Hello Tquabo and all,

Tquabo thank you for rasing the broad area of international development and
the role of literacy and technology in sustainable development initiatives.
You raise interesting questions for members of this list to address. Many
of us do not have a strong background (maybe I should just speak for myself
here)in issues of sustainable development but I wonder if list members
could speak from their own local and programatic experience to address your
questions, particularly the first and fourth:

"The difference between technology in literacy(education) and technology of
literacy."  
"How literacy attainment could contribute to poverty alleviation, narrowing
the digital divide etc..."

It would be great to hear from list members who have been involved in
internatioanl literacy and the role of literacy in development.

If you would like to learn more about the Millenium Development Goals and
Education for All, following is a summary annd links to those sites:

The eight goals and 18 targets of the Millennium Development Goals
constitute an over-arching framework for international development
cooperation, agreed at the level of the United Nations. The provision of
primary education and gender equality in education are the two areas where
the MDGs overlap with the EFA agenda – other aspects of basic education,
such as literacy, quality and non-formal education, are implied as
conditions for the realization of the MDGs.

- The six EFA goals are concerned with extending the reach of basic
education to every child and adult and with the nature of such provision -
it should be available to both female and male learners of all ages,
offering relevant learning and life skills and striving for ever-increasing
quality. While basic education is clearly intended to have a positive
impact on the quality of life and on deprivation, the nature of this impact
– and the content of education, which might be most appropriate to achieve
it – is a broader question. In other words, the role and provision of
education are central, and this drives the EFA agenda forward; the
underlying purpose of education is either assumed or considered to be a
matter for wider socio-political debate. 

Education For All
http://www.unesco.org/education/efa/index.shtml

Millenium Development Goals
http://www.undp.org/mdg/


Regards,
Mariann

At 09:17 PM 11/16/2005 -0800, you wrote:

>Dear Fedele     Thank you for inviting me to forward any questions that I

>have related to technology and literacy. As a background to my questions

>for discussion I would like to raise two of the most significant

>International commitments which are:- Education for All(EFA) and Millennium

>Development Goals(MDGs). These of course may seem to focus on developing

>countries on the emphasis of equitable access to education and poverty

>alleviation.     On the other hand; digital divide is expanding fast and

>literacy divide is still large in most of the countries in question.     It

>seems to me the above raised issues could not be addressed without clearly

>addressing the issue of appropriate technology. The questions that I want

>to raise in relation to the above considerations or assumptions are:-  1.

>The difference between technology in literacy(education) and technology of

>literacy     2. Is technology affordable for developing countries suffering

>of digital divide and literacy divide? How  3. How about the South-North

>co-operation in such situation/issues  4. How literacy attainment could

>contribute to poverty alleviation, narrowing the digital divide etc     

>discussion and sharing of experiences     Best Regards      

>

><> wrote:  Hello Tquabo and welcome to the list!

>Thank you for posting a message of introduction.

>I'd like to use your example to invite other new subscribers or subscribers

>who haven't posted to introduce themselves as well.

>

>Where should you go from here?

>What q  uestions  do you have about technology and literacy and were there

any

>specific reasons you subscribed to the list? is there anything in

>particular you hope to get from it?

>

>For everyone on the list, as well, this is a good time to weigh in with any

>burning questions you have had about technology and literacy as well as any

>issues you would like to see addressed on the list.

>

>We conducted a survey of topics of interest several months ago and have had

>a few extended discussions on a number of those topics. Is there anything

>of particular interest you would like to see addressed in the near future?

>Currently I am working with a couple of members of the list to arrange a

>discussion on emerging/cutting-edge technologies.

>

>With best regards,

>Mariann

>

>>Dear Sirs/Madam I'm new to join the Technology and literacy discussion

>>forum.I'm not aware on what is going on currently.Where should I go from

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Coordinator of Professional Development, 
Literacy Assistance Center
Moderator,
NIFL Technology and Literacy Discussion List
32 Broadway 10th Floor
New York, New York 10004
212-803-3325
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