The computer clubhouse: Technological fluency in the inner city

October 1st, 1998 | RESEARCH

The Computer Clubhouse aims to help inner-city youth gain that type of technological fluency. The Computer Clubhouse is designed to provide inner-city youth with access to new technologies. But access alone is not enough. The Clubhouse is based not only on new technology, but on new ideas about learning and community. It represents a new type of learning community—where young people and adult mentors work together on projects, using new technologies to explore and experiment in new ways.

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Mitchel Resnick, Author, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Natalie Rusk, Author, Science Museum of Minnesota
Stina Cooke, Author, The Computer Museum

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Identifier Type: ISBN
Identifier: 9780262691994

Publication: High Technology and low-income communities

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Access and Inclusion: Urban
Audience: Educators | Teachers | Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: Computing and information science | Education and learning science | Technology
Resource Type: Edited Chapter | Reference Materials
Environment Type: Afterschool Programs | Media and Technology | Public Programs