What struck me the most after the first two days of our workshop is that we all speak the same language.
I am sure that our capable and patient interpreters who translated our presentations and exchanges in French, Arabic, and English would disagree, but at the end of the day our American delegation and our Algerian hosts share the lexicons of democracy and technology.
As the Algerian technology staff members presented information about their Intranet and Internet sites, I found myself nodding in a Zen-like state of comprehension. The challenge of implementing technology to communicate the practice of representative democracy is universal.
In these exotic surroundings, much is familiar inside the walls of Algeria’s Parliament. Whenever problems come up with our laptops before presentations, guess who is there to fix them? That’s right, the information technology staff from the APN.
And it’s not just staff who seemed familiar to me. The members of the Algerian Parliament have been seeking out the insights of the elected officials from our delegation, former Illinois Senator Steve Rauschenberger and Virginia Delegate Kristen Amundson, because they speak the same language. Honestly. Just ask our interpreters.
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Effectivement, quand il s'agit de la technologie et de la science en général, on parle tous le même langage.
Restant dans ce contexte, je vous invite à visiter mon blog, réalisé à partir d'une plate forme algérienne de création de blog.
il contient juste un seul article.
Je l'ai réalisé dans l'objectif de signaler
1/ L'existence d'une plate forme algérienne de création de blog
2/ Une des manières de faire connaître son site. (le signalé dans un autre blog ;-))
http://assima2008.dzblog.com/
Donc, j'invite tout les participants à cet atelier, à visiter le blog et de l'enrichir de leurs commentaires
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