RE: [DDN] Let's Nominate Andy for the award
Tommy, add Steve Eskow to your list of names. Here, though, isn't a bulletin board, although a bulletin board is featured. This is the Digital Divide Network, and it's much more than a bulletin board, and the sum of its parts: it's a brilliant initiative that has assembled some 7000 people around the world into a virtual community of folks everywhere concerned with narrowing the digital divide. Dr. Steve Eskow -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tommy McDonell Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 5:59 PM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: [DDN] Let's Nominate Andy for the award Hi, Everybody. Most of you don't know me--I just lurk on Andy's discussion group. However, I do use the material here. I would like to nominate him for an award that he posted about. However, in order to do it, I need to give two or three other names. If you would be willing to join me, please send me your name, email etc. and tell me why! I think this bulletin board is reason enough, but his blog is also excellent as is his other work. Please help me nominate Andy!! Thanks, Tommy (And no, I'm not a guy!) Tommy B. McDonell Doctoral Candidate, Steinhardt School of Education [EMAIL PROTECTED] Adjunct, Marymount Manhattan College Adjunct, City College of New York-Graduate Education H: 212-929-6768, before 10PM F: 212-929-1129 - Original Message - From: Andy Carvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 1:13 PM Subject: [DDN] admin: off to Hungary, then Dubai Hi everyone, Tomorrow evening, I'll be off to Hungary for a five-day whirlwind tour of the country's telecottage movement. Telecottages are community technology centers that address a variety of local development needs, from Internet literacy training to e-government services. Hungary's telecottage movement is one of the oldest and best established projects of its kind anywhere in the world, so I'm really looking forward to visiting. Matyas Gaspar, founder of the telecottage movement, will be my host for the week. We'll visit urban telecottages in and around Budapest, as well as in rural areas in southern Transdanubia, just north of the city of Pecs. If all goes well I'll get to visit eight or 10 telecottages, spending the night in at least three different cities (Budapest, Gyorkony and Alsomocsolad). Because I'm visiting Hungary for a book I'm editing on community technology centers around the world, my schedule will be jam-packed with visits to telecottages, as well as interviews with project staff, local users and community leaders. I'll also get to field test my new 8.0 megapixel Konica-Minolta dimage A200 digital camera, which I also plan to use for shooting video blogs. Since I'll be spending most of my time in telecottages, Internet access shouldn't be a major dilemma. So I plan to blog as much as possible during my stay, posting photos, audio and video whenever feasible. So stay tuned from May 11-15; hopefully I'll have some interesting stories to share during that time. Meanwhile, a few days after I get home from Hungary, I'm back on the road again, this time to give a keynote at the GCC e-government conference in Dubai from May 20-25. I plan to talk about e-government for all, including discussing the recent example of the MyPyramid.gov website and some of the equity challenges facing it. Since Dubai is quite wired as well, I'll try to blog and podcast whenever possible. As always, you can find my posts at www.andycarvin.com. A mirror of the site is also located on DDN at http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/acarvin. -andy -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.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. ___ 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] Let's Nominate Andy for the award
(sorry if you already received this; I don't think it was posted right the first time) Thanks, Steve and Tommy, for the support; I truly appreciate it. But like I said in my original email about the contest, nominations were due yesterday. So unless you submitted it last night, the deadline has passed. again, thanks for thinking of me. andy Dr. Steve Eskow wrote: Tommy, add Steve Eskow to your list of names. Here, though, isn't a bulletin board, although a bulletin board is featured. This is the Digital Divide Network, and it's much more than a bulletin board, and the sum of its parts: it's a brilliant initiative that has assembled some 7000 people around the world into a virtual community of folks everywhere concerned with narrowing the digital divide. Dr. Steve Eskow -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tommy McDonell Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 5:59 PM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: [DDN] Let's Nominate Andy for the award Hi, Everybody. Most of you don't know me--I just lurk on Andy's discussion group. However, I do use the material here. I would like to nominate him for an award that he posted about. However, in order to do it, I need to give two or three other names. If you would be willing to join me, please send me your name, email etc. and tell me why! I think this bulletin board is reason enough, but his blog is also excellent as is his other work. Please help me nominate Andy!! Thanks, Tommy (And no, I'm not a guy!) Tommy B. McDonell Doctoral Candidate, Steinhardt School of Education [EMAIL PROTECTED] Adjunct, Marymount Manhattan College Adjunct, City College of New York-Graduate Education H: 212-929-6768, before 10PM F: 212-929-1129 - Original Message - From: Andy Carvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 