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Polly Gaster
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AGRITELECENTRE
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Seuwandi Yapa left a comment for Polly Gaster"Hello Ms. Polly,
How are you doing? Hope you doing fine.
It was great meeting you at the 3rd Global Forum on Telecentres.
Best,
Seu
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Polly Gaster joined DR. SYED MD. ZAINUL ABEDIN's group
AGRITELECENTRE
Agriculture is the source of food,feed,fibre and fuel for the mankind and domestic animals.Telecentres are becoming helpful for the human efforts to secure the necessary produces for the survivalof the peoples around the world.See More
Polly Gaster joined SYEDA FATEMA KHATUN's group
TELECENTRE FOR E-GOVERNANCE
Telecentres are helpful for e-governance as they provide a platform via the electronic medium. This facilitates an efficient and transparent process of disseminating information and for performing government administration activities.See More
Polly Gaster commented on AHMED SUDAN's photo
3rd global telecentre conference
"Thank you Shaddy, I am very honoured to have received this award, considering how many dedicated telecentre/community ICT activists are working away around the world."
Polly Gaster replied to CLC's discussion SANTIAGO DE CHILE DECLARATION"2 comments:
1. At the Forum I think there was consensus on clarifying that the word "telecentre" covers all types of digital/ICT interventions at community level, including CMCs, community radios, etc. This cd go into paragraph 3 of the…"
Polly Gaster commented on Dean Mulozi's group Southern Africa Telecenter Network"Dear Dean
Thanks for the New Year wishes - I join you in hoping that 2010 will be a productive year for us all. In this context, is there a draft plan for SATNET activities that could be discussed?"
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- Eduardo Mondlane University Informatics Centre (CIUEM)
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- Head of ICT4D
- About Me (biography and organization description)
- CIUEM is a unit within the Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique's largest and oldest public university. We provide services to UEM and to the public, and do research and extension work. My area is ICTs for Development, and I have been working for the past 10 years in piloting telecentres and community multimedia centres in rural areas, and helping develop all the services they need to be able to function - content, training, support and help desk, network building, etc. My background is in information, and my interest is in how information can reach its target groups and how it is actually used, with particular reference to the poor in Mozambique's rural areas.
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- Mozambique
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- Eastern & Southern Africa
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- Portuguese, English
Polly Gaster's Blog
The Challenge of Digital Inclusion in Mozambique
Dear all
SANGONet (South Africa NGO Forum) has been coordinating a regional research project into ICT4D issues in different countries in the region. Reports are produced, and then debated in Forums in the respective country. So I want to give you a quick report on the Mozambique Forum, which as you know from SANGONet took place on 30 June. SANGONet also circulated the address for downloading our report, so maybe some of you have already had a look - it's available in both Portuguese… Continue
SANGONet (South Africa NGO Forum) has been coordinating a regional research project into ICT4D issues in different countries in the region. Reports are produced, and then debated in Forums in the respective country. So I want to give you a quick report on the Mozambique Forum, which as you know from SANGONet took place on 30 June. SANGONet also circulated the address for downloading our report, so maybe some of you have already had a look - it's available in both Portuguese… Continue
Posted on August 4, 2009 at 11:00pm
More reflections from the Boston CHI conference, and a suggestion for us all
As you all know, I attended a 2-day workshop on HCI for International Development on 4-5 April in Boston, followed by a 4-day international conference – CHI 2009. HCI and CHI mean the same thing – Computer-Human Interaction. Here are some more thoughts to share - sorry it's a bit long!
The aim of the workshop was to promote the use of HCI concepts in a development context – in particular, to learn about and study the needs of people in developing countries and look for solutions.… Continue
The aim of the workshop was to promote the use of HCI concepts in a development context – in particular, to learn about and study the needs of people in developing countries and look for solutions.… Continue
Posted on May 29, 2009 at 6:39pm — 6 Comments
New developments in ICT research seen in Boston
The conference in Boston was about Computer-Human Interaction (CHI 2009). The idea of CHI was born out of an educational and scientific society called the Association for Computing Machinery, which established a Special Interest Group o nthe subject (ACM SIGCHI). It took me several days to get all these initials sorted out.
