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I am seeking some members of this community who would be interested in collaborating on a global challenge to create the Sustainable Telecenter. I am proud to be partnering with the Global Challenge Award and to add Sustaining Telecenters as a challenge that needs to be addressed and recognized.
Our strategy is to leverage the immersive internet--virtual worlds and web 2.0--for facilitating innovation and entrepreneurs… Continue

A recent article in 3DTLC-- 3D Training, Learning and Collaboration reported:
“Lauren Papworth, a social networking strategist, told the Australian Tourism Futures conference that travelers will increasingly use virtual worlds to help plan their next vacation according to the Brisbane Times. The talk was targeted at the Australian tourism community, but has relevance to the… Continue

This is an excellent example of an emergent use of technology and attitude waiting for the BoP to get on board:

From Inventor Shawn Frayne

from :http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/010063.html

"The opinion I have, and the opinion of the others that I work with, is that there’s a huge untapped brain resource in developing countries. When designers or inventors have a different set of constraints, and they’re clever, there’s going to be great inventions and innovations that come out of those… Continue

There has been some interesting discussions lately about Human Computer Interaction. After all, isn’t that what much of ICT is? Or is it? Another way to think about it is ‘computer augmented interaction.’ This is where the virtual, the electronic, merge and begin a dialogue effecting us as we effect our created world. No place is this as profound and powerful as in the area of design. The steps from dreaming and imagination, to rendering and drawing, to inhabiting in 3 dimensions, and then innov… Continue

Here is a project I am working on, and it came up with an interesting take on creating a knowledge economy. What is the value Proposition in a Knowledge Economy? You could call it a "Teacher/Learner Economy." Simply stated the drive to gain good employment as a Teacher/Facilitator of 21st Literacy's will help pay for the Teachers/facilitators that will be needed. This is scaled up through virtual eLearning and ubiquitous free wireless broadband and low cost, low wattage wireless computers. The c… Continue