The skinny on online donations
Get the skinny on online donations - learn which platforms will best suit your non-profit
Submitted by Jon on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 23:56
Add new comment | Feed: Catapult Design | Original articlelinks for 2010-03-12
Submitted by EthanZuckermanBlog on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 18:30
Add new comment | Read more | Feed: Ethan Zuckerman | Original articleICT4D Meetup in Austin during SXSW
In Austin for South By SouthWest? Join folks interested in ICT for development at the Gingerman (3rd and Lavaca) from 4-7pm on Sunday! I'll bring my OLPC for anyone up to the challenge of figuring out how to open it for the first time, and we'll talk mapping, SMS, crisis response and more!
Submitted by Jon on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 18:13
Add new comment | Feed: JonCamfield.com Blog | Original articlelinks for 2010-03-12
-
BBC News – The top 100 sites on the internet
A top 100 from Nielsen, sorted by nationality. Doesn't include China's popular sites.
Submitted by EthanZuckermanBlog on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 18:04
Add new comment | Read more | Feed: Ethan Zuckerman | Original articleModified bicycles in Kenya – 100% Afrigadget!
My good friend Jagi Gakunju who runs the Kenyan environmental cyclists club Uvumbuzi club told me about this project which immediately caught my attention. It’s a collaboration with Africans and a Dutch organization.
You can read all about Cycling Blue in Kisumu on their Cycling Blue blog
Submitted by Afrigadget on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 18:01
Add new comment | Read more | Feed: AfriGadget | Original articleWomen in the World Conference. Live Stream and Schedule
The live stream and schedule of the Daily Beast's inaugural Women in the World Conference. We are covering it live.
UN Dispatch is pleased to cover the Daily Beast's Women in the World Conference. This two day confab features an impressive list of speakers ranging from the high profile (Hillary Clinton, Meryl Streep, Queen Rania) to somewhat less known human rights activists and social entrepreneurs from around the world. The conference kicks off with an opening address by UN Foundation CEO Kathy Calvin.
Submitted by UNDispatch on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 17:10
Add new comment | Feed: UN Dispatch : Technology | Original articleA technical update
Some readers have complained in the past that they have gotten error messages when trying to submit comments to the blog. We've put in a request with our software provider to look into the problem, but in the meantime, please send an email to rru@worldbank.org if you encounter a problem.
Submitted by PSDBlog on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 16:10
Add new comment | Read more | Feed: PSDBlog | Original articleREPACTED: Mr. And Mrs. Red Ribbon Pageant And Prison Outreach
We have got several updates from the Rising Voices grantee REPACTED. In last November the Mr. and Miss red ribbon pageant was held in Nakuru, Kenya in an effort to eradicate stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS. This beauty pageants hosts both HIV infected and uninfected models. REPACTED organized this with the help of Voice of Roses and the National Aids Control Council and it attracted more than 1000 youths from Nakuru. The Minister of Special Program Dr. Naomi Shaban distributed the prizes on the World AIDS Day 2009.
Submitted by Global Voices on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 14:59
Add new comment | Read more | Feed: Rising Voices News | Original articleCavin Mugarura - eLearning's Promise: Will New Models Scale to Educate Youth?
Many countries in developing countries are plagued with slow and intermittent internet. The positive aspect is that some countries have started laying national backbones running on fiber cables. Universities and other Institutions involved in E Learning, should deploy online materials on national backbones, rather than relying on Internet connectivity, where its hard or impossible to transmit large files to users with low bandwidth.
Submitted by EdTechDebate on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 11:27
Add new comment | Feed: Educational Technology Debate (ETD) | Original articleOLPC Kenya Video: OLPCorps Kibwezi XO Deployment
Kibwezi is a small rural town located in the arid region of Kenya, about half-way between the capital of Nairobi and the coastal city of Mombassa. Many of the students come from the surrounding farms. Their families survive on subsistence agriculture and many do not have electricity or running water in their homes.
The access to XO laptop computers stirs emotions of pure joy inside of the children as you can see by this video:
Read more about this deployment XO laptops on the OLPCorps Kibwezi blog.
.
Get OLPC News on Kenya - enter your email address:
Submitted by OLPCNews.com on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 11:26
Add new comment | Read more | Feed: OLPCNews.com | Original articleMorning Coffee - 12 March 2012
Summary:
UN calls for war crimes probe of Burma; 51 headless Vikings found in UK burial pit; UN conference talks trade in endangered species; German Scientologists try to suppress critical TV movie.