1:13 PM Subject: [DDN] admin: off to Hungary, then Dubai Hi everyone, Tomorrow evening, I'll be off to Hungary for a five-day whirlwind tour of the country's telecottage movement. Telecottages are community technology centers that address a variety of local development needs, from Internet literacy training to e-government services. Hungary's telecottage movement is one of the oldest and best established projects of its kind anywhere in the world, so I'm really looking forward to visiting. Matyas Gaspar, founder of the telecottage movement, will be my host for the week. We'll visit urban telecottages in and around Budapest, as well as in rural areas in southern Transdanubia, just north of the city of Pecs. If all goes well I'll get to visit eight or 10 telecottages, spending the night in at least three different cities (Budapest, Gyorkony and Alsomocsolad). Because I'm visiting Hungary for a book I'm editing on community technology centers around the world, my schedule will be jam-packed with visits to telecottages, as well as interviews with project staff, local users and community leaders. I'll also get to field test my new 8.0 megapixel Konica-Minolta dimage A200 digital camera, which I also plan to use for shooting video blogs. Since I'll be spending most of my time in telecottages, Internet access shouldn't be a major dilemma. So I plan to blog as much as possible during my stay, posting photos, audio and video whenever feasible. So stay tuned from May 11-15; hopefully I'll have some interesting stories to share during that time. Meanwhile, a few days after I get home from Hungary, I'm back on the road again, this time to give a keynote at the GCC e-government conference in Dubai from May 20-25. I plan to talk about e-government for all, including discussing the recent example of the MyPyramid.gov website and some of the equity challenges facing it. Since Dubai is quite wired as well, I'll try to blog and podcast whenever possible. As always, you can find my posts at www.andycarvin.com. A mirror of the site is also located on DDN at http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/acarvin. -andy -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.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. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To
[DDN] A new member introduction, Neil Hendrick
Introducing myself as a new member and suggesting a topic of conversation, I am a Digital Divide activist, Neil Hendrick. I'm working with Partners in Solidarity to build a network of Computer Academies in Xela, Guatemala. Project dates, Jan-Mar 2006. A little history is that this is the PIS's fifth consecutive year working in the region, we've set up 16 computer labs serving rural indigenous Mayan schools. This is my third year working with PIS, I have also worked in Nicaragua with an organization I co-founded, Communication Integration. This upcoming project is the most ambitious project to date, creating 9 Computer Academies with 30-40 computers each. In that vein, I would like to pose a question to the list. What sort of Curriculum should be used in a Computer Academy? The Rules: 1) There are 9 schools, open 40 hours a week with 30 computers. Children can sit 2 to a computer. 2) The curriculum will terminate in a certificate. 3) No access to Internet. (however, a person can visit cybercafes in Quetzaltenango, it can be assumed that any person using a computer in this program will be able to find public access to computers in the real world at some time. ) So, thank-you, I look forward to following the discussion. Neil Hendrick http://www.partnersinsolidarity.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: RE: [DDN] Digital Divide, Telecentres and Iraq
At 8:51 AM -0700 5/9/05, Dr. Steve Eskow wrote: In the case of the powerful drug called a telecenter, there are times and communities when that drug needs to be delayed or avoided until there is a readiness to benefit from it. Somewhat later Mr. John Hibbs asked: And, in the instant case - Iraq - perhaps could you tell us what matrix you would suggest as to when the telecenter would be useful? Or, when it would be harmful? -- I know of no such matrix, no formula or check list into which you plug the variables and press a button to come up with a decision. There are those who can make such diagnoses at a distance, and without full knowledge and sense of all the benefits and dangers inherent in a particular set of social, economic, ethnic, and political circumstances. I am not one of them. There are those who believe that the particular ecology of these cultural forces in a particular time and a particular place are irrelevant: that telecenters, like food and jobs, are universal goods that always contribute positively to the communitiesin which they are placed. I am not one of them. If I had to guess I would guess that telecenters in Iraq that confined their conversations to one or another of the warring ethnicities, that allowed for intragroup conversations, would do no harm and might do some good, while those that tried to generate dialog and reconciliation between those clashing groups, or between the American presence and those that are trying to destroy the Americans would do little good at this time, and potential harm. Steve Eskow [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] Charity Advantage?
Folks,
If you are paying more than $100 per year for web hosting, then you are
paying too much. I volunteer with a little nonprofit that provides web
hosting to others. the hosting comes with access to a control panel where
you can do whatever you want. it is easy to learn and works.
