February 2011 - change - Mailing Lists

Fwd: Poverty & Education: e-discussion
by Yaw Anokwa 22 Feb '11

22 Feb '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kathleen Diga <kathleen.diga(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 03:11 Subject: Poverty & Education: e-discussion As a fan of technology and youth/scholar issues, I hope you all can be involved in an United Nations event in which School of Development Studies (University of KwaZulu-Natal) is involved and would be pleased to have your participation. UKZN has been nominated by United Nations Academic Impact for the next two years as one of ten global hubs to help take forward the governing principle on 'Addressing Poverty' and Youth. Due to your strong networks and hopefully your interests in Poverty and Education in the South, we at the School encourage you to contribute to the e-Discussions (via Facebook!) on Poverty and Education for the week of 2-8 Mar 2011. We would also be grateful if you could forward this invitation to other interested networks that you might know, or to others that you think would have an interest in this topic. FACEBOOK URL: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/ImpactUN Basically it is a discussion about issues such as: should there be free access to tertiary education, what kinds of education incentives ought to be available by gov't including vocational training, what are strategies to reverse brain drain (young nationals emigrating abroad) and how can we ensure local talents are employed. Thanks again for your interest and your help! Let us know what you think of the UNAI discussion. Best regards, Kathleen

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Great NYT opinion piece on rural health
by Gaetano Borriello 19 Feb '11

19 Feb '11

Great article about community-based health education and care. Inspiring. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Beth Kolko <bkolko(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:58 AM if you have a chance to take a look -- http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/14/villages-without-doctors/?hp Beth Kolko Professor Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Box 352315 Sieg 423 Seattle, WA 98195 206.685.3809 Faculty Associate, Berkman Center for Internet & Society Harvard University

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Fwd: Visualize your own data in the Google Public Data Explorer
by Yaw Anokwa 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Eric Brewer <brewer(a)cs.berkeley.edu> An excellent new tool for visualizing your data and combining it with other datasets. Hopefully, we can get many ICTD-related datasets uploaded over time. -Eric http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/visualize-your-own-data-in-google.ht… ------------------------------ From: Mark Verber <mark(a)verber.com> Two tools which are a good compliment to take ugly data and clean it up so it is useful: http://vis.stanford.edu/papers/wrangler http://code.google.com/p/google-refine/ (used to be called freebase gridworks) --Mark

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spam filters updated
by Sunil Garg 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

With some help from support, I've tuned the spam filters on this list to not deliver messages that look like the spam we've been receiving. Hopefully that fixes things. Regards, Sunil

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FW: ICTD Postdoctoral fellowship
by Chris Coward 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

From: Arul Indrasen Chib (Asst Prof) [mailto:ArulChib@ntu.edu.sg] Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 11:52 PM To: 'François Bar'; 'Michael Best'; 'James Katz'; Chris Coward; Araba Sey; ernestw(a)usc.edu; 'i.banerjee(a)unesco.org'; 'evillan(a)pucp.pe'; 'lina(a)futuro.usp.br'; 'a.spry(a)apabis.org'; BETH E. KOLKO; 'Julian May'; 'Kathleen Diga'; 'jacklqiu(a)gmail.com' Cc: 'Chaitali Sinha'; 'Erwin Alampay'; 'jdonner(a)microsoft.com'; 'richard.ling(a)telenor.com'; 'richard.heeks(a)manchester.ac.uk'; 'Alexander Flor'; 'Daya Thussu'; Laurent Elder; 'Matthew Smith'; 'kentaro_toyama(a)hotmail.com'; rahul(a)IIMB.ERNET.IN; 'agillwald(a)researchictafrica.net'; 'hgalperin(a)udesa.edu.ar' Subject: ICTD Postdoctoral fellowship Dear friends and colleagues, You may have some graduating Ph.D. students interested in ICTD and looking for positions, so pardon the email blast. Attached is information about a post-doc position at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, for circulation to anyone who might be interested. The College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowships in Information and Communication Technologies and Development. The specific topic is an investigation into the adoption and impact of mobile internet within a developmental context, focusing on South and/or South-east Asia (Details in PDF flyer). Regards, [cid:image003.gif@01CA37B7.9A39C2E0] Arul Chib (Asst Prof) | Assistant Director (Singapore Internet Research Center<http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/>) | Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information<http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/sci/> Nanyang Technological University | 31 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718 Tel: (65) 6514-8390 GMT+8h | Fax: (65) 6792-4329 | Email: arulchib(a)ntu.edu.sg<mailto:yyy@ntu.edu.sg> | Web: www.ntu.edu.sg<http://www.ntu.edu.sg/>; Webpage<http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/sci/about/profile_ArulChib.html> ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY: This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it, notify us and do not copy, use, or disclose its content. Thank you. Towards A Sustainable Earth: Print Only When Necessary

