Online learning communities can also support individualized pursuit of learning interests beyond the classroom.
41 Innovative work using chat functions allows students to collaborate and interact to solve online problems.
42 Connections to digital reposito- ries enable students to access authentic source materials such as scanned original letters exchanged between writers of the Declaration of Independence or recorded speeches by public figures such as Martin Luther King Jr.
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Positive outcomes for improving background knowledge, strategic use of technology, and innovative applications of technology have also been shown in evaluations of Community Technology Centers, community-based services located in independent facilities or embedded in public libraries and after-school programs such as Boys and Girls Clubs.44 These centers provide students access to a variety of up-to-date equipment and high- speed Internet access that, coupled with workshops and mentoring from staff, allow the youth to learn to use technology for a variety of purposes.45
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