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

Museum 2.0

There are lots of great science museum resources, but not where these kids can walk after school. We received two rounds of NSF funding in the 1990s to expand. We received NSF funding for three years and then it cut off. Any big museum has barriers and limitations to full community ownership. Geography is key.

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

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Everyone is instructed not to create usernames identical to their real names. The initial NSF proposal for ScratchR focused on creating networked opportunities for teams of kids who were already using Scratch and for whom a social component would add value to their education experiences.