Volunteer Opportunities at Computer Clubhouses
Harvard & MIT Mentor Initiative ~ 2004

Clubhouse Mentor Resources


Mentor Handbook
Advice for mentors

(also available as Word file)


Sparks
Inspiration for projects


Clubhouse Research
Learning approach and research

 


Clubhouse Village
Intranet for int'l Clubhouse Network


Beyond 4 Walls

Science and other inquiry activities


Beyond Black Boxes: Inspiration
Ideas for exploration-related activities

 

About the Computer Clubhouse

The Computer Clubhouse is a worldwide network of after-school learning centers focusing on youth (ages 10-16) from low-income communities who would not otherwise have access to technological tools and activities.

Through projects related to their own interests, Clubhouse members design their own animations, robots, videogames, interactive newsletters, music, simulations, and multimedia presentations.

Inner-city youth who come to the Clubhouse gain fluency with new technologies and become producers (not just consumers) of new computational media.

Clubhouse articles and websites

Intel Computer Clubhouse Network

"Not Just Closing a Divide, but Leaping It" (New York Times)

Listen to the recent "Clubhouse report" ("The World", Public Radio Int'l)

"The Computer Clubhouse: Technological Fluency in the Inner City" (in High Technology and Low Income Communities, MIT Press)

 Harvard GSE Ed. Magazine article, "Beyond the Digital Divide"

Computer Clubhouse Network website (based at the Museum of Science, Boston)

Clubhouse Locations

Maps, directions, and public transportation and other info on local clubhouses


Questions? Contact Rachel and Amon at 2mentor@media.mit.edu