The aim of SIGCHI is to broaden discussion of IT as such, to include human technology and emphasise that the end user of computer research and design is a human being -… Continue
The aim of SIGCHI is to broaden discussion of IT as such, to include human technology and emphasise that the end user of computer research and design is a human being -… Continue
Posted on April 15, 2009 at 9:14pm — 1 Comment
Cold in Boston
I was with Anupama this morning when I had failed to get on to the telecenntre.org site, as the wireless connection at the conference centre suddenly got overloaded. So she said she wd try to get on herslef - I'm glad to see she did.Since then Silvia helpfully suggested that I shd write on Notepad first and then cut and paste to avoid losing stuff, which is a v good idea - but I am not following it for the simple reason that I am not only using a new computer for the first time (hence all 4the… Continue
Posted on April 8, 2009 at 6:21am — 2 Comments
From confusion springs something good!
When I wrote my blog I really wanted to put the point on the discussion forum, but I didn´t know how to do it so I put it on the blog instead. And now I find I got 4 nings as a reward for my technical incompetence (or for the un-user friendliness of the website for those of us who are less quick brained! Not bad?
So this has to be a good day, the sun is shining at last and I hope my cold will pass. Most of all, I hope we will reach good practical conclusions to take home with us, as… Continue
So this has to be a good day, the sun is shining at last and I hope my cold will pass. Most of all, I hope we will reach good practical conclusions to take home with us, as… Continue
Posted on September 24, 2008 at 5:03pm — 2 Comments
Comment Wall (7 comments)
- At 4:08pm on April 19, 2011, Seuwandi Yapa said…
Hello Ms. Polly,
How are you doing? Hope you doing fine.
It was great meeting you at the 3rd Global Forum on Telecentres.
Best,
Seu
- At 9:46am on November 26, 2009,
Jannat said… - Congratulations for being a featured member.
- At 1:32pm on February 19, 2009,
Tess Camba said… - Hi Polly,
How are you?
I've posted the draft outline of the chapter on Network Management. I'd appreciate your comments/inputs.
Thanks and regards.
- At 2:39pm on October 6, 2008,
Yulia Gorbunova said… - Hi Polly!! How are you? this is my e-mail (recently changed): yuliya.gorbunova@ph-int.org
Thanks!
- At 3:59pm on September 30, 2008,
Marta Mans said… - Hello Polly! How are you after the event? I hope you've rested, be Mrs Ning must be exhaust ;)
Just a thing...you told me that you would change the information on Who is Who .Can you do it when you can on the Who is Who?
In that way, we can have all the updated Who is Who
Thanks a lot, regards!
Marta
- At 6:44pm on September 18, 2008,
Vignesh Sornamohan said… - Hi Polly Gaster,
Welcome to telecentre.org!
Happy to see you here.
Cheers
Vignesh
- At 10:00pm on September 9, 2008,
Partha Sarker said… - Welcome to telecentre.org community site. This site is still undergoing some revisions and is open to our partners. In the mean time:
* Please take a look at our Community Guide for an overview of telecentre.org features and our community norms (See Quick Links)
* We plan to consolidate all the blogs/content from multiple sources. The feature is being integrated. If you already blog about telecentre issues, send me your blog URL (so that we can import those once the feature is ready) OR start your own personalized blog on this website
* Take a look at the forum and participate in some of the discussions! If you have question, please feel free to consult or drop a line at our 'Website Help and Feedback Forum' (http://telecentrecommunity.ning.com/forum/topic/listForCategory?categoryId=2086278%3ACategory%3A445)
Best wishes and enjoy the community networking!
Partha
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