<div>so..............</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>every human being should have an iphone<br>every human being should have an ebook<br><div class="gmail_quote">every human being should have a facebook account</div><div class="gmail_quote">
every human being should have an automobile</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">teyeterih (i don't know)</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">amidst the celebration of cool tools... is anyone thinking about </div>
<div class="gmail_quote">the cost to the earth and how human minds WILL BE altered by this stuff?</div><div class="gmail_quote">do we see our children now having "NEEDS" we never even thought about?</div><div class="gmail_quote">
are we getting the languages back at the very risk of ripping away</div><div class="gmail_quote">the very cultural moorings from which these languages are imbedded?</div><div class="gmail_quote">cultural paradigms that are the antithesis of such conquest-based extravagance?</div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">will a line ever be drawn? enough is enough? are we addicted to the "new?"</div><div class="gmail_quote">whatever high tech tool, we hold today will be trashed in 5 years.</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Is this really what our ancestors taught us? where is the balance?</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">teyeterih</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">
ske;noh</div><div class="gmail_quote">Richard</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Andrew Cunningham <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lang.support@gmail.com" target="_blank">lang.support@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 20 January 2012 05:54, Phillip E Cash Cash<br>
<div><<a href="mailto:cashcash@email.arizona.edu" target="_blank">cashcash@email.arizona.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
><br>
> It seems we need a new buzz word to describe the technology needs,<br>
> development gap, and cultural/language challenges most communities<br>
> find themselves in. This is because we come back to square one every<br>
> time there is a new educational technology up for consideration. The<br>
> idea of a "digital divide" is sort of lame and a bit outmoded these<br>
> days but it gets a lot of mileage in the text books.<br>
<br>
</div>In Australia current terminology is more around digital inclusion and<br>
digital exclusion (in the context of civil society, e-Democracy and<br>
egovernment) rather than digital divide and has more to do with<br>
<br>
Although interestingly most recent discussions around factors that<br>
cause digital exclusion that are occurring in Australia exclude<br>
language as an exclusion factor.<br>
<div><div><br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Andrew Cunningham<br>
Senior Project Manager, Research and Development<br>
Vicnet<br>
State Library of Victoria<br>
Australia<br>
<br>
<a href="mailto:andrewc@vicnet.net.au" target="_blank">andrewc@vicnet.net.au</a><br>
<a href="mailto:lang.support@gmail.com" target="_blank">lang.support@gmail.com</a><br>
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