Program Name: Isla
Vista Parent, Children and Computers Program (IV-PCCP)
Location: Isla Vista School, 6875
El Colegio Road, Goleta, CA 93117 |
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Principal Investigator(s):
- Professor Mary E. Brenner, Education Department,
Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
- Professor Richard Duran, Education Department,
Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
Contact: Mary E. Brenner,
Professor, betsy@education.ucsd.edu
Site Description:
The IV-PCCP primarily
serves Spanish-speaking immigrant families from the
surrounding community with children attending Isla
Vista School. The IV-PCCP helps familiarize parents
with the use of computers, in collaboration with
activities for children. Another key goal of the
IV-PCCP is to develop parent publications that address
educational issues of interest to immigrant parents
learning about the American educational system. Parents
create digital stories, PowerPoint presentations,
and newsletters to share information with other parent
programs in the School. The IV-PCCP convenes in the
Computer room for the parent component of the program
once per week and can serve about 35 persons at a
time. The children meet in the adjoining library.
They receive homework help and participate in activities
designed by the coordinator or the undergraduate
students. They engage in activities in the computer
lab during the second hour of the session. Some of
the children contribute to the newsletters and other
products produced by the parents. Undergraduate students
enrolled in Education 124 serve as assistants to
the parents and act as role models for their children.
Courses:
Participants (based on 2005-06
data):
- Approximately 50 K-6th grade students per academic
year
- 100% Latino
- 30% male, 70% female
- 100% ELLs
- Approximately 30 undergraduates and 1 graduate
student per academic year
Collaborators:
- Isla Vista School
- UC Santa Barbara Education Department, Gevirtz
Graduate School of Education
Goals:
- Increase English language literacy and critical
thinking
- Increase technology literacy through computer-based
multi-media storytelling
- Increase participants’ knowledge and improve
attitudes and aspirations toward higher learning
for participating youth
- Provide participants’ with a safe learning
environment
- Encourage parents and children to collaborate
on family and community stories and produce a program
newsletter
- Improve the quality of graduate and undergraduate
education by connecting academic coursework to
practicum field experience
- Encourage undergraduates to explore the possibility
of a teaching career in urban, low-income communities
Activities:
- Collaborative learning activities using a wide
array of educational software, hands-on materials,
and board games which promote the development of
literacy knowledge and skills
- Daily online (email) communication and letter-writing
activities
- Homework assistance and mentoring from undergraduate
participants
Evaluation:
- University of California Student Academic Preparation
and Educational Partnerships (SAPEP) Annual Performance
Report
- UC Links Reading Assessment
- Survey of undergraduate interest in pursuing
graduate or professional school studies
- Survey to asses development of parents’ computer
literacy skills
Research Focus:
- Sociocultural approach to informal learning and
literacy development
- Mediation of learning by material culture
- Impact of the social framing of program activities
on literacy (specifically vocabulary) development
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