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Community Science Workshops and Shared Authorship of Space: Interview with Emilyn Green

Museum 2.0

Imagine the most community-based science center possible. Imagine it in a poor, immigrant farmworker community. In a Community Science Workshop. A couple months ago, I visited a Community Science Workshop for the first time in Watsonville, CA. Can you give me the overview of Community Science Workshops? It thrives.

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Scratch: An Educational, Multi-Generational Online Community that Works

Museum 2.0

Then, in May 2007, the Scratch online community (called ScratchR) was released. It's an inspiration to anyone trying to create an online community around informal learning. As in any online community, ScratchR has spectators, joiners, collectors, critics, and creators. What make Scratch users come to the online community?