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Postponed: TASCHA Talk - February 17: Digital inclusion - Developing a framework for the U.S. National Broadband Plan
by Melody Clark 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

Hello again! Apologies for the short notice, but tomorrow's scheduled TASCHA Talk is postponed. We will be in touch soon with the new date. Thank you, Melody From: Melody Clark Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 12:45 PM To: istaff(a)uw.edu; ifac(a)uw.edu; 'iphds(a)uw.edu'; 'imlis(a)uw.edu'; 'imsim(a)uw.edu'; 'imajors(a)uw.edu'; change(a)change.washington.edu; 'ichat(a)uw.edu'; 'iworld(a)uw.edu'; tascha-uw(a)uw.edu Subject: TASCHA Talk - February 17: Digital inclusion - Developing a framework for the U.S. National Broadband Plan TASCHA Talk: Samantha Becker & Rebecca Sears February 17, 2011, from 3:30 to 4:30pm Roosevelt Commons Building, fourth floor multi-purpose room Rebecca Sears and Samantha Becker will discuss TASCHA's new project to develop a framework for digitally inclusive communities<http://tascha.uw.edu/research/inclusionframework/>. In cooperation with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and as part of the U.S. National Broadband Plan, this framework will provide communities with a resource for assessing and building the capacity of public libraries and community-based organizations to meet the public's information needs. In this talk, Rebecca and Samantha will discuss the process and substance of the project, including: * Who is involved and how is the project engaging a broad range of stakeholders to shape the framework? * What are examples of different types of frameworks, and how did the project determine an appropriate structure for the digital inclusion framework? * What are some of the contents of the framework and why are they important? TASCHA Talks are bi-weekly sessions to share, discuss, and advance new ideas around topics related to technology and social change. Learn more at tascha.uw.edu/taschatalks<http://tascha.uw.edu/taschatalks>. -- Melody Clark Research Coordinator | Global Impact Study Technology & Social Change (TASCHA) melclark(a)uw.edu<mailto:melclark@uw.edu> | 206.685.7819 Twitter: @ictimpact www.globalimpactstudy.org<http://www.globalimpactstudy.org/>

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Kiersten Israel-Ballard on Innovative Technologies for Infant Feeding and HIV in Resource-Poor Countries
by Eleanor O'Rourke 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

This Thursday at Change, we will be hosting a talk by Kiersten Israel-Ballard of PATH <http://www.path.org/>. Kiersten is an expert in maternal and child health and nutrition, and will be discussing innovative technologies for improving infant feeding and HIV in resource-poor counties. In particular, this talk will explore the dilemma facing HIV positive women in developing countries around safe infant feeding. Kiersten will provide a background of the current situation and discuss work to develop technologies to combat this issue. Please join us for sandwiches, and to learn more about innovative technologies for improving infant feeding and HIV. *What:* Kiersten Israel-Ballard on Innovative Technologies for Infant Feeding and HIV in Resource-Poor Countries *When:* Thursday, February 17th at noon *Where:* Paul Allen Center, Room 203

