Special issue: afterschool computer programs for children /

A special issue on afterschool computer programs for children. Topics discussed include self-determination and learning at an afterschool design lab; people, technologies, and practices; making a computer club and a community; challenges to sustaining new forms of educational activity; the design,...

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Publicado en:Computers in Human Behavior Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 223 - 359
Formato: Symposium
Publicado: Elsevier Science May 2000
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Sumario:A special issue on afterschool computer programs for children. Topics discussed include self-determination and learning at an afterschool design lab; people, technologies, and practices; making a computer club and a community; challenges to sustaining new forms of educational activity; the design, development, and implementation of a technology-rich afterschool program; afterschool centers in four rural communities in Michigan; a Deweyan perspective on intrinsic motivation in “After 3” technology programs; the motivation for children to write; and contexts that promote interest, self-determination, and learning.