[DDN] Network Neutrality and the COPE Act (fwd)

For those of you not familiar with the network neutrality debate, please read below. Potential changes in the law may soon exacerbate the digital divide significantly here in the US. -andy Original Message Subject:[AFCN Members] Stopping COPE (HR5252) Date: Fri, 5

[DDN] Subbiah Arunachalam on India's Open Access movement

Hi everyone, Blogger Richard Poynder has a great interview with DDN member Subbiah Arunachalam about the Open Access movement in India, specifically focusing on open access to scientific research. http://poynder.blogspot.com/2006/05/why-india-needs-open-access.html --

[DDN] I saw a vignette about this in a film about Poptech... It is technology at its best

The Barefoot College - promoting productive employment for youth DESCRIPTION A hundred years ago, when villages in India had no urban-trained professionals with impressive paper qualifications, what did the villagers do? They developed their own knowledge, skills and wisdom to solve their

RE: [DDN] Suggestions for Nonprofit Free Open Source Software CD

Hi Andrew, Somewhere in a reply to your post I read (or think I did) of a need to include Disaster Management Software on your CD... If so please consider the free and open source Sahana application available at: http://www.sahana.lk/ Sahana (meaning relief in Sinhalese) was born from mitigation

Re: [DDN] blocking newspapers and TV

Marie Godfrey wrote a teacher from New York...couldn't access the essay through regular channels because we are blocked from registering on a newspaper or TV site due to school policies... How can we to change such policies? As I wrote back in April 19 here on the digital divide network, I

[DDN] CHILDREN: CHILD LABOR: Child Labor on Decline Globally: Improvements Since 2000, Agency Reports

CHILDREN: CHILD LABOR: Child Labor on Decline Globally: Improvements Since 2000, Agency Reports Child Labor on Decline Globally: Improvements Since 2000, Agency Reports By Stephen Franklin Tribune staff reporter Published May 5, 2006 Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/

[DDN] RSF 2006 Annual Report -- Internet Censorship

RSF has issued its annual report. http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=578 WJM -- Bill McIver Research Officer, People-Centred Technologies group National Research Council Canada Institute for Information Technology URL=http://iit.nrc.gc.ca -- Adjunct Professor of Computer

[DDN] An introduction to del.icio.us for educators

Hi everyone, I've just posted an introduction to the community bookmarking tool del.icio.us on my new blog, learning.now: http://www.pbs.org/learningnow permalink: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/learning.now/2006/05/tag_youre_delicious.html It explains the basics of del.icio.us and how

Re: [DDN] An introduction to del.icio.us for educators

Hello Andy, We at Dekita.org have been experimenting with delicious and created a distinctive tag (P2P-EFL-ESL-X) to aggregate EFL/ESL student blogs and highlight webpublishing projects around the world. For more information check out the information page at: http://dekita.org/exchange Warm

Re: [DDN] blocking newspapers and TV

For anyone entering into this debate with a school (or other) official, I would make an analogy between internet use and driving. Driving is the leading cause of teen death in the US, and has been described by some as an epidemic...one which no one aknowledges or discusses. The internet, by