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Fwd: Live Webcast, Trade Show & Banquet - UW Global Social Entrepreneurship Week
by Gaetano Borriello 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: UW GSEC <gsec(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:39 AM Subject: Live Webcast, Trade Show & Banquet - UW Global Social Entrepreneurship Week To: Gaetano Borriello <gaetano(a)cs.washington.edu> Dear Gaetano Borriello, The 13 semi-finalist teams <http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/globalsocialentrepreneurshipco mpetition/Pages/teams.aspx> have arrived in Seattle to participate in the 2011 Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition Week <http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/globalsocialentrepreneurshipco mpetition/Pages/schedule.aspx> ! I am writing to encourage you to join us for the public GSEC events, and to tune into the live webcast of the Final Round Presentations <http://www.foster.washington.edu/gsec-live> ! GSEC Week 2011 Public Events: * GSEC Trade Show <http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/globalsocialentrepreneurshipco mpetition/Pages/schedule.aspx> , Tonight, Tuesday 2/15, 4:00 - 6:30 pm (Haggett Hall): Meet the GSEC teams and vote for a team to win the People's Choice Award. * Final Rounds <http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/globalsocialentrepreneurshipco mpetition/Pages/schedule.aspx> , Thursday 2/17, 1:30 - 4:00 pm (Douglas Forum, BAEEC): See the top five teams compete for the GSEC grand ($12,500), ICT ($10,000) and global health ($10,000) prizes. Watch the Final Rounds LIVE <http://www.foster.washington.edu/gsec-live> . * GSEC Awards Banquet <http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/globalsocialentrepreneurshipco mpetition/Pages/banquet.aspx> , Thursday 2/17, 5:30 - 8:30 pm: Featuring keynote Dan Shine, of USAID Office of Science & Technology and special guest 2010 GSEC Judges' Choice winning team member. Registration closes tonight! Best regards, Kathleen Kathleen Hatch Program Coordinator Global Business Center Michael G. Foster School of Business Lewis Hall 303, Box 353200 Seattle, WA 98195 E <mailto:khatch@uw.edu> khatch(a)uw.edu P 206.543.3960 | F 206.685.4079 W <http://www.foster.washington.edu/gbc> foster.washington.edu/gbc <http://www.facebook.com/UWGlobalBusinessCenter> Join the GBC Facebook page!

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Discussion on Mechanical Turk for Development
by Eleanor O'Rourke 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

This Thursday at Change, Nathan Breit, Peter Lipay, Jennifer Apacible, and Fransiskus Xaverius will be leading a discussion on the use of Amazon Mechanical Turk for development. Mechanical Turk is a crowdsourcing system which pays people small amounts of money for completing tasks that are difficult for computer to accomplish. A person or business can post a Human Intelligence Task (HIT), along with the fee they will pay for the task’s completion, on the Mechanical Turk website. “Turkers” can complete these tasks for a few pennies a task. Examples of HITs are locating information on a document, identifying the content of images, translating foreign languages, transcribing speech, as well as comparing audio to written transcripts. Researchers in ICTD have proposed the potential value of Mechanical Turk as an employment opportunity for low income workers in developing countries. We will be discussing the moral and economic implications of this type of work, looking specifically at the business models of two crowdsourcing NGOs Samasource and CrowdFlower. Please join us for sandwiches, and to learn more about Mechanical Turk for development! What: Discussion on Mechanical Turk for Development When: Thursday, Feb 10th at noon Where: Paul Allen Center, Room 203

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TASCHA Talk - February 17: Digital inclusion - Developing a framework for the U.S. National Broadband Plan
by Melody Clark 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

TASCHA Talk: Samantha Becker & Rebecca Sears February 17, 2011, from 3:30 to 4:30pm Roosevelt Commons Building, fourth floor multi-purpose room Rebecca Sears and Samantha Becker will discuss TASCHA's new project to develop a framework for digitally inclusive communities<http://tascha.uw.edu/research/inclusionframework/>. In cooperation with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and as part of the U.S. National Broadband Plan, this framework will provide communities with a resource for assessing and building the capacity of public libraries and community-based organizations to meet the public's information needs. In this talk, Rebecca and Samantha will discuss the process and substance of the project, including: * Who is involved and how is the project engaging a broad range of stakeholders to shape the framework? * What are examples of different types of frameworks, and how did the project determine an appropriate structure for the digital inclusion framework? * What are some of the contents of the framework and why are they important? TASCHA Talks are bi-weekly sessions to share, discuss, and advance new ideas around topics related to technology and social change. Learn more at tascha.uw.edu/taschatalks<http://tascha.uw.edu/taschatalks>. -- Melody Clark Research Coordinator | Global Impact Study Technology & Social Change (TASCHA) melclark(a)uw.edu<mailto:melclark@uw.edu> | 206.685.7819 Twitter: @ictimpact www.globalimpactstudy.org<http://www.globalimpactstudy.org/>

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