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TimUnwin

  1. RGS-IBG Discovering Britain - discovering Britain's landscapes through walks discoveringbritain.org about 11 hours ago via web
  2. Last few days to apply for WISE awards wise-qatar.org/awards closing date 31st May 12:52 PM May 25th via web
  3. Just noticed that temperatures reached 30 degrees this afternoon in our back garden in peri-urban Surrey! 1:31 PM May 23rd via web
  4. Am I the only one who simply does not see Facebook adverts? Help! Hope they don't become larger to deliver shareholder value! 11:34 AM May 20th via web
  5. Cattle grazing on Chobham Common to encourage growth of Marsh Gentian 11:32 AM May 20th via web
  6. WSIS Forum closing in Geneva - some 150 sessions on a range of ICT4D themes - recordings of sessions available at groups.itu.int/Default.aspx?a… 6:28 AM May 18th via web
  7. "Challenging educational norms: wisdom from the web" - to download my chapter from Sadowsky's new edited book see public.webfoundation.org/publications/a… 3:19 AM May 18th via web
  8. Russian interpretation is resumed, you may continue Mr. Hickson... CSTD at the WSIS Forum 2:43 AM May 18th via web
  9. Output from WSIS Forum session on disabilities and National ICT Policies/Strategies #ICT4DD now available at unwin.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/ens… 2:25 AM May 17th via web
  10. Not just talking heads - 35 brilliant people contributing to the WSIS Forum session on ICTs for and by people with disabilities #ICT4DD 1:20 AM May 17th via web
  11. "Nothing about us without us" - people with disabilities shaping their own futures #ICT4DD 1:07 AM May 17th via web
  12. WSIS Forum identifies 16 reasons why disability issues are not featured enough in national ICT policies - now working on solutions! #ICT4DD 1:04 AM May 17th via web
  13. Policies tend to be top down - we need bottom up solutions not just policy on ICT and disability #ICT4DD 12:34 AM May 17th via web
  14. Cultural factors - such as 'hiding' people with disabilities in many parts of the world - make disabilities invisible (WSIS Forum) #ICT4DD 12:33 AM May 17th via web
  15. We don't do enough for deaf people at fora such as WSIS (heard in discussion at WSIS Forum) #ICT4DD - that's why we are using Twitter text! 12:30 AM May 17th via web
  16. People who make the products, don't have awareness of disability issues (heard in discussion WSIS Forum) #ICT4DD 12:29 AM May 17th via web
  17. For people with disabilities technology makes things possible; for the rest of us it just makes things easier (heard in discussion) #ICT4DD 12:26 AM May 17th via web
  18. WSIS Forum disability session - breakouts now underway - why are disability issues not addressed sufficiently in national ICT plans? #ICT4DD 12:21 AM May 17th via web
  19. Joyojeet Pal - there has to be state commitment to funding R&D in the use of ICTs by people with disabilities #ICT4DD 12:15 AM May 17th via web
  20. Joyojeet Pal - we need more champions among people with disabilities in using ICTs #ICT4DD 12:14 AM May 17th via web
  • Name Tim Unwin
  • Location In England
  • Web http://unwin.word...
  • Bio CEO of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation, UNESCO Chair in ICT4D, and Chair of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
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