[Telecentres] requesting immediate feedback: telecentres/educationstatement

Thu Feb 24 07:53:47 GMT 2005

 Dear  Elizabeth,Andy and all,
  I would like to join your discussion.
  My name Naswil Idris <naswil at yahoo.com>,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 (
saga at nict.go.jp) 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 <asutedjak at yahoo.com> 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" <ecarll at optonline.net>
> 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: telecentres-bounces at wsis-cs.org
> > [mailto:telecentres-bounces at wsis-cs.org]On Behalf
> Of
> > Andy Carvin
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 7:36 AM
> > To: telecentres at wsis-cs.org
> > 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/
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