The goals of our project were to develop a computer literacy program for the youth of the Worcester Refugee Assistance Project (WRAP) to help them assimilate and prepare for college and future employment, and to create a website for the youth that they use to share their interests, ideas, stories, and culture. To realize these goals, we performed background research and repeatedly visited WRAP to interact with and learn from the youth and volunteers there. We assessed the computer literacy levels of the youth to develop effective teaching tools for them. Through collaboration with various WRAP stakeholders and youth, we created four teaching modules for WRAP that allow its volunteers to teach its youth computer skills, and designed a youth-oriented website for WRAP to use and maintain.

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Creator

• Fernandez, Luis E.
• Maino, Nicholas D.
• Brathwaite, Jeffrey Elon
• Terrero Martinez, Yamaris Nereyda

Subject

• Sustainability
• Computing
• Inclusion
• Community
• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030416-145142

Palabra Clave

• Refugees
• Science--Study and teaching
• Web sites--Design and construction

Advisor

• Trapp, Andrew C
• McCauley, Stephen M.

Year

• 2016

Center

• Worcester Community Project Center (Massachusetts) - IQP

Sponsor

• Worcester Refugee Assistance Project (WRAP)

Date created

• 2016-03-04

Ubicación

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Última modificación

• 2020-12-29