June 2012

Remote learning done properly – KahnAcademy

by Caetano Notari June 28, 2012 Digital Inclusion
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Being born and raised in Brazil, I have always witnessed the damaging effects of the lack of proper education for the majority of the population. Here, unfortunately, public schools are not good, with few exceptions. If you want to provide your kids with a decent education, be ready to place them in private schools and dedicate a large part of your monthly budget to cover for the education fees. This is also a reality in almost all other countries in […]

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RIO+20 and the importance of ICT for a sustainable green future

by Caetano Notari June 22, 2012 Digital Inclusion
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RIO+20, one of the most respected environmental summit in the world, happened last week, but some discussions are not closed yet. Among the critical debates held, one is particularly related to this site: how ICT will help us not only to reduce our carbon footprint, but will also help us to reduce poverty and to secure that democracy is a right for all global citizens. I will address only the first part on this post, the other ones, later.

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Brave new Internet World

by Caetano Notari June 14, 2012 Digital Inclusion
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My eldest son is 9 years old, and is studying Communication Channels… So, I took the opportunity to do a quick interview to see how they perceive communications in the modern world: Today’s homework was to describe how I would invite a friend to spend time at our house when he lives far from us. And what did you say?

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How can digital inclusion support the growth of a country?

by Caetano Notari June 7, 2012 Digital Inclusion
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Whenever I start to talk to someone about digital inclusion, I always get the same initial questions: “Isn’t digital inclusion a social activity that governments do? Is that relevant in the current global economic crisis? Why should we care about it?”. I believe that people are not seeing the full picture, and I want to explain why.

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