Tuesday 4am, I'm on the road to the Happy Valley[1] community in deep rural KZN. For tomorrow evening Happy Valley Private School has planned a certificate ceremony where I must present some course certificates. This is the final stage of a teacher t...
Views: 514 | 2 Comments » | posted on Friday, September 18th, 2009 | Tags: computer literacy, ICT, Open Source, training
In my previous blog I introduced myself through my questioning of typical assumptions people make about ICT for community development. I also advocated the need for a sympathetic meeting of minds in ICT for development (ICT4D) efforts. In this blog I...
Views: 426 | 5 Comments » | posted on Friday, August 7th, 2009 | Tags: community, culture, development, ICT, ICT4D, literacy, nurses
Being a communicator and debating knowledge is probably a central (and mostly subconscious) concern of most skills and traits. Sadly though, it seems that the skill of interpersonal communication or facilitating the "sympathetic meeting of minds" is ...
Views: 436 | 4 Comments » | posted on Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 | Tags: Africa, communication, criticism, culture, development, digital divide, global warming, ICT, social development, sustainability
