High tech programmers in low-income Communities: Creating a computer culture in a community technology center

Proceedings of the 3rd Communities and Technologies Conference, C and T 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 545-563

  Kafai, Yasmin B ^a   Peppler, Kylie A ^a   Chiu, Grace M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY CENTERS; DIGITAL DIVIDE; HIGH TECH; LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES; SCALING-UP; TECHNICAL SKILLS;

BUILDINGS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 57449084460     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-905-7_27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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