Computer Clubhouse
The Clubhouse Network is a nonprofit organization that operates a free out-of-school learning program where young people from underserved communities can engage with creative technology applications. The clubhouses in Los Angeles served as implementation sites for Scratch development. We also examined the mentoring partnerships between university students and community members. More about Computer Clubhouse can be found in book edition with same title.
Contributors
Kylie Peppler, Grace Chiu, Shiv Desai, Jesse Moya
Related Research
Kafai, Y. B., Griffin, J., Burke, Q., Slattery, M., Fields, D. A., Powell, R. M., Grab, M., Davidson, S. B. &. Sun, J. S. (2013). A Cascading Mentoring Pedagogy in a CS Service Learning Course to Broaden Participation and Perceptions. In Proceeding of the 44th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education (SIGCSE '13) (pp.101–106). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA. Link to PDF
Kafai, Y. B., Desai, S., Peppler, K., Chiu, G. & Moya, J. (2008). Mentoring Partnerships in a Community Technology Center: A Constructionist Approach for Fostering Equitable Service Learning. Mentoring & Tutoring, 16(2), 194-201.
Kafai, Y. & Peppler, K. (2008). Learning from Krumping: Collective Agency in Dance Performance Cultures. In Kanselaar, G., Jonker, V., Kirschner, P. A., & Prins, F. J. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference for the Learning Sciences, Volume 1 (pp. 430-437). Utrecht, The Netherlands: International Society of the Learning Sciences. Link to PDF
Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. (2008). Developing a Design Culture in a Computer Clubhouse: The Role of Local Practices and Mediators. In Kanselaar, G., Jonker, V., Kirschner, P. A., & Prins, F. J. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference for the Learning Sciences, Volumes 2 (pp. 196-203). Utrecht, The Netherlands: International Society of the Learning Sciences. Link to PDF
Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., & Chiu, G. (2007). High Tech Programmers in Low Income Communities: Seeding Reform in a Community Technology Center. In C. Steinfield, B. Pentland, M. Ackerman, &. N. Contractor (Eds.), Communities and Technologies 2007 (pp. 545-564). New York: Springer. Link to PDF
Kafai, Y. B., Peppler, K., Alavez, M. & Ruvalcaba, O. (2006). Seeds of a Computer Culture: An Archival Analysis of Programming Artifacts from a Community Technology Center. In S. A. Barab, K. E. Hay, & D. T. Hickey (Eds.), Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference of the Learning Sciences (pp. 942-943). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Link to PDF