Glad to have your participation. Hawaii is a beautiful state and I was in Honolulu for the annual convention for the American Psychological Association last July. If you would like to participate in health and ICT issues, I would be happy to include you in that list as well.
Elizabeth -----Original Message----- From: Naswil Idris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:54 AM To: Ardi Sutedja; Elizabeth Carll, PhD; Andy Carvin; [email protected] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Telecentres] requesting immediate feedback: telecentres/educationstatement Dear Elizabeth,Andy and all, I would like to join your discussion. My name Naswil Idris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,Indonesian, PTC delegation to WSIS in December 2003 at Palexpo Geneva, I am now a member of PTC Honolulu, very interested in studying and reseaching the role of Telecenter( the generic name of WISIS is CAP= Community Access Point).More than 10 years ago also I met Ms. Divina Frau-Meigs in Paris, and as a member of IAMCR ( International Association of Media and Communication Research). I am also a researcher for APT ( Asia Pacific Telecommunity) wityh Prof Kenji Saga ( [EMAIL PROTECTED]) based in Bangkok.Prof Saga and me have several telecenters papers and research reports presented at PTC Honolulu in the last 6 years. Pls put my email in your mailing list, so, I will actively participate your discussion. Best ragards, Naswil Idris --- Ardi Sutedja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andy, Elizabeth and other colleagues, > > I am Copying this email to my Vice Chairman in > Charge > of Mediation and Advocation, Prof. DR. Naswil Idris, > so he can also be involve in this discussion, as he > is > also quite activelly involved in the telecenter > movement and WSIS program. > > Best regards, > Ardi Sutedja K. > Chairman > Indonesia Telecommunication Users Group. > > --- "Elizabeth Carll, PhD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Andy and All, > > > > Great idea. > > > > A joint statement with the education caucus on > areas > > of agreement regarding > > the role of schools, universities and telecentres > in > > meeting the MDGs is a > > natural partnership which will strengthen the > > process to achieve mutual > > goals. > > > > Elizabeth > > > > Dr. Elizabeth Carll > > Focal Point to WSIS > > International Society for Traumatic Stress > Studies; > > Chair, Media/ICT Working Group, > > UN NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of > > Andy Carvin > > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 7:36 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Telecentres] requesting immediate > > feedback: > > telecentres/educationstatement > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I've been working with Divina Frau-Meigs and Jane > > Johnson from the > > education caucus to craft language to be presented > > in tomorrow morning's > > plenary. As we wrote down our ideas, we realized > > that much of what we had > > to say was similar to some of the ideas we have > > discussed on the > > telecentres list. > > > > So I would like to propose that we consider > issuing > > a joint statement with > > the education caucus on areas of agreement > regarding > > the role of schools, > > universities and telecentres in meeting the MDGs. > > Please give me feedback > > on the following ideas as soon as possible, > because > > our telecentres meeting > > tomorrow afternoon will be too late in the process > > to impact the discussion > > on financing mechanisms. thanks! -ac > > > > ICTs are a key tool in achieving universal > > education, while wired schools > > and non-formal learning institutions such > > telecenters can play a major role > > in promoting development. > > > > 1. When considering financing mechanisms, do not > > neglect the role that > > schools, universities and informal educational > > institutions such as > > telecentres an play as a community hub for > building > > knowledge and > > integrating marginalized communities into the > > information society. > > > > Schools, libraries and other institutions are > > existing infrastructures that > > focus on the future -- the potential of our > children > > and young people. > > Young people should be a priority for accessing > > these educational ICTs as > > they cannot afford to wait for policymakers; their > > longterm prosperity is > > at stake. > > > > 2. It's not enough to finance infrastructure - > > professional development for > > educators and curriculum development must also be > > addressed - curriculum > > that is linguistically and culturally appropriate, > > including open > > courseware. > > > > 3. Multi-purpose access points: schools should be > > able to serve as > > telecentres, while telecentres can serve as > > educational institutions in > > themselves > > > > 4. Encouraging local/community vested interest in > > the success of these > > institutions. Community members must have a true > > stake in their > > technological and educational development. > > > > 5. Promote the development of regional open > > courseware initiatives as a > > primary means for cultural and linguistic > diversity, > > for pluralism of > > educational formats. These initiatives should be > > networked for worldwide > > capacity building. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > Andy Carvin > > Program Director > > EDC Center for Media & Community > > acarvin @ edc . org > > http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org > > http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > telecentres mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/telecentres > > To unsubscribe, send a message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > > word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > telecentres mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/telecentres > > To unsubscribe, send a message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > > UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! 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