This is a good little revenue stream for a small nonprofit organization. The
group I am connected with (The Charlotte Folk Society) makes roughly $1000 a
year by reselling web hosting to small nonprofits at low rates. The
aggregate provides them with the revenue, plus they have their own site
hosted for free. Engaging in reselling is easy to set up and manage. The
Folk Society does no advertising for clients and we have 10. We're looking
at adding some tiered services to lower the price even more to individual
organizations and microbusinesses.
The fact that the organization is unclear about its status is a big red
flag. That they charge so much so you can add pages... is ludicrous on its
face. $35 per month -- if THEY do all the heavy lifting MIGHT be acceptable.
But for YOU to do itno way.
My $0.02.
Steve Snow
Stephen Snow, MA, National Certified Counselor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Where love stops, power
www.commcure.com begins, and violence
704.569.0243 and terror. -- CG Jung
--
GROW BY GIVING: VOLUNTEER
Artist-Blacksmith Assn. of N. America (www.abana.org)
Assn. For Community Networking (www.afcn.org)
Charlotte Folk Society (www.folksociety.org)
Int'l Society for the Study of Dissociation (www.issd.org)
Int'l Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (www.istss.org)
Si Kahn (www.sikahn.com)
One Special Christmas (www.onespecialchristmas.org)
American Counseling Association (www.counseling.org)
N.C. Counseling Association (www.nccounseling.org)
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From: Tim Gemelli [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group
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Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 2:28 PM
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I don't believe they are, as I cannot find them in Guidestar (which lists
all registered nonprofits. It also seems like alot of money $35 just for
web hosting!
Tim Gemelli
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RE: [DDN] Digital Divide (Amish)
...so it is conceivable that community centers for internet access could become an acceptable method for the Amish to use modern media, but this simply may not be an option if it conflicts with the viewpoints of this unique community. I applaud the consideration of culture in this discussion. Lest I go overboard on my own personal experience - I will open to say I was raised Mennonite - one of the closest (but more modern) cousins to the Amish. I grew up in Wayne County, Ohio, just north of Holmes County - the Ohio version of Lancaster, PA. And I'll admit I've only been apart of this list for a week, but in all discussions of communities, pathways of information play an important part of its structure. For example, Mennonites - and from what I understand Amish - have a closed to tight knit community. Leadership of that community can often be based on Life Experience - that is - the elders lead the way based on their experience and lessons taught to them by their elders. Hence you have a top down information flow of culture and ideas. This is obviously not one of the Internet - where it's very much sideways and even bottom up in some cases (blogs - companies hiring blogs complaining about products to help vet their product research...) After all, culture is very much identity - and the stories that go along with it. Technologies, such as the Internet - can cut two ways - and often do both. They can compliment traditional knowledge/culture/stories - but they can disrupt and challenge this same traditional knowledge by injecting an overwhelming number of new and conflicting ideas at the same time. For the Amish in Lancaster - as they are sewing their beautiful quilts (often as important as the conversation between the ladies that occurs over a quilt's many month construction), making their hardwood furniture that can last a lifetime - I question the reality of getting a sort of Internet café in their community. There are simply too many free thinkers/thought/ideas on the net for the elders to handle (not necessarily the kids). It couldn't be filtered (think of the Chinese here...) unless it was solely an intranet. As Amish people reach adulthood, they have the option of leaving the Amish community rather than become adult members. Adult Amish people who do not follow the ways of the Amish faith are shunned, a very serious loss of the entire community fellowship and support. Correct in observation... but what of reality? Here I think (to go so bold as to gently be cross with my heritage) is that Mennonites and Amish feel they give people a choice about joining the larger world or staying within it. But really, that's hardly the case. I feel letting Amish (or Mennonites in a looser sense) out into the world to choose is like keeping a pet monkey or something in a cage its whole life, and then offering it to live in the wild or back in its cage. This sounds like a noble choice, but ignores whether that monkey knows how to feed itself and what to be afraid of in terms of predators. That - I don't think - is a fair choice. Besides, - on a light note - I think the Amish would have to work out their whole hook and eye vs. button argument before they get into computers telecommunications. (Some think buttons are sinful - should we talk about connection speeds then? 200k is ok but 1mg is sinful???) OK - so I didn't solve the digital divide with this - but hopefully brought some of the complexities to light. Simply put, think of content and its meaning to the audience too. Or put it another way - what does a farmer in Kentucky want to know about? The