Re: [DDN] Nicholas Negroponte- ISTE NECC Speech

2006-07-20 Thread Taran Rampersad
My thoughts on all of this are pretty well documented, but I'll just mention briefly - again - that the cost of the laptops viewed alone may seem worthwhile to some and not worthwhile to others. However, when looked at in the context of a national economy, I find the Negroponte initiative

RE: [DDN] Nicholas Negroponte- ISTE NECC Speech- Teachers and Technology

2006-07-20 Thread Jose Mendonça Lima
Hi Bonnie I think it is an great to produce computer at that price, but I also think if the manufactures wanted to refurbish computer would be better for the poor people and environment do you think? Telecentro Trajetoria Mundial http://spaces.msn.com/telecentrotrajetoria/ EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA

Re: [DDN] Nicholas Negroponte- ISTE NECC Speech

2006-07-20 Thread David P. Dillard
I have posted about this before. I once encountered a teacher returning to college in her late forties or early fifties who was quite confirmed and proud of the fact that she and computers had done a thorough and complete job of keeping their distance and not meeting for any purpose. This

[DDN] $14 Million Study Proves (???) Student Laptops Ineffective Academically

2006-07-20 Thread Paul Mondesire
Pardon for the cross posting. I spotted this on a local education list/serve and was wondering if anyone had thoughts on the merits of the statement or the study. Paul Mondesire - [EMAIL PROTECTED] $14 Million Study Proves Student Laptops Ineffective Academically Another in a long line of

[DDN] user demand for openoffice 2.0 books

2006-07-20 Thread Phil Shapiro
hi Digital Divide Network community - the most talented author of books about openoffice, solveig haughland, blogs that barnes and nobles is telling her publisher that there is no real demand for openoffice books and that they won't stock her excellent new openoffice 2.0 book. see

re: [DDN] video interview with paul lamb in san francisco area

2006-07-20 Thread andycarvin
this is a large file. (about 450 megabytes.) it looks and sounds pretty good. Why don't you compress it? I don't know any video blogger who would tolerate a file that large. Andy ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org