Pordenone Elementary School Computer Club
The Pordenone Computer Club has been working very hard this year
towards our four projects. The PostCard group has been sending and
 receiving postcards...

Cedar Grove Computer Club
Cedar Grove's Computer Club meets every Thursday after school. It is open to all
6th graders who would like to expand their knowledge of computer technology.
This year's club is learning about designing web pages.

Moscow Computer Club
As Soviet society proceeded through its wrenching transition from
totalitarianism to informational freedom, MCCC provided a haven for an
emerging group of computing professionals who formed a core around which Russiaâs
burgeoning computer industry began its development.

Caroline County, Maryland Computer Club
We have been meeting with the children for many weeks now.
They have learned some typing skills and some word processing.
Our latest venture with them has been teaching them HTML
(Hypertext Markup Language) and letting them create their own
web pages.

Clark Pleasant Middle School
At Clark Pleasant, the school homepage is maintained by the computer club and a
different member is in charge of each month's edition.

Wells Elementary School
Parents participate in the computer club.

Forest Grove
The Forest Grove
 After-School Computer Club
    Pen pal Hotline Home Page

Union County
World-class Internet-based learning
 programs are being developed and tested by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Union
 County. They will be used widely in the Club and will be offered to other Boys &
 Girls Clubs and other educational institutions.
 
Wells High School
The WHS Computer Club is an organization which helps emphasize the
 importance of computer technology. Between the WHS Internet
 homepage and tech fairs,.
 
Parkside Computer Club
Members of the Parkside School
Computer Club work very hard.
Members must maintain an A-B
average in all subject areas. We
meet once a week with Mrs.
Faimon, Parkside's Computer
Teacher. Students are given a
schedule for assisting younger
children. Members compose and
type the school paper. Members
earn free computer time.

The Bellefontaine High School Computer Club
Our club (founded by Kyle Bruce, last
year's president) is for computer fanatics
or people who want to be computer
fanatics, and we love having new members
and working with the internet. We have
been active since November 8th, 1996
and we all hope to have the club outlive
our high school years. On this page, we
will post information about upcoming
events, sales, or anything that seems of
interest to the computer users of our area.

Just recently we built and raffled a
computer to the students of our school,
and made a fair profit while doing so. We
are considering doing such a project again
next year, but we haven't made any
definite plans.
 
Alton High School
EnergyNet is a multi-disciplinary project that serves
students in middle schools and high schools, most often as
part of science or technology courses. It provides
opportunities for students to learn while developing
solutions to real problems using teamwork, technology,
and telecommunications. EnergyNet research teams
evaluate their individual school's energy uses, share their
data with other Illinois students over the Internet, and
prepare energy conservation recommendations for their
schools. They use the Internet to communicate on-line with
engineers and energy experts, find easy access to energy
information resources, and build a statewide database on
school energy use. The project includes a leadership
institute for student and teacher teams, curriculum
materials, Internet activities, and support for students,
teachers, and administrators.

Piney Point Elementary School
Piney Point Elementary School Computer Club maintains the school homepage.
 
F. D. Roosevelt High School Computer Club

The Hauppauge Middle School Computer Club
 
USES OF COMPUTERS IN K-12

After school computer clubs explore problem solving, internet use, writing, multi-media and graphics productions.
They take advantage of the social needs of children to:

• Increase reading skills of at risk children as noted by standardized test data.
• Increase percentage of participants in home learning activities.
• Involve students and their families in educational activities.
• Increase student ability to write.
• Increase student technological proficiency
• Provide authentic learning experiences.
• Increase teacher awareness & use of integration of math, science, and technology across the curriculum.
• Increase numbers of volunteers and volunteer hours in school as co-learners, co-teachers, co-advisors for student learning.
• Provide opportunities for parents to be co-learners and co-teachers.
• Provide opportunities for parents and teachers to be co-communicators and co-supporters for Computers may be placed in classrooms (one, a few, or many to a classroom), in a computer lab, in a library/media center, or some combination of those settings.
• Elementary and middle school students also have opportunities to further their computer skills through participation in after-school computer clubs and enrichment programs.
• Class or school home pages on the Web. Many schools now have a Web presence.

• Create school Web sites. As the examples in the "Uses" section show, a school Web site can both inform the community about the school and serve as a resource of immediate value in the curriculum, a resource that can serve teachers, students, and parents. As there is increasing access to the Internet, both through home computers and through public access in libraries and other settings, school Web sites are an increasingly promising tool by which schools may communicate with students, parents, and the community at large.
• Create multimedia presentations. Both teachers and students have made use of multimedia presentations to animate topics and issues. Such presentations include graphics, video, sound, and text and may be tailored to specific topics. The commercial product called Hyperstudio, which is designed to simplify creating multimedia presentations, was mentioned specifically by many of my interviewees as an effective tool for students and teachers. While this should not be taken as a product endorsement, it is certainly an endorsement of the concepts embodied in the product and its usefulness as a tool in the classroom. Creation of such presentations both adds interest to class and student projects and teaches students tools and concepts that are of increasing value in business and professions.
• Curriculum guidelines should address the role of technology as a tool in presenting curriculum, not just as an object of instruction. That is, guidelines must address teaching with technology in ways appropriate to all curriculum areas.