USDA, the tobacco buyout and cattle futures? My question is then to the DDN - what do those in Iraq want to know about? Chris Christopher Miller Research and Legislative Analyst ConnectKentucky Phone: 270-781-4320 Cell: 270-799-0870 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.connectkentucky.org ConnectKentucky is a division of The Center for Technology Enterprise, Inc. -Original Message- From: David P. Dillard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 10:16 AM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: RE: [DDN] Digital Divide One example of the religious divide in my locale is the Amish population in the Lancaster County area of the state of Pennsylvania and there are Amish populations in other states in the United States as well. This is a digital divide that occurs out of beliefs rather than economic disadvantage. The schooling of the Amish is in private Amish schools. As Amish people reach adulthood, they have the option of leaving the Amish community rather than become adult members. Adult Amish people who do not follow the ways of the Amish faith are shunned, a very serious loss of the entire community fellowship and support. The Amish life is an agrarian one with some related trades practiced including the production of craft items for sale. Motor vehicles and electricity are not a part of the acceptable culture of the
Re: [DDN] A new member introduction, Neil Hendrick
Welcome, Neil, and I look forward to visiting your project next year. I travel to Chiapas and Guatemala every spring. (See my site, The Daily Glyph, for clues to my mania) And I'll try to come up with some helpful ideas in the meantime. Saludos Dave On 5/9/05, Neil Hendrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Introducing myself as a new member and suggesting a topic of conversation, I am a Digital Divide activist, Neil Hendrick. I'm working with Partners in Solidarity to build a network of Computer Academies in Xela, Guatemala. Project dates, Jan-Mar 2006. A little history is that this is the PIS's fifth consecutive year working in the region, we've set up 16 computer labs serving rural indigenous Mayan schools. This is my third year working with PIS, I have also worked in Nicaragua with an organization I co-founded, Communication Integration. This upcoming project is the most ambitious project to date, creating 9 Computer Academies with 30-40 computers each. In that vein, I would like to pose a question to the list. What sort of Curriculum should be used in a Computer Academy? The Rules: 1) There are 9 schools, open 40 hours a week with 30 computers. Children can sit 2 to a computer. 2) The curriculum will terminate in a certificate. 3) No access to Internet. (however, a person can visit cybercafes in Quetzaltenango, it can be assumed that any person using a computer in this program will be able to find public access to computers in the real world at some time. ) So, thank-you, I look forward to following the discussion. Neil Hendrick http://www.partnersinsolidarity.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. -- The Daily Glyph http://www.gomaya.com/glyph Usumacinta http://www.gomaya.com/dams Cell 917 312 9733 ___ 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] Charity Advantage?
Thanks to everyone who has responded to this request. You have confirmed
my initial feeling that this was not something I wanted to post on my
blog!
Siobhan
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)
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen
Snow
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 5:14 AM
To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group
Subject: Re: [DDN] Charity Advantage?
Folks,
If you are paying more than $100 per year for web hosting, then you are
paying too much. I volunteer with a little nonprofit that provides web
hosting to others. the hosting comes with access to a control panel
where
you can do whatever you want. it is easy to learn and works.
This is a good little revenue stream for a small nonprofit organization.
The
group I am connected with (The Charlotte Folk Society) makes roughly
$1000 a
year by reselling web hosting to small nonprofits at low rates. The
aggregate provides them with the revenue, plus they have their own site
hosted for free. Engaging in reselling is easy to set up and manage. The
Folk Society does no advertising for clients and we have 10. We're
looking
at adding some tiered services to lower the price even more to
individual
organizations and microbusinesses.
The fact that the organization is unclear about its status is a big red
flag. That they charge so much so you can add pages... is ludicrous on
its
face. $35 per month -- if THEY do all the heavy lifting MIGHT be
acceptable.
But for YOU to do itno way.
My $0.02.
Steve Snow
Stephen Snow, MA, National Certified Counselor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Where love stops, power
www.commcure.com begins, and violence
704.569.0243 and terror. -- CG Jung
--
GROW BY GIVING: VOLUNTEER
Artist-Blacksmith Assn. of N. America (www.abana.org)
Assn. For Community Networking (www.afcn.org)
Charlotte Folk Society (www.folksociety.org)
Int'l Society for the Study of Dissociation (www.issd.org)
Int'l Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (www.istss.org)
Si Kahn (www.sikahn.com)
One Special Christmas (www.onespecialchristmas.org)
American Counseling Association (www.counseling.org)
N.C. Counseling Association (www.nccounseling.org)
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- Original Message -
From: Tim Gemelli [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: [DDN] Charity Advantage?
