[DDN] Virginia Tech and emergency preparedness

2007-04-18 Thread Andy Carvin
Hi everyone, I've just posted an essay on my PBS blog about the role of emergency warning systems in on-campus emergency preparedness. As many of you know, Virginia Tech had problems getting the word out to students and faculty because of a delayed response and server crashes, so I talk about text

Re: [DDN] Virginia Tech and emergency preparedness

2007-04-18 Thread William L. Anderson
Andy, thanks for the note. In addition to all the good reasons for establishing these systems, and being prepared for emergencies, it is important to understand what it will take to build and maintain these systems. Lauren Weinstein posted the following short warning about how easily our current

Re: [DDN] An incredible Web 2.0 Experience

2007-04-18 Thread John Brakeman
Thank you for your story. This is truly one of the great ways that technology/web2.0 can allow us to stay connected and serve a greater purpose than say shopping online. I'm duly intrigued because I too had an experience like this. The only difference is that it was at a graduate level and the s

Re: [DDN] Virginia Tech and emergency preparedness

2007-04-18 Thread Kathryn Hill
On Apr 18, 2007, at 10:40 AM, Andy Carvin wrote: > I've just posted an essay on my PBS blog about the > role of emergency warning systems Hi, My first post here; I've been reading this list for about a month now. Interestingly, I blogged about this yesterday: an emergency notification servic

[DDN] FW: Journal of Community Informatics Special Issue on Telecentres

2007-04-18 Thread mgurst
The Journal of Community Informatics has just published its latest issue at http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej. We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles and items of interest. Thanks for the continuing interest in our work, Michael Gurst

Re: [DDN] Virginia Tech and emergency preparedness

2007-04-18 Thread Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan
Thanks, Andy, for this posting. For resources in the aftermath: >From THe Center for Health and Health Care in Schools http://www.healthinschools.org The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling attention to resources posted on its website that aim to help teachers, students, physicians, childre