The computer clubhouse: Technological fluency in the inner city

October 1, 1998 | Media and Technology, Public Programs

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

Citation

ISBN : 9780262691994

Publication Name: High Technology and low-income communities

Resource Type: Edited Chapter

Discipline: Computing and information science | Education and learning science | Technology

Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Youth/Teen (up to 17) | Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals

Environment Type: Media and Technology | Public Programs | Afterschool Programs

Access and Inclusion: Urban

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