I don't believe they are, as I cannot find them in Guidestar (which
lists
all registered nonprofits. It also seems like alot of money $35 just
for
web hosting!
Tim Gemelli
Principal
{ www.eNonProfits.org }
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[DDN] INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: ISSUES: Duguid Talks On Information Age
These posts may be of interest to the members of this discussion group. From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon May 9, 2005 11:23 am Subject: INFORMATION LITERACY : COMPUTER: DIGITAL DIVIDE: Technology for Social Inclusion: An Interview with Mark Warschauer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/6014 From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon May 9, 2005 11:29 am Subject: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: ISSUES: Duguid Talks On Information Age http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/6015 From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue May 10, 2005 12:59 am Subject: INTERNET: SEARCH: TECHNIQUE: The Article Title Does Not Sound Very Nice, But It Created Quite a Stir on the Dig_Ref List http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/6023 From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue May 10, 2005 1:13 am Subject: EDUCATION: ADULT: $5.7 Million Federal Cut to End Adult Education for Thousands http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/6025 From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue May 10, 2005 9:40 am Subject: PETS: MEDICAL AND HEALTH INFORMATION ISSUES: CDC: Salmonella Outbreaks Linked to Small Pets http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/6026 And this is just a marvelous animal story with a happy ending: From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue May 10, 2005 9:50 am Subject: ANIMALS : COUNTRY: KENYA : CHILDREN: NEGLECT AND ABUSE: Witnesses: Dog Cared for Abandoned Baby http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/6027 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.
RE: RE: [DDN] Digital Divide, Telecentres and Iraq
At 8:51 AM -0700 5/9/05, Dr. Steve Eskow wrote: In the case of the powerful drug called a telecenter, there are times and communities when that drug needs to be delayed or avoided until there is a readiness to benefit from it. And, in the instant case - Iraq - perhaps could you tell us what matrix you would suggest as to when the telecenter would be useful? Or, when it would be harmful? -- John W. Hibbs http://www.bfranklin.edu/johnhibbs ___ 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: Sharing Podcasts with those without connectivity )was Re: [DDN] Webheads and the Digital Divide Network)
Ross Gardler wrote:: Ross Gardler wrote: ...Remember that bandwidth need not be a live Internet connection It would be great if someone with a media bent could create a set of dramatisations on key subjects (such as HIV/AIDS) in an accessible form. Something along the lines of the BBC World Serice WestWay series (http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/features/westway/index.shtml ) They get around the problem of being understandable by having lots of characters that are not native English speakers. Hence they speak in understandable ways. DOes anyone know a drama or media student looking for a final year project to do? Ross - you have got me thinking. Community radio has always been part of our plan - but for community radio you need a license... (and our problems there are another story.) We want to speak to people - preferably in Yoruba. We have played with ideas of audio cassettes.We even considered getting a PA system to use on market days But all of these ideas were too extravagant in time and/or money for our meager resources - so the spoken word side of things has been on hold. Maybe its time to start thinking again. As you say - no need for computers - a much cheaper way to disseminate information... I haven't followed the threads on podcasting - but gather its an easily accessible way of generating and sharing the spoken word. It could be a good supplement to the other work of our InfoCentre... If any media students do think of following up Ross's idea please also consider the farm radio scripts that are available - I forget the source but perhaps other DDN members know - if not I could hunt around. I have no time to follow through on this at the moment for Ago-Are - but it's back bubbling in my mind again - so thanks Ross for bringing forward again the issue of the spoken word and alternative strategies for disseminating it. Pam Pamela McLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] . . We considered a ___ 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] Podcasting with a One Dollar Walkman in Ghana Re: Sharing Podcasts with those without connectivity
