[DDN] E-Government

Hello all, My apologies for getting the monthly discussion topic out a few days late. As you may know the UN recently putout a survey on e-government readiness amongst its member states. There is more information on the survey available at http://www.unpan.org/egovkb/global_reports/08repor

[DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health

As promised here is the suggested conversation topic for August (a few days early!). That a myriad of socio-economic factors influence human health is well known. But how about the digital divide in particular? Are there implications on human health resulting from the digital divide? Please feel

[DDN] Suggested Conversations

One of the new initiatives that the DDN team is hoping to implement is to initiate a discussion on a different theme every month. We are hoping that these discussions will be engaging, informative, and interesting. We also hope that if you know someone who could contribute to the discussion but is

[DDN] Geeks Without Borders

I stumbled upon an article that I thought might be of interest. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080722.wtq-0708-Krpan/BNStory/GlobeTQ/home Best, ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.n

[DDN] ICT4D 2.0: Defining a Way Forward

All, I thought you might be interested in reading a recently published UNITAR report on ICT4D. It is the result of a recent meeting held by UNITAR, UNGAID, and Microsoft. As an aside a representative from TakingITGlobal was there as well. Since 2006, DDN has been generously hosted and maintained

Re: [DDN] MobileActive08, 13-15 October 2008 - Register Now!

I just thought that I would take this opportunity to remind everyone that another great way to spread the word about digital divide-related events is through the www.digitaldivide.net website. The main page of the site has a very prominent events section that visitors are unlikely to miss. For mor

[DDN] Internet Censorship and Circumvention

Hello all, I don't know if this is an issue faced by any of you but I thought that I would pass along a link to by-passing internet censorship. It is currently available in English, Burmese, and Russian with French, Spanish, and Urdu translations forthcoming. Please see the pdf links at http://civ

Re: [DDN] Looking for an inspiring online video about teaching

Check out this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U I found it to be quite interesting and might be the sort of thing that you are looking for. On Tue, July 1, 2008 6:08 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi everyone, > I'm looking for a relatively brief (no more than 7-8 minutes, could

Re: [DDN] Introductions

message to introduce myself. > > > My name is Ilan and I am a volunteer intern at TakingITglobal and I will > be working on the Digital Divide Network until the middle of August. We > have a number of ideas and initiatives which will hopefully rejuvenate > the site, build-up the

[DDN] Introductions

Hi there, I'm just writing a brief message to introduce myself. My name is Ilan and I am a volunteer intern at TakingITglobal and I will be working on the Digital Divide Network until the middle of August. We have a number of ideas and initiatives which will hopefully rejuvenate the site,