In the BSJ-CLT eCenter Project, our flagship program is the ALS eSkwela which is under the Department of Education's Bureau of Alternative Learning System(BALS). But apart from the ALS eSkwela program for out-of-school-youth and adults, we are also doing the interest-based learning program for learners from ages ten to eighteen years old. It will be called the BSJ-CLT Computer Clubhouse and it is modeled from the Intel Computer Clubhouse which was able to put up three centers in Makati, Bacoor and Gen. Trias, Cavite. I visited the Intel Computer Clubhouse website today and found out that they have a new book, "The Computer Clubhouse: Constructionism and Creativity in Youth Communities". Now I'm reading it to learn more about the computer clubhouse model which we are doing now in the BSJ-CLT eCenter Project!
ISBN-10: 0807749893 | ISBN-13: 978-0807749890 | Publication Date: July 1, 2009 ''It is difficult to conceive of an after-school setting that would have a greater emphasis on positive youth development....Beyond learning computer programming, young people at the Clubhouses learn marketable skills in product design, project management, teamwork, marketing, and communication… Read [these chapters], appreciate what has already been accomplished, and consider the exciting possibilities for the future.'' -- From the Preface by Barton J.
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