RE: [DDN] details: podcasting/videoblogging workshop in Accra

2005-07-15 Thread Andy Carvin
Hi Leo, Since I was just asked to do this, I don't have any materials yet. I'll cobble together what I can and post it after the workshop. -- --- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http:/

[DDN] Fwd: Request for support for reform at WIPO - Group NGO stmt supporting Development Agenda available for sign-on

2005-07-15 Thread Taran Rampersad
Forwarded for those interested. Robin Gross wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > Apologies for the cross-posting, but > > Attached and below is a statement for publication at next week's WIPO > Development Agenda Meeting. Civil society groups are invited to > sign-on to the statement to show suppo

Re: [DDN] details: podcasting/videoblogging workshop in Accra

2005-07-15 Thread Leo Burd
Dear Andy, Are there support materials for the workshop that you could share with me and other DDN members who might be interested? I would love to learn more about podcasting/videoblogging and also to help spread those techniques to other people. Best, Leo Burd Lifelong Kindergarten Group

[DDN] details: podcasting/videoblogging workshop in Accra

2005-07-15 Thread Andy Carvin
Hi everyone, I previously mentioned that I'll be conducting a podcasting and videoblogging workshop in Accra next week. Here are the details. It's currently scheduled for Thursday, July 21 at 14:00 GMT at African Security Dialogue and Research. Their office is located on Kofi Annan Avenue, just

Re: [DDN] Closing the Digital Divide with Service-Learning

2005-07-15 Thread J Cravens
>>We feel that there is significant expertise around the world and that year-long international volunteers can be a powerful way in which skills, knowledge and wisdom can be exchanged to help bridge the divide. The United Nations Information Technology Service (www.unites.org) has been trackin

[DDN] 'Lessons learned' telecentre stories project - any suggestions?

2005-07-15 Thread Claire Buré
Dear all, I am working on a project aiming to capture 'lessons learned' from telecentres (or community learning centres) across Canada in order to share knowledge and ideas, and inspire new and useful initiatives in other telecentres (and for research purposes in the long-term). The lessons learne

[DDN] Admin: Off to Ghana

2005-07-15 Thread Andy Carvin
Hi everyone, Tomorrow, I'll be off to Ghana for a nine-day trip visiting cybercafes and telecentres. I'll also be conducting a workshop on blogging, podcasting and videoblogging next Thursday in Accra. It should be a lot of fun, and it'll be great to meet so many of the Ghanaian DDN members who

[DDN] More H20 and OPML - "Tree of knowledge" technologies

2005-07-15 Thread Dave Pentecost
David Weinberger has posted accounts of demos on 2 successive nights, of H20 and OPML. It's a convenient place to get a taste of what's up with these technologies: http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/mtarchive/004231.html Click the right arrow at the top of the page ("Dave's outline editor") to go to

RE: [DDN] a tip about the amazon.com wish list spree

2005-07-15 Thread Henri
According to the Contest Rules only people living in > the US are eligible The wish list spree is a good idea but when shall the world learn to give equally? The people in the US should take advantage of the contest and pass on some of the benefits to the people in the rest of the world and

[DDN] international conference

2005-07-15 Thread Dr. Nadia Kutscher
We would like to invite you to the following international conference: Cyberworld unlimited? Digital Inequality and New Spaces of Informal Education for Young People International Conference February 9th -11th 2006 Bielefeld, Germany Today, the internet is regarded as the central resource for

[DDN] Wgig report released

2005-07-15 Thread Jacqueline Morris
Dear all, The WGIG report has been released and is available on the WGIG website in the 6 UN languages: http://www.wgig.org. Please disseminate this information to all who may be interested. - "The United Nations Secretary-General today transmitted the Report of the Working Group on Internet