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Philology

learnt this word philology today, thought is was the wrong spelling of philosophy kuul Philology , etymologically , is the "love of words." It is most accurately defined as "an affinity toward the learning of the backgrounds as well as the current usages of spoken or written methods of human communication." The commonality of studied languages is more important than their origin or age, though those factors are important as well. The term is derived from the Greek terms philos (Φιλος) meaning love and logos (λογος) meaning word. In a sense, to understand a language, philology seeks to understand the origins of that language, and so it is often defined as "the study of ancient texts and languages," although this is a rather narrow view and is entirely inaccurate. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Press release - Web2forDev 2007 conference

Dgroups is a joint initiative of Bellanet, DFID, Hivos, ICA, ICCO, IICD, OneWorld, UNAIDS and World Bank --- You are currently subscribed to aisi-media-l as: infoelink@gmail.com To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-aisi-media-l-1125880L@dgroups.org speaking at this meeting Kwami Ahiabenu,II   PRESS RELEASE - WEB2FORDEV 2007 CONFERENCE www.web2fordev.net IBM, Oxfam and UNESCO listed among 40 presenters and speakers Southern grass-root organisations and northern development actors represented at first Web2forDev Conference 2007   The first conference on the use of Web 2.0 for rural development and natural resource management promises to be an exciting event: no less than 40 speakers have been selected from organisations with various backgrounds from both North and South. Among the listed speakers are representatives from well-known organisations like IBM, Oxfam and UNESCO, but also Southern grass-root organisations who

Ghana holds first ICT Awards

After a lot of hard work, we managed to make Ghana first ICT Awards  happen, I am very proud to provide leadership for this and looking forward to second national ICT awards in 17th May 2008 Kwami Ahiabenu,II Ghana holds first ICT Awards Accra, Aug. 12, GNA - The first ever Ghana Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Awards was held at the weekend in Accra, with a call on people in the industry to improve their innovative and creative capabilities for the nation's benefit. President John Agyekum Kufuor, who made the call in a speech read on his behalf at the ceremony, said there was room for improvement and further collaboration with government to provide better access to ICT to many Ghanaians. He urged stakeholders in the industry to initiate social responsibility programmes that would address the needs of the disadvantage and physically challenged. President Kufuor noted that ICT provided the competitive edge for businesses and the socio-economic development of t

What is concept mapping?

Concept mapping, mind mapping, tree diagrams, organisation charts, spider diagrams are all terms used to describe graphical organisation methods. These are used for storing, processing, organising and presenting information graphically. A number of software packages are available which help draw these diagrams and output them in various forms. But what do these terms mean? Why are these mapping techniques useful? Who uses them and why are they so popular? A concept map is a diagram where each node contains an idea, concept or question which are linked together by branches to show their relationship to each other. A concept map does not always have to take the form of a web they can be presented as a tree diagram or organisational chart, as an input or output tree or as a flow chart. Mind mapping is a distinct technique from concept mapping. Mind maps take a particular, prearranged web form. They were developed from psychological theories by Tony Buzan in the 1970s. Combining keywords