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From: dab@moxie.oswego.edu (David Alan Bozak)
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Subject: Wanted: Info on Computers in the Third World
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Date: 17 Jun 91 06:13:00 GMT
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Hello!

    I would like to include sections on the state of computing, its
progress, its applications, its problems, in third world countries in
one of my courses.  The course is called Tools for Computing, and
along with learning how to use an integrated package, the course has
students using e-mail, News, and reading lots of newspaper & magazine
articles on computers and society (crime, privacy, telecommuting,
elections, and so forth).

    I've not included much on computers and their impact in the third
world, and I would like to do so this coming semester.  Does anyone
have any references I could consult?  I would very much like some
short pieces that I could put on reserve for students to read and
discuss, as well as some lengthier pieces for background lectures?

As always, thanks in advance.

David Alan Bozak, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126      (315) 341-2347