Re: [DDN] Creating the $100 Laptop

Taran Rampersad wrote: I think that this link may also be useful on the Solo: http://www.explan.co.uk/solo/ ...It's really a good looking system and one I wouldn't mind getting my hands on to look at further. ... I'd like to hear how these systems are being used by people... If you click

Re: [DDN] Is the Internet the New Social Welfare Delivery System?

Tom Abeles wrote: > First, western law is based on precedent- case law- the past. It is > reactive even in its pro-active mode. It establishes the "game", the > rules or box in which we play and spends its time plugging "leaks" > where some party has been able to "work around" the rules of the gam

Re: [DDN] Internet Applications Via Cell Phone?

But, of course, you can only find out what you can do with your cell phone if you are *sighted*. PDF documents are unreadable by people who are blind. It is a good opportunity to remind people of the importance of web pages. Stephen Snow Stephen Snow,

Re: [DDN] Creating the $100 Laptop

Cindy Lemcke-Hoong wrote: >I used to have to carry laptop around the world. And >the 1997,98,99 ... models were 10 lbs each? > >Then I was asking, why do we have to carry a laptop >especially if I was travelling to locations where we >have our own branch offices. > >I am still asking the same qu

RE: [DDN] Internet Applications Via Cell Phone?

Marc Prensky has written a wonderful article on what one can learn with a cell phone. It originally appeared in the online journal Innovate, but much more can be learned from Marc's web site. The article on his web site is in pdf: http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky-What_Can_You_Learn_Fro

Re: [DDN] Is the Internet the New Social Welfare Delivery System?

Linda has hit the $100 computer on the head from both the philosophical and the legal perspective (PhD/JD) First, western law is based on precedent- case law- the past. It is reactive even in its pro-active mode. It establishes the "game", the rules or box in which we play and spends its time

Re: [DDN] Creating the $100 Laptop

Jesse Sinaiko wrote: >Big pencils. > >Much larger circumference than a normal thin, octagonal pencil. Maybe 1/3 >inch in diameter. I see kids in Chicago Public Schools using them every >day. I had them (and hated them) in first, second, and third grade (6, 7, >and 8 years old aprox.) back in t

[DDN] Search Techniques for Medical and Related Databases: A Selective Bibliography AND MORE

This Net-Gold message contains a brief bibliography of article citations, publications and other sources. These articles discuss various aspects of searching techniques applicable tosearching medical and related databases. From: "David P. Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun Oct 2, 2005 10:

RE: [DDN] Creating the $100 Laptop

Hello John, >I call it the Tyranny of the Instant. And it seems >to be getting worse. This can be a topic on its own. I think many of the DDN issues are more human and social. Such as this one. It might have moved away from the original subject topic, but ... Personally I think most people took

Re: [DDN] Creating the $100 Laptop

I used to have to carry laptop around the world. And the 1997,98,99 ... models were 10 lbs each? Then I was asking, why do we have to carry a laptop especially if I was travelling to locations where we have our own branch offices. I am still asking the same question now that I no longer have to

[DDN] An Internet governance debate question before WSIS in Nov -please help us answer Why

The debate on Internet governance has heated up and created a divide between the US, EU, and many other industrialised countries on the one hand, and Brazil, South Africa, China and numerous other countries from the South on the other. Why? The group from the South had, prior WSIS in Genvea aske

RE: [DDN] Creating the $100 Laptop

Big pencils. Much larger circumference than a normal thin, octagonal pencil. Maybe 1/3 inch in diameter. I see kids in Chicago Public Schools using them every day. I had them (and hated them) in first, second, and third grade (6, 7, and 8 years old aprox.) back in the early 1960s. Last year

Re: [DDN] Creating the $100 Laptop

Pamela McLean wrote: > People in rural Nigeria need computers. The Solo may or may not be the > ultimate ideal solution - I don't have the knowlege to judge it - but > from the practical experience of people in and around Fantsuam it has > proved itself to be uniquely suited to their needs and way

[DDN] Relief International - Schools Online, Bangladesh

Dear DDN Community, Last week, Hakikur Rahman of the UNDP's Sustainable Network Development Programme in Bangladesh posted a summary of SNDP activities in Bangladesh, and mentioned their collaboration with Relief International - Schools Online (RI-SOL). I would like to follow up on his posting

Re: [DDN] statement on civil society participation in WSIS

It's a point that CS has been trying to make for years. The UN is moving (slowly) towards a more inclusive model. However, it is difficult for some governments to absord this, and as it runs on consensus, the LCD approach ends up being what happens. However, the WGIG process was fully multi-stakeho

Re: [DDN] Creating the $100 Laptop

Sorry - can you explain more about these big pencils in first grade (BTW - how old is that?) Didn't ever use anything like that - I started with normal #8 pencils and crayons and by 7 moved on to fountain pens - this is at primary school in Trindad and Tobago - started school at age 3 1/2 - 4. Jacq

RE: [DDN] Creating the $100 Laptop

At 12:23 AM +0100 10/1/05, Cindy Lemcke-Hoong wrote: For the young, and some professionals, cell phone and WIFI are fashionable and/or on the go. But is it a MUST? I wonder. Cindy, at the University of Oregon I see large numbers walking through this lovely campus, heavy with trees and the colo

Re: [DDN] Creating the $100 Laptop

I have been catching up with this thread and have been encouraged by its inclusion of practical details beyond simple hardware. I was interested to read the emails about problems getting to a cyber cafe, and about maintenance costs and other issues regarding new and recycled computers. Perha

[DDN] Canada Statement read in PrepCom 3 plenary - Sept 30

Copied from the written text made available at the Canada desk after the statement was read. The text below is an unofficial copy. The authentic text will shortly be available on the WSIS/ITU site. WSIS Preparatory committee 3

Re: [DDN] Creating the $100 Laptop

Alfred Bork wrote: >Who is 'we?' > >Not me. Learning as practiced today, in both the rich and poor parts of the >world, is poor at best, and often nonexistent. Nothing works! For the US, >see for example the publications of the National Academy of Sciences in >reading, writing, and arithmetic. Or

RE: [DDN] Alfred Bork

For some reason which others can guess at but only he can confirm Alfred Bork, who has a long ( 30 years? 40?) and distinguished record as an advocate and developer of computer tutoring programs chooses to confine his remarks in discussions such as this to bitter jabs at what he considers misquided

Re: [DDN] Internet Applications Via Cell Phone?

Hi Don and All Would it be possible to also have a further discussion about both the $100 laptop and this analysis of possibly differenciated uses of desk top, cell phone and lap top at www.digitaldivide.net? I'm not sure which community it would best be attached to - but probably someone will