Submitted by UNDispatch on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 09:56
Add new comment | Read more | Feed: UN Dispatch : Technology | Original articleA comprehensive regulatory approach to rural telephony in Peru
Rural telephone networks deployed in Peru since 1998 and funded by the universal access fund are at a critical moment, facing severe sustainability problems. In response Peru's regulator -OSIPTEL- proposed a system of differentiated interconnection charges, depending on whether the network was urban or rural, and called for a public consultation. DIRSI through its MARTA program, responded to OSIPTEL with a report by Raul Perez Reyes. In it he suggests that the differentiation of interconnection
Submitted by zunia on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 09:53
Add new comment | Feed: Zunia (formerly dgCommunities) ICT feeds | Original articleRodrik, Defining Libertarians, Afghan Tribes, Finding Coffee in New York
Links for Friday:
Dani Rodrik gets way too excited about changing IMF views on capital controls.
Will Wilkinson: libertarians are liberals who like markets.
The NYT again tries tribal analysis in Afghanistan: did they get it wrong again?
Submitted by BillEasterly on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 08:54
Add new comment | Read more | Feed: Bill Easterly's Aid Watch | Original articleThe Forward Shows Some Love for the UN
The Forward is the oldest American Jewish periodical. From about the turn of the 19th century to the mid 1980s it published exclusively in Yiddish.
The Forward is the oldest American Jewish periodical. From about the turn of the 19th century to the mid 1980s it published exclusively in Yiddish. Today it has seperate Yiddish and English editions, though circulation of the English edition dwarfs the Yiddishkite.
Submitted by UNDispatch on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 08:32
Add new comment | Read more | Feed: UN Dispatch : Technology | Original articleTechnology Use and Educational Performance in PISA
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-qformat:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}
Submitted by World Bank EduTech on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 04:23
Add new comment | Read more | Feed: World Bank / EduTech | Original article7 Questions to Ask Before Adding ICTs to Your Development Project
When looking at integrating ICTs (Information and Communication Technology) into existing programs, or making an initiative go further or work better with ICTs, there is a lot to figure out before you even get started.
Over the past few months, I’ve been supporting the development of a mobile data gathering/ crowd sourcing and mapping workshop for youth in Benin. The training is part of a broader initiative to reduce violence against children.
Submitted by Inveneo Newfeed on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 04:12
Add new comment | Read more | Feed: ICTWorks | Original articleShould We Worry About *Internal* Brain Drain?
Are the UN and NGOs stealing all the best talent in developing countries?
Recently, the issue of internal brain drain in the developing world has come up on both development and economics blogs. The GiveWell blog mentions concerns that NGOs are pulling well-qualified individuals out of the private sector.
Submitted by UNDispatch on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 15:42
Add new comment | Feed: UN Dispatch : Technology | Original articleNicola Ferralis - eLearning's Promise: Will New Models Scale to Educate Youth?
Robyn, those already exists, at least at college level: http://ocw.mit.edu/ http://www.youtube.com/user/UCBerkeley But that's only one side of the story. What about course assessment, homework, in other words creative and dynamic content? I think the opportunity is more for a new approach in using the technology dynamically, rather than simply using a new medium for a very traditional lecture-style teaching...
Submitted by EdTechDebate on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 15:04
Add new comment | Feed: Educational Technology Debate (ETD) | Original articleRobyn Fisher - eLearning's Promise: Will New Models Scale to Educate Youth?
What about providing developing countries with access to relevant iTunesU-type classroom lectures from reputable schools/universities? They could be packaged courses, provided on mobile devices, or projected for an entire room. Problem is downloading/streaming video content. But I love the possibility of providing access to Harvard-quality lectures to those who can't afford it. These lectures could eventually be connected to ebooks, student community, and online testing/certification.
Submitted by EdTechDebate on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 13:45
Add new comment | Feed: Educational Technology Debate (ETD) | Original articleA video filmed on a mobile phone made history when it won the George Polk Award for Journalism this year. Not only was it the first video to win in the newly-created videography category, it was also the first video in the Polk's 61-year history awarded to an anonymous citizen journalist.
Submitted by MobileActive on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 12:58
Add new comment | Read more | Feed: MobileActive Blog | Original article