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Media literacy is the process of accessing, analyzing, evaluating and creating messages in a wide variety of media modes, genres and forms.
“The media are major industries, generating profit and employment; they provide us with most of our information about the political process; and they offer us ideas, images and [...]
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Kiva – Loans $25 to change lives
Posted in cooperation, ecosostenibilità, internet, ngo, ong, people, resource, solidarietà, solidarity, sustainability, tagged aiuto, beneficienza, capital, connect people, cooperation, cooperazione, denaro, developing countries, developing world, donate, donations, donazioni, ecosostenibilità, enterpreneur, enterpreneurs, field partners, finanziatori, fund, help, imprenditori, investimento, istituti di microcredito, kiva, lend, lender, lending, loan, loans, mcrocredito, micro-lending, microcredito, microfinance, microfinance istitutions, microfunds, money, ngo, no profit, ong, paesi in via di sviluppo, partnerships, paypal, people, piccola impresa, piccoli imprenditori, poverty, prestare, prestito, small business, sustainable development, sustanaibility, sviluppo, sviluppo sostenibile on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kiva Microfunds is an organization that allows people to lend money via the Internet to microfinance institutions in developing countries which in turn lend the money to small businesses. It is a 501(c) non-profit organization headquartered in San Francisco, supported by donations from its users and through partnerships with businesses and [...]
Google Ocean – Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans
Posted in IT, cooperation, data, ecology, enviroment, free, internet, media, science, technology, web 2.0, web application, tagged 3D, algae blooms, bathymetry, coral reef, currents, data, database, enviroment, google, google maps, google ocean, lamont_doherty, map, mape, mapping, ocean, oceani, sea, shipwreck, topografia, topography, weather patterns on May 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We’ve got Google Earth and Google Sky. Next up will be a map of the world below sea level–Google Ocean. The company has assembled an advisory group of oceanography experts to create a 3D oceanographic map.
The tool–for now called Google Ocean, is expected to be similar to other 3D online mapping applications. People will be [...]
Skype free calls
Posted in IT, free, internet, media, people, technology, tagged calling, canone, cellulare, chiamate, computer, flat, free calls, gratis, internet, landlines, mobile, pc, phome, senza limiti europa, senza limiti mondo, senza limiti uno, skype, telefono, telefono fisso, telephone, unlimited country, unlimited europe, unlimited world, voip on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
by ElasticIllusion
Free calling
You’ve downloaded Skype, and so has your friend. Free Skype-to-Skype calls. To anywhere in the world. And at any time, day or night, morning or weekends.
You can also use Skype to make pretty cheap calls to phones and mobiles. Unlimited calls to landlines any time, day or night.
Unlimited [...]
e-Government
Posted in IT, internet, media, people, society, technology, tagged banda larga, citizen, cittadino, commercio elettronico, e government, ebusiness, imprese, information, internet, italia, ITC, servizio publico, Tlc on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
by sunnyboots via youtube
e-Government refers to the use of internet technology as a platform for exchanging information, providing services and transacting with citizens, businesses, and other arms of government. e-Government may be applied by the legislature, judiciary, or administration, in order to improve internal efficiency, the delivery of public services, [...]
Digital Divide
Posted in IT, cooperation, international organization, internet, media, ong, open source, people, society, solidarity, technology, tagged accesso, alfabetizzazione informatica, bangalore declaration, bharat mehra, broadband, communication, computer, DD, digital citizen, digital divide, disegualianze, divario digitale, education, educazione, encore ltd, gap, global economy, global village, inequality, information technology, infrastrutture, internet, IT, ITC, lisa servon, MDG, network society, nuove tecnologie, pc, poverty, resource, servizi telematici, simpluter, summit società dell'informazione, trashware, UN, unequal access on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
by Medialink via youtube
The term digital divide refers to the gap between those people with effective access to digital and information technology and those without access to it. It includes the imbalances in physical access to technology as well as the imbalances in resources and skills needed to effectively participate as [...]
