Steve, I know you are right about the importance of technical support
on a local level. Floaters presented yesterday at the SITE conference
on priorities for research we have identified, and one clear priority
is to examine the relative benefits of CTC's and home-based technology
integration. We ex
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To: "Steve Eskow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "The Digital Divide Network discussion
group"
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [DDN] Dark Horse for bridging the divide
> Steve -- I wouldn't characterize this as a "da
Steve -- I wouldn't characterize this as a "dark horse" It is one of the
central facets of bridging the divide -- for if, as you put it, the
"knowledge and skill not readily available in the community" then the
effort to expand the digital economy (a phrase I like better than bridging
the digi
One online course that is $59 or so is at www.ed2go.com. I've been impressed
with their online courses in general.
Katy Pearce
PAX-FLEX Cluster Director
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.flexvermont.org
Quoting Steve Eskow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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> A suggestion to Andy Carvin in the form of a question:
>
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A suggestion to Andy Carvin in the form of a question:
Is there now available online a good course on computer service and repair
that woould make it possible for those in the poorer countries to keep their
computers running?
Whether a computer in a poor community costs $100 or $1000, the odds
On another list with concerns about the digital divide, and the talks
about the $100 computer, Sam Lanfranco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> makes some
very, very interesting observations, as follows:
Sam Lanfranco writes
:
GKD has had an interesting and instructive round of discussion about the
$100 comput
