Re: [DDN] A Littl' More On Bridging the Digital Divide in Africa

2005-10-18 Thread Pamela McLean
Steve and Taran have been discussing a village, in Africa perhaps, where 200 literates are ready to use computers. the 'social computer'... *telecenters*.. mobile phonesallowing all technology to be made available for them to peruse.. I would like to link this discussion to some practical

RE: [DDN] A Littl' More On Bridging the Digital Divide in Africa

2005-10-18 Thread Alfred Bork
I maintain that everyone should initially learn to read and write in the language or languages they have just learned to speak and to understand. I mean everyone on earth. This is possible today, but not with current educational directions and learning units. We should remove the emphasis on