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The Digital Divide Network is the Internet's largest community for educators, activists, policy makers and concerned citizens working to bridge the digital divide. At DDN you can; build your own online community, publish a blog, share documents and discussions with colleagues, and post news, events and articles. You can also find the archived discussion lists of the DIGITAL DIVIDE listserv. Membership is free and open to all, so join today!
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Happy New (Fiscal) Year!
Bob Babione | July 6
You can now request products from donation programs with a fiscal year end schedule regardless of any requests you placed before June 30. The quantity limits have been reset, so you can request up to your full allotment of our most popular donated software, hardware, and online services.
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Energy Efficient Refrigerators
Bob Babione | July 5
Most people don’t think of them as office equipment, but almost certainly one of the most expensive pieces of equipment in your office is your refrigerator. How can yours be greener?
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links for 2008-07-04
Rebecca MacKinnon | July 4
Identi.ca: May A Million Twitters Bloom - ReadWriteWeb
"The service is an Open Source, CreativeCommons framework for a distributed network of federated microblogging services."
(tags: chat opensource technology twitter socialnetworking freeculture creativecommons)
Robert J....
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GSP Removal of Trinidad and Tobago: Dueling Perspectives
Taran Rampersad | July 4
The good news is that Trinidad and Tobago is no longer on the list for the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). Really. Even the oddly spoken Trinidad and Tobago Finance Minister, Karen Nunez-Tesheria, got that right. She's probably right to say that the macroeconomic indicators all support...
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Closing the Digital Gap in the Classroom
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My first grade students are fast on the computer. Don’t assume that it is hard to train them in the use of technology — they are much faster than you think. I strongly believe that the digital divide is a big part of the overall academic performance gap in our ethnically diverse society. Therefore, it needs to be addressed in public schools.
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By: Klaus Uebelacker, New York Times
September 12, 2006 | [more]
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$100 Laptop! Is it worth what it seems to be?
By: Alok Shrestha, TakingITGlobal | Community: Access | January 31, 2008
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| The project named, OLPC (One Laptop per Child), is gaining rapid popularity in developing as well as developed countries. This project was initially conceptualized by Nicholas Negroponte, founder chairman of MITs’ (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Media Lab and was announced in The World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland on January 2005. The project aims to provide laptops worth $100 to each and every school age child of underdeveloped and developing countries so that children do not have to be deprived of basic education. |
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Thinking About Tomorrow
By: Vauhini Vara,Jessica E. Vascellaro, Wall Street Journal | Community: Cool Tools | February 7, 2008
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How will technology change the way we shop, learn and entertain ourselves? How will it change the way we get news, protect our privacy, connect with friends? We look ahead 10 years, and imagine a whole different world.
January 28, 2008; Page R1 |
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Story Telling:My Second Home at Salamieh Telecentre
By: Nabil Eid, Salamieh Telecentre | Community: ICT4 Development | February 6, 2008
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| Story Telling:My Second Home, Salamieh Telecentre
ICTs4D Rural women with Disabilities
Roza Al-Yazji a Twenty-two years old girl, ranking the third amongst four brothers, She was born and suffered from many health problems, including speech disorder and learning disabilities. At the beginning, her parents noticed that case. But when she reached the age of sixteen, her parents could see her delay in speech and learning, balance disorder when she walked.
Her parents tried to get her into the state School but that was in vain. She was unable to continue learning with her colleagues in the classroom. Then she had no other choice but leave school and stay at home and rely on her relatives in learning.
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Stanley Litow
By: Stanley Litow, Forbes | Community: Literacy & Learning | January 23, 2008
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| Our education systems were largely designed in the last century and are simply inadequate to meet the demands of the current century.
Our educators work extremely hard and are very dedicated, but we must understand that we need fundamental changes in how we train and support our teachers and our principals. The quality of education is inextricably linked to the issue of teacher quality and principal leadership. |
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