[DDN] A little report from Sweden

2006-05-31 Thread Gail Watt
1)   Cultural Net-Sweden www.kultur.nu  has discussed the eRider concept at their annual meeting and will be heading up a project involving a dynamic growing youth organisation here, TechGroup,  www.techgroup.se to see if we can begin a “match your cultural NPO with a young technician in an e

[DDN] Remixing the web for social change

2006-05-31 Thread Fred Mindlin
Democracy Now! is broadcasting from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California where the inaugural TechSoup NetSquared Conference is being held. The theme of this year’s conference is “Remixing the web for social change.” It’s bringing together representatives from the technology and non-

RE: [DDN] Punishing Students for Extracurricular Online Activities:Crossing the Line?

2006-05-31 Thread Michael R. Burks
Peter and Andy, I think this is an excellent example of losing our rights a little bit at a time. This is just a symptom of what is going on across the board in my humble opinion. Those in authority have never been too happy with freedom of speech. Seems to me that is why we have the bill of ri

Re: [DDN] Punishing Students for Extracurricular Online Activities: Crossing the Line?

2006-05-31 Thread lavi45
I have no idea why school districts don't learn from the mistakes made by others in the past. They need to focus on monitoring their students on their campuses and let go of these students' activities outside school. Roderick Peter Laviniere, PhD (ABD) Executive Director VISIONS 2000, INC. 78

Re: [DDN] Punishing Students for Extracurricular Online Activities: Crossing the Line?

2006-05-31 Thread John Mitchell
Well done, Andy. Very well done. I am reminded of the things my friends and I talked about face to face when I was in high school, whether on or off of school property. Now that a preferred mode of communication is through online fora, there is a danger that the new communications channels wil

[DDN] FW: [NNLMall] NPR: Closing the Gap on Internet Inequality

2006-05-31 Thread Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan
>From a colleague of mine ~ siobhan Some technology experts say the digital divide between African Americans and whites is shrinking -- but how fast? Tech contributor Mario Armstrong provides an update. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5345718 Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MS

[DDN] Building community on website

2006-05-31 Thread Tushar Sampat
Hello everybody, I have just finished the first phase of revamping the Region of South Asia (ROSA) website of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) . The url is: www.unodc.org/india There are two areas where I would be grateful for feedback: a) How best can I build a virtual commu

Re: [DDN] As the Internet fragments

2006-05-31 Thread Jacqueline Morris
There are many. The INternet GOvernance Project (www.internetgovernance.org) has a lot of papers, as does the Circle ID blog site (http://www.circleid.com/) There have been numerous papers published in the past 3 years on the topic. Problem is that no one agrees on a single proposal and how to imp

Re: [DDN] As the Internet fragments

2006-05-31 Thread Taran Rampersad
Norbert Bollow wrote: Taran Rampersad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If there are no agreements to cooperate in regulating the internet, Is there yet any reasonable, well-thought-out proposal on what aspects of the internetshould be regulated, and how? That's what WGIG was supposed to

Re: [DDN] Punishing Students for Extracurricular Online Activities: Crossing the Line?

2006-05-31 Thread Dave A. Chakrabarti
Hello all, While I think these schools are crossing the line, it does open the question of who is responsible for supervising children when they're out of school. It's been said a couple of times that parents or the children themselves are responsible, not the school...but this is too superficial

[DDN] Looking for Information of Case Studies of IT Security Incidents

2006-05-31 Thread h . totani
Dear Friends, I am looking for information about particular cases of information security incidents in ICT-related projects in developing countries. My name is Hiroya Totani. I am a postgraduate student in the University of Reading in the U.K. My major is ICT for rural development and particu

[DDN] Education Review Publishes Review of Bracey: "Reading Educational Research: How to Avoid Getting Statistically Snookered"

2006-05-31 Thread David P. Dillard
In a message dated 5/29/06 10:32:32 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Date:? ?? Sun, 28 May 2006 21:55:15 -0600 From:? ?? Gene V Glass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Education Review is an open access electronic journal publishing reviews of books in education. The Education Review has published 1,600 reviews

[DDN] MIT Comparative Media Studies Director Henry Jenkins interviewed about MySpace.com and Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA)

2006-05-31 Thread BBracey
In a message dated 5/30/06 11:58:43 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > CMS Director Henry Jenkins was recently interviewed along with Berkeley > graduate student danah boyd about the current public policy debate over > MySpace > and other social networking Web sites. > > The interview is ava

Re: [DDN] As the Internet fragments

2006-05-31 Thread Norbert Bollow
Taran Rampersad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If there are no agreements to cooperate in regulating the internet, Is there yet any reasonable, well-thought-out proposal on what aspects of the internetshould be regulated, and how? > then I suppose we should expect fragmentation. That's really a v

Re: [DDN] Punishing Students for Extracurricular Online Activities: Crossing the Line?

2006-05-31 Thread Peter S. Lopez de Aztlan
Andy Carvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi everyone, Last week, an Illinois school district adopted a new policy towards student online activities that’s already stirring up a lot of controversy. All students in the Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 participating in

[DDN] Mellon Foundation Announces Awards for Open Source Software

2006-05-31 Thread Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan
>From RFP Bulletin (May 26, 2006): 14) Mellon Foundation Announces Awards for Open Source Software Deadline: August 15, 2006 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has announced a Call for Nominations for the 2006 Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration. These awards, to be bestowed for the