a lot to him. our strength is our unity of purpose. blog on, - phil i'd like to thank my friend janet lathan from takoma park, maryland, for inviting me to participate in the FIRST robotics competion. it opened many new doors for me and was immensely rewarding. http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Janet i commend dean kamen and all involved in the annual FIRST robotics competition. it's worth exploring involvement in your community. we are inventing our own future and need as many inventors as we can. http://www.usfirst.org -- Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.his.com/pshapiro/ (personal) http://teachme.blogspot.com (weblog) http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro (technology access work) http://mytvstation.blogspot.com/ (video and rich media) There's just so much more creativity and genius out there than our media currently reflect. FCC Commissioner Michael Copps ___ 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] international conference calls
Hi! Does anyone have any ideas on how to hold a international conference call on the CHEAP? You can setup a conference call for free at http://www.freeconference.com and advise your international callers to use call cards. For instance, I'm based in Portugal and use call cards for teleclasses that take place in the US via a phone line. A calling card costs me 5 and gives me 300 minutes to the US. For calling cards, try the following links: USA: - http://www.pennytalk.com Australia: - http://www.phonecardpoint.com.au Canada: - http://www.1st4phonecards.com/callcalc.htm. United Kingdom: - http://www.18866.co.uk/ - http://www.1st4phonecards.com/callcalc.htm Other countries: - http://www.1st4phonecards.com/callcalc.htm or keep searching the Internet. p.s. we want an AUDIO conversation to record FreeConference offers the possibility to record the call but on their paid services. Alternatively you can use http://www.audiostrategies.com to record your call. I hope this helps. Best regards Tito de Morais ___ 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] A Selective Bibliography and Webliography of Fund Raising Sources for Nonprofit Organizations
This Net-Gold post may be of interest to some of the members of this discussion group. From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:26 am Subject: ORGANIZATIONS: NONPROFIT: FUNDING : PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS: FUND RAISING: A Selective Bibliography and Webliography of Fund Raising Sources for Nonprofit Organizations http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/5634 Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html http://www.LIFEofFlorida.org World Business Community Advisor http://www.WorldBusinessCommunity.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.
[DDN] [Net-Gold] Pope Podcast Hints At Broadcast Revolution
With the intense interest in podcasting that has been evident on this discussion group, this message from George Lessard, moderator of the MediaMentor discussion group of Yahoo Groups should be interesting to at least some of this list's members. Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html http://www.LIFEofFlorida.org World Business Community Advisor http://www.WorldBusinessCommunity.org Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:57:20 -0400 From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Information Sources [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Net-Gold] Pope Podcast Hints At Broadcast Revolution Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 12:35:52 -0600 From: George Lessard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Creative Radio List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Net-Gold] Pope Podcast Hints At Broadcast Revolution == Pope Podcast Hints At Broadcast Revolution (News Online: 11/04/2005) URL: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1342195.htm As millions of pilgrims streamed into Rome this past week, a Dutch priest led Internet listeners on an intimate audio tour that allowed them to pay one last visit to Pope John Paul II before he was laid to rest. ... On Catholic Insider, listeners hear Father Roderick banter with students camped out in St Peter's Square and describe the Pope lying in state in the basilica. It's beautiful, it really looks like he's sleeping, he whispers as a choir sings in the background. Thousands of podcasts can be found through directories like Podcast Alley (http://www.podcastalley.com), while listeners can automatically download new shows as they become available using free software like iPodder (http://www.ipodder.org) For now, it is a cottage industry dominated by the likes of Father Roderick, a parish priest from the Netherlands whose low-key charm and you-are-there narratives bring the church's pomp and circumstance down to a human scale. Catholic Insider Catholic Insider - your daily dose of catholic inside information. News, interviews, music, reviews, audio-documentaries and information about the Catholic faith and and lifestyle http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_detail.php?pod_id=1587 Recent Podcasts Podcast Details: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 Download File http://www.rorate.com/podcasts/ci20050407extra01.mp3 File Size: 16.5 MB Cardinals - Catholic Insider, April 7, 2005 - extra edition In this podcast, we'll visit some hidden locations in Vatican City, we'll meet some cardinals, I'll take you to the belltower of the Friezenchurch and I'll have an exclusive interview with the Dutch Cardinal about the upcoming conclave. Podcast Details: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 Download File http://www.rorate.com/podcasts/ci20050407.mp3 File Size: 13.2 MB Requiem - Catholic Insider, April 7, 2005 In this podcast, we'll walk to the gates of Vatican City. I will take you past the Swiss guards, inside the sacristy of St. Peter's basilica, where I'll prepare to join a celebration of the Eucharist for the soul of John Paul II. Podcast Details: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 Download File http://www.rorate.com/podcasts/ci20050405.mp3 File Size: 16.2 MB Last respects to John Paul II - Catholic Insider, April 5, 2005 In this podcast we will set the alarm to wake us up very early. We'll take the bike, and drive through the cold, starry night to the Vatican to try to get into Saint Peter's basilica to pay our last respects to pope John Paul. Podcast Details: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 Download File http://www.rorate.com/podcasts/ci20050404.mp3 File Size: 14.8 MB Stars and Stripes on St. Peter's Square - Catholic Insider, April 4, 2005 In this podcast we'll walk around on St. Peter's Square and talk with some people there. There's new music, questions and feedback, plus an April Fool's 2006 threat. Podcast Details: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 Download File http://www.rorate.com/podcasts/ci20050403.mp3 File Size: 2.62 MB Godshow Announcement - Catholic Insider, April 3, 2005 Did you count all the Whoppers and Heineken beers in the April 1 Catholic Insider podcast? Then you should check out this important announcement concerning 'Godshow'. Podcast Details: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 Download File http://www.rorate.com/podcasts/ci20050402extra2.mp3 File Size: 15.5 MB The Night the Pope Died - Catholic Insider, extra edition #2, April 2, 2005 This special podcast is dedicated to the events surrounding the death of pope John Paul II in the evening of April 2, 2005. I will take you to Saint Peter's Square where we will experience the emotions of the crowd gathered there in prayer and grief. Podcast Details: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 Download File http://www.rorate.com/podcasts/ci20050402extra.mp3 File Size: 0.93 MB The Pope has died
Re: [DDN] Technology Grant
Hi All, I would like to gain some information from this mailing list on finding funding for technology. The company I work for has begun a new initiative to look for federal, state, and foundation money to fund our State and Local projects. We are also looking for key non-profits to partner with in our efforts If anyone has any suggestions for how to go about building a funding division, what is working in terms of funding technology, and any available resources, I would be most grateful Please feel free to contact me directly with any questions/information All the best Dorean Kass Director; Community Relations SimDesk Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] (703) 760-7849 Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan wrote: Computer Associates International, Inc. At CA, we believe in doing everything we can to empower children to successfully compete in an increasingly complex and challenging high-tech world. Technology is part of our culture, and teaching it is the right thing to do. That's why we fund programs that connect children to the power of technology - because we believe that, in today's world, technology is critical to success in life. If your proposed program meets our guidelines and addresses the requirements outlined below, then we would encourage you to apply for a CA grant. Priority will be given to applications that reference the need for additional CA resources (technology and employee volunteerism) and represent communities in which CA has a significant employee population. http://www.ca.com/community/grants.htm To see where the CA Offices are located in the US: http://www.ca.com/offices/usa/ Worldwide: http://www.ca.com/camap.htm (Select the phone icon) [posted on the Omaha Community Foundation Listserv] 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.
