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

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The design and feel of the place was different than any science center I''d ever experienced. I sat down with Emilyn Green, Executive Director of the Community Science Workshop Network , to learn more about their history, design, and engagement strategy. We received two rounds of NSF funding in the 1990s to expand.

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

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Last week, I was reintroduced to Scratch , a graphical programming language designed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab. In this post, a look at the intentional design choices that make ScratchR work. Everyone is instructed not to create usernames identical to their real names. Why people participate.