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Direct linkLongan, Michael W. – Journal of Geography, 2007
The geography education literature touts the World Wide Web (Web) as a revolutionary educational tool, yet most accounts ignore its uses for public communication and creative expression. This article argues that students can be producers of content that is of service to local audiences. Drawing inspiration from the community networking movement,…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Creative Activities, Geography, Audiences
Peer reviewedWarschauer, Mark; Cook, Janice – Prospect, 1999
Explores the natural integration between service learning and the use of information technology. Several examples are discussed from a community college in Hawai'i, where adult English-as-Second-Language students engaged in technology-related service learning projects such as teaching Internet skills to children and producing Web pages for…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Colleges, English (Second Language), Information Technology
Download full textBlakely, Edward J. – 1999
The search for community and the development of democracy through civic participation are the binding glue of the nation. The Cooperative Extension Service was formed in recognition of that fact, and its goal was to preserve community as technical capacity increased. During the 20th century, community has been lost to cyberspace and commercialism,…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility, Community Development, Community Relations
Cumming, Jim – 1997
Community-based learning (CBL) is a structured approach to learning and teaching that connects meaningful community experience with intellectual development, personal growth, and active citizenship. Enthusiasm for CBL is emerging in Australia and elsewhere because it is seen as the following: strategy for whole-school reform, especially in…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Education, Community Organizations, Computer Uses in Education
Perkins, Douglas D. – 1998
An ecological framework for predicting citizen participation in grassroots community organizations and predicting community disorder problems (such as crime and fear) was developed and tested. The framework, which is called an ecological framework for sustainable community learning and development, delineates the relevant economic, political,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Citizen Participation
Fredericks, Linda; Kaplan, Eve; Zeisler, Jennifer – 2001
Researchers have found that high-quality service learning programs are rich with benefits for schools, communities, and students. One hallmark of successful service learning programs is that they honor youth voice (meaning that they include young people in the creation and implementation of service opportunities). Elementary, middle, and high…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Benefits, Educational Change, Educational Needs
