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ExhibitFiles: Interviews with Initiators Jim Spadaccini and Wendy Pollock

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Even if I WANT to learn from the exhibits that have come before and are coming up around the world, there's no obvious place to start studying. Wendy: Part of the thinking was that NSF supported the book Are We There Yet? , NSF requires grant applicants to build on prior knowledge--where do you get it? Enter ExhibitFiles.

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

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It's an inspiration to anyone trying to create an online community around informal learning. More generally, ScratchR relies on the community to largely self-police via the Flag as Inappropriate tag. Tags: Technology Tools Worth Checking Out web2.0 In this post, a look at the intentional design choices that make ScratchR work.