You moved me to get out of my lurk. it was only yesterday that I wrote the subject line above down as an action point in the Moree International Conference on Human Security - more information on this appended below. The next phase of this process is on June 24, 2005. An international workshop on the theme Community Informatics and Poverty Reduction: Linking Local Development and Macro Policy. I would supply more information on this conference soon. Amos. Amos Anyimadu Lead Paper by DCE, Abura, Asebu, Kwamankese District, Ghana Thu Jun 3, 2004 13:38 62.56.152.195 SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE DISTRICT CHIEF EXECUTIVE FOR ABURA-ASEBU-KWAMANKESE DISTRICT, HON. ANDREW K. MENSAH, AT THE ACCRA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER ON 3RD JUNE, 2004 Mr. Chairman, Invited Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, to a gathering like this, I need not emphasize the contribution that the new Information and Communication Technology can make to wealth creation. Poverty is the unfortunate situation in which over 40% of Ghanaians live. In my district, the poverty rate is above 60%. The Government, in its Information and Communication Technology for Advanced Development [ICT4AD] policy, has set a stage for the creative application of ICT to varied aspects of development in Ghana today. In my district, Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese [AAK], our Medium-Term Development Plan, 2002 2004, in the context with the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy, puts significant emphasis on information and telecommunication. The assembly has a policy to extend information and communication facilities to all nooks and cranny of the district. This is in recognition of the immense global contribution ICT can make to wealth creation. 1. Mr. Chairman, all these processes point to the potential of ICTs as wealth generating engines. What do we have to do to make this potential real? This is the challenge that the Assembly, my office and the people in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District now face on a day-to-day basis. SEAMLESS INTEGRATION In Abura-Asebu-Asamankese District, we have been thinking hard about translating ICT potentials into dividends. We are investing significant sums in VSAT technology and connectivity. We are preparing ourselves now to ensure that these high technologies put money in our pockets from day one and for the power of computing to pay even when not on line. Dr. Amos Anyimadu, a son of the District, has suggested that we call this approach seamless integration. We accept. However, he is responsible for any difficult academic queries ensuing. We want to harness the power of the computing revolution in real, rural conditions. We intend to deploy the full advantage of multimedia computing whether we are on line or not. We shall be online as well as on site. We intend to deal in clicks and bits as well as brick and mortar. In practical terms, we intend to approach the networked computer as a re-diffusion box. We are digitalizing audio and video information from our district to be made available for selected communication centers, which operate public WLL phones in our towns and villages, which we shall designate as AAKINFO points. From my own office we have begun steps toward the paperless office through the modest use of scanning technology and common-sense filing systems. We seek a seamless integration of high and low technology, online and offline, within our condition. POTENTIAL OF AAK DISTRICT My district is richly endowed. It has over 90,093 able-bodied persons brimming with lots of intelligence. It has very rich arable land with rivulets watering them. My District is the leading cultivator of citrus in Ghana, with an emerging, important international trade. We cultivate oil palm, cocoa and much of the foodstuff produced in the Central Region. In spite of all these, my district is very poor, that is, the people are very poor. We intend to make the adoption of ICT turn the fortunes of the district around. Currently many people view my district as a poor coastal district with inadequate resources. This is not the case. We span from the coast through the low savanna, to the forest area. We can market ourselves through ICT and entice strategic investors. With ICT, we can demonstrate, in true multimedia, to the global consumers of our citrus products - and we are already global, we are going to become even more so with an investment of over two million dollars in processing capacity by our private sector that our oranges are well and truly organic, an important consideration in our global, niche market. My district assembly has confidence in ICT as a poverty reduction intervention. We also view it as a modern technology for Information dissemination desirable by all and sundry. We have, therefore, made it a policy to be a pacesetter in ICT among the 12 districts in the Central Region, and since the region is clearly the leader in rural telematics in Ghana, in Ghana as a whole. In addition to our significant investment in ICT, we are
Sharing Podcasts with those without connectivity )was Re: [DDN] Webheads and the Digital Divide Network)
