---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 15:15:49 -0700 From: Steve Cisler <cisler@pobox.com> To: nettime-l@bbs.thing.net Subject: <nettime> Product Placements in Learning Environments I just finished writing a paper entitled, "Product Placements in Learning Environments: From Keystone-Mast to Microsoft" a sort of history of technology companies making donations to schools, tech centers, and telecenters. It begins in the 1920's and concludes with a new initiative by Microsoft in developing countries. As someone who has been engaged in these types of donations I thought this would be a good time to reflect on the trade-offs and expectations about this kind of corporate giving and whether you should be suspicious of geeks bearing gifts. http://eduaction.net/productplacement.html I'll be offline and camping in Canada for a week or so, but your comments are welcome. Steve Cisler # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net