[DDN] WiRED International/UNITeS (telecenter question)

2005-04-26 Thread Janet Feldman
Dear Andy and All, I thought of two more terrific organizations: WiRED International is working in 10 countries globally to provide health-focused telecenters. Read more about their work at http://www.wiredinternational.org, and here are more details of country-level activities: http://www.wiredi

[DDN] Reminder - Live Webcast: World Bank Workshop on ?Designing and Implementing e-Government: Key Issues , Best Practices and Lessons Learned ?, April 26-27, 2005, 8:45 am ? 4:45 pm EST

2005-04-26 Thread opetrov
WORLD BANK'S E-GOVERNMENT PRACTICE invites you to a training workshop via live webcast ?Designing and Implementing e-Government: Key Issues, Best Practices and Lessons Learned? Tuesday, April 26, 2005, 8:45 am ? 4:45 pm (EST) Wednesday, April 27, 2005, 8:45 am ? 4:45 pm (EST) Featuring: Ali Ab

[DDN] Law, the Internet and Society

2005-04-26 Thread J Cravens
Thought some of you would find this interesting: ___ T182, Law, the Internet and Society: Technology and the Future of Ideas. This course originally formed part of the Relevant Knowledge undergraduate programme at the Open University. The university has now taken this course out o

[DDN] [Net-Gold] Digital Divide Network (DDN) Announcements Monitored by Google News

2005-04-26 Thread David P. Dillard
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 06:09:24 -0400 (EDT) From: David P. Dillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Net-Gold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Temple University Net-Gold Archive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Temple Gold Discussion Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Medi

[DDN] HP Education and eInclusion programs

2005-04-26 Thread Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan
HP just awarded the second round of three grant cycles. To read about the recipients see http://grants.hp.com/us/programs/tech_teaching/index.html Also, return to this page in October to learn about the 2006 round. Many states have HP offices that offer support to funding and e-inclusion. To l

[DDN] Wireless Community & Mobile User Conference

2005-04-26 Thread NewOrbit
Dear DDN Colleagues, There are sessions that include TOP recipients--including St. Louis WizKids wireless networks in Public Housing. This conference organized by the Wireless Technology & Education Center (WeTEC) at Cal State University, Monterey Bay examines cutting edge technologies and a

[DDN] Gender & ICT Awards 2005

2005-04-26 Thread A. K. Mahan
Deadline for applications: 30 April 2005 == FINAL WEEKS FOR APPLICATIONS! GENDER & ICT AWARDS 2005: Honouring women's innovative and effective ICT initiatives for gender equality and women's economic empowerment ===

Re: [DDN] Thanks - for browser standards suggestions

2005-04-26 Thread Taran Rampersad
Siobhan, While I was looking into things to write a more involved article than my brief weblog entry ( http://www.knowprose.com/node/1327 ), I did find that Mozilla 1.7's hardware standards are on par for older machines (http://www.mozillastore.com/a/requirements ), and allow people with older mac

Re: [DDN] the digital divide in language

2005-04-26 Thread Anna Badimo
Dear All, I think Jayne has got a point. One side issue that has to be considered is that most of the people we are trying to reach are illiterate, sometimes they are not english-speakers, so this jargon can even be more intimidating to them. Much as we are looking at ways of bridging the dig

Re: [DDN] New Civic Leadership and Machine Dreams

2005-04-26 Thread Lars Hasselblad Torres
Deborah, I am so pleased to hear about your thrilling experience with RealTalk. I wonder if you are aware of the work of AmericaSpeaks, which regularly brings the public together for large-scale "town hall" events that address important municipal, regional, or national issues? These forums are ma

[DDN] Bobby reporting improved

2005-04-26 Thread Life in Hackney
Have just seen that 'Bobby' having been taken over by Watchfire some time ago, had undergone a makeover / upgrade. Although the free 'taster' service only offers analysis of one page, it is very extensive, but very well displayed, using four tables of informaiton on Accessibilillty, Privacy, Tr

[DDN] PolicyLink Regional Equity Summit

2005-04-26 Thread Josh Kirschenbaum
DDN Members - Please check out this exciting opportunity to participate next month in the Regional Equity Summit. There will be several technology panels covering topics ranging from Community Mapping (GIS) to e-advocacy to the latest technology-supported evaluations. Hosted by PolicyLink