Pamela McLean wrote: Ross Gardler wrote: Remember that bandwidth need not be a live Internet connection. I recently passed a Compact Flash containing a number of key presentations from IT Conversations to a colleague in rural Guyana. In his village he doesn't even have a computer, let alone an Internet connection. Yet that lack of bandwidth does not limit him with podcasting, he'll be using an MP3 player to listen to the podcasts and will be using what he learns from them to convince the village community that they need an IT Centre. Ross Would this information be appropriate to share with the community in Ago-Are - to give them a clearer vision of the potential of their InfoCentre? The particular info I was mentioning is all IT related stuff. So I doubt that it will be applicabe to the Ago-Are community. However, as I mention in a subsequent mail there should be other items that are more applicabe to the community in Ago-Are. They do have computers (not very high spec but some do include sound). Could the info go to them on a CD?. Yes What are the accents like? How fast do the contributors speak? i.e. How well must my Ago-Are people understand English to make sense of it? (The people I have in mind to listen can understand my English - but not if I speak too fast - i.e my usual rate...). This is not an issue for Guyana (English speaking). For something like the BBC West Way series it is designed for non-english speakers. It would be great if someone with a media bent could create a set of dramatisations on key subjects (such as HIV/AIDS) in an accessible form. Something along the lines of the BBC World Serice WestWay series (http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/features/westway/index.shtml ) They get around the problem of being understandable by having lots of characters that are not native English speakers. Hence they speak in understandable ways. DOes anyone know a drama or media student looking for a final year project to do? By the way does this renewed activity mean that the floods have gone down and life is getting a little easier there in Guyana now - I hope so.. To an extent. The floods have gone, but the damage is still being repaired. Ross ___ 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] Rural India's rough road to computer literacy (fwd)
From ZDNet -ac Rural India's rough road to computer literacy Bringing the benefits of computer technology to rural villages in India will require a substantial amount of work--and a lot of extra car batteries, said professor Jitendra Shah. Shah--who works in the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, an organization that develops supercomputers here--has launched a computer program designed to alleviate the grinding poverty found throughout the country. In a pilot installation in a village near Mumbai, students use PCs, donated by Via Technologies, to perform geometry homework, while local women track their savings in a micropayment program. Later this month, college teachers from around India will take a three-week training course that will allow them to replicate the program in other regions. http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/national/stories/121622.html -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.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] Charity Advantage?
I use a web hosting company, which I've had for 5 years, which charges
$50/YEAR, with a $25 startup fee, and offers more email accounts, more
storage, and equivalent support to this $35/mo+69 startup fee offer...
Doesn't sound like a deal...
Regards, Fred
--
Fred Mindlin, Project Leader
PVUSD Technology Curriculum Integration
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--John Holt
On May 9, 2005, at 11:28 AM, Tim Gemelli wrote:
I don't believe they are, as I cannot find them in Guidestar (which
lists all registered nonprofits. It also seems like alot of money $35
just for web hosting!
Tim Gemelli
Principal
{ www.eNonProfits.org }
- Original Message -
From: Terry Mar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'The Digital Divide Network discussion group'
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 10:00 AM
Subject: RE: [DDN] Charity Advantage?
Does anyone out there know if Charity Advantage is a nonprofit or a
For
profit organization?
There is nothing on their website that clearly states what they
really are.
They say some pretty ambiguous things, like:
We want to thank the following foundations for their continued
support of
nonprofits:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
But they really don't say that they received grants from these
foundations.
They also say:
NP Online Action would not be possible without the following
companies:
Cisco, MicroSoft, Dell, Yhaoo
But again they do not specifically say that they received grants or
just
purchased/use this technology.
The only thing that is clearly spelled out is the following:
Commitment by Recipient: One-time program administration fee of $59.
And,
Monthly budget of $35 for website hosting and maintenance. Maintenance
enables your organization to add new web pages and update content on
existing pages any time.
Any comments?
Terry
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Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 10:44 AM
To: DIGITALDIVIDE (Digital Divide)
Subject: [DDN] Charity Advantage?
Has anyone heard of Charity Advantage?
http://www.charityadvantage.com/ They
are now accepting proposals for tchonology and service program to
improve
technology and build networks within US based non-profit agencies.
Siobhan
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
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[DDN] New open source GroupServer tool for online groups
GroupServer is a new open source tool that combines smart e-mail lists and simple web forums. It's open source release was supported in part by the UK Local E-democracy National Project of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. E-Democracy.Org is a lead user of this New Zealand-based tool. We are using it for local forums where e-mail access is essential to reach average citizens not just those with always-on connections. The tool builds in web access, file sharing, a member directory, and RSS feeds as well! A blog post on today's open source release of GroupServer: http://www.dowire.org/notes/index.php?p=17 Read up on E-Democracy.Org's involvement with the tool and watch our 20 minute video tour if you want the inside scoop: http://e-democracy.org/groupserver Visit the official download site in New Zealand run by GroupSense, IOPEN and ZYPE: http://groupserver.org Those with NGOs and governments interested in promoting additional core features that serve all of our needs, are invited join a special online group: http://forums.e-democracy.org/factory/groups/gs-ngogov E-Democracy.Org encourages those in the NGO and digital divide community to join us as we further improve GroupServer to meet the needs of those in with slow dial-up and fast broadband through the provision of e-mail and web friendly access. Sincerely, Steven Clift Board Chair, E-Democracy.Org Steven Clift - http://publicus.net - Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Join DoWire: http://dowire.org E-Democracy: http://e-democracy.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: Sharing Podcasts with those without connectivity )was Re: [DDN]Webheads and the Digital Divide Network)
hi Pam... Actually, this is one of the things I hope to do with mobcasting: to allow people in the south to be able to record and listen to online podcasts on their mobile phones. I'm working to put together the specs for the software, then plan to recruit some programmers to tackle it. Then, hopefully it would be possible to host Mobcaster software on a local server anywhere in the world and let locals use their phones to access podcasts andy en route to budapest Andy Carvin EDC Center for Media Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.andycarvin.com -Original Message- From: Pamela McLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 10 May 2005 21:32:37 +0100 Subject: Re: Sharing Podcasts with those without connectivity )was Re: [DDN]Webheads and the Digital Divide Network) Ross Gardler wrote:: Ross Gardler wrote: ...Remember that bandwidth need not be a live Internet connection It would be great if someone with a media bent could create a set of dramatisations on key subjects (such as HIV/AIDS) in an accessible form. Something along the lines of the BBC World Serice WestWay series (http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/features/westway/index.shtml ) They get around the problem of being understandable by having lots of characters that are not native English speakers. Hence they speak in understandable ways. DOes anyone know a drama or media student looking for a final year project to do? Ross - you have got me thinking. Community radio has always been part of our plan - but for community radio you need a license... (and our problems there are another story.) We want to speak to people - preferably in Yoruba. We have played with ideas of audio cassettes.We even considered getting a PA system to use on market days But all of these ideas were too extravagant in time and/or money for our meager resources - so the spoken word side of things has been on hold. Maybe its time to start thinking again. As you say - no need for computers - a much cheaper way to disseminate information... I haven't followed the threads on podcasting - but gather its an easily accessible way of generating and sharing the spoken word. It could be a good supplement to the other work of our InfoCentre... If any media students do think of following up Ross's idea please also consider the farm radio scripts that are available - I forget the source but perhaps other DDN members know - if not I could hunt around. I have no time to follow through on this at the moment for Ago-Are - but it's back bubbling in my mind again - so thanks Ross for bringing forward again the issue of the spoken word and alternative strategies for disseminating it. Pam Pamela McLean [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.
[DDN] Response to Ross and Pam (educational media and ICTs)/John and GLD 9
Dear Ross, Pam, and All, Hello and great to see this interchange! Ross, I have a friend in Guyana--the regional focal point for the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS (www.youthaidscoalition.org )--who is also the head of the Guyanese Youth Network (GYN+), and they would be interested in what you are doing too. I'm especially intrigued about the media/drama ideas you mention, because there is a lot of that going on already (use of the arts and media to address topics such as HIV/AIDS, nutrition, poverty), and some materials have been created, from radio serials to multimedia CD-ROMS. My own organization, KAIPPG (in Kenya), is now working to package a number of subjects in multimedia formats, in English and hopefully Kiswahili and other local languages. We hope to do some on ICTs subjects (for training others), as we are now training local individuals and communities in use of ICTs. And it would be great if someone could take this on for a thesis project or something similar! We use drama, storytelling, and song to address these subjects too, and are now recording and disseminating these arts activities via multimedia format. I'd love to hear from others on this subject, and to work with you, Pam (she is already in an international arts coalition I founded in 2002, ActALIVE, whose members use the arts and media to address HIV/AIDS and development), and whoever else in interested. I know that John Hibbs is interested in edutainment and media (esp. radio) for Global Learn Day, too, so this might be something we could showcase in October for GLD 9. With all best wishes and greatest thanks, Janet (Feldman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] , www.kaippg.org , www.actalive.org ) Pam: Would this information be appropriate to share with the community in Ago-Are - to give them a clearer vision of the potential of their InfoCentre? What are the accents like? How fast do the contributors speak? i.e. How well must my Ago-Are people understand English to make sense of it? (The people I have in mind to listen can understand my English - but not if I speak too fast - i.e my usual rate...). Ross: This is not an issue for Guyana (English speaking). For something like the BBC West Way series it is designed for non-english speakers. It would be great if someone with a media bent could create a set of dramatisations on key subjects (such as HIV/AIDS) in an accessible form. Something along the lines of the BBC World Serice WestWay series (http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/features/westway/index.shtml ). Does anyone know a drama or media student looking for a final year project to do? ___ 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.
