Borthwick-Duffy, S., & Gauvain, M. (2001, April). Computer-based after-school programs: Is it the medium or the message? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Blanton, W.E. (2000, July). Evaluation issues of mixed activity systems: Avoiding theoretical-technical "tar babies." Paper presented at the Third Conference of the Society for Sociocultural Studies, São Paulo, Brazil.

Blanton, W.E. (2001, April). Effects of participation in the Fifth Dimension on children's comprehension of directions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Calderon, R., & Gonzalez, C. (2002, December). La Clase Mágica: Using technology as a tool for organizing social relations. Paper presented at the Community Technology Expo, Los Angeles, CA.

Cole, M. (2000, July). The challenges of diversity in an age of globalization: Local adaptations of the Fifth Dimension model. Panel presentation at the Third Conference of the Society for Sociocultural Studies, São Paulo, Brazil.

Cole, M. (2001, January). Sustaining model systems of educational activity: Designing for the long haul. Paper presented at Symposium Honoring the Work of Ann Brown, Berkeley, CA.

Cole, M. (2001, April). Challenges to studying developmental processes in voluntary after school programs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Cole, M. (2001, June). Learning by doing: Building community using technology. Presentation at Mira Costa Community College, Oceanside, CA.

Cole, M. (2002, February). Cross-cultural analysis of idiocultures: Using cross-cultural psychology to design afterschool educational activities in different cultural settings. Paper presented at the University of Constance, Germany.

Cole, M. (2002, June). Evaluating collaborative university-community learning partnerships: Lessons from the international Fifth Dimension projects. Poster session presented at the Fifth Congress of the International Society for Cultural Research and Activity Theory, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Cole, M. (2002, June). The uses and shortcomings of design experimentation for guiding research on sustainability of theoretically motivated educational activities. Talk presented at the Fifth Congress of the International Society for Cultural Research and Activity Theory, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Dorr-Bremme, D.W. (2000, April). Developing mindful practice: Situated learning among workers in an after-school program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Dorr-Bremme, D.W., & McDougall, B. (1999, April). Constructing contexts for learning: Relationships among communities of practice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

Dorr-Bremme, E.W., Ramirez, O.R., & Beck, L. (1995, June). Reading and writing in the Fifth Dimension: Computer-mediated communication in a community of practice. Paper presented at the National Educational Computing Consortium, Baltimore, MD.

Durán, R. (2000, July). Activity and evaluation. Paper presented at the Third Conference of the Society for Sociocultural Studies, São Paulo, Brazil.

Durán, R., Grieshop, J.I., Montes, R., & Drummond, S.R. (2002, June). The MexLinks consortium for technology access and educational advancement: Applying Internet2. Poster presented at the Fifth Congress of the International Society for Cultural Research and Activity Theory, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Hull, G. (2001, August). New literacies for new times. Keynote address for Multiple Literacies Conference, Monterey, CA.

Hull, G. (2001, November). Multiple media, multiple selves: Digital stories cross digital divides. Plenary at the International Literacy Conference, Cape Town, South Africa.

Hull, G. (2001, November). Rethinking adult development. Keynote address for 23rd Annual Australian Council for Adult Literacy National Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.

Hull, G., & Greeno, J. (2002, May). Identity and agency in school and non-school worlds. Presentation at After-School Corporation Conference, New York, NY.

Hull, G., & Zacher, J. (2002, March). Literate identities, life paths, and the knowledge economy. Paper presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL.

Hull, G., & Zacher, J. (2002, April). New literacies, new selves, second chances: Exploring possibilities for self-representation through writing and multimedia in a community technology center. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Klein, A. (2001, April). Enhancing low-income children's early academic development through an after-school program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Lalueza, J.L., Crespo, I., Essomba, M., & Mourao, L. (2000, July). El impacto de una actividad en el desarrolo communitario. Tres niveles de evaluación. Paper presented the Third Conference of the Society for Sociocultural Studies, São Paulo, Brazil.

Mayer, R., et al. (1996, April). Cognitive consequences of participation in a Fifth Dimension after-school computer club. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Montes, R.B., Durán, R.P. (2000, July). Mexico-U.S. interchanges and identity of electronic community members. Paper presented at the Third Conference of the Society for Sociocultural Studies, São Paulo, Brazil.

Moran, C., Justus, J. & Elizondo, E., (2000, July). Formative evaluation in the service of educational outreach program development. Paper presented at the Third Conference of the Society for Sociocultural Studies, São Paulo, Brazil.

Nilsson, M., & Sutter, B. (2000, July). A comparison of the Fifth Dimension in Ronneby/Sweden and Solana Beach/USA. Paper presented at the Third Conference of the Society for Sociocultural Studies, São Paulo, Brazil.

Nilsson, M., & Sutter, B. (2001, April). Intergenerational and interinstitutional learning in the Fifth Dimension: Means and ends in change and development of school practice. Paper presented at Cultures of Learning: Risk, Uncertainty, and Education, Bristol, England.

Nocon, H. (2002, April). Productive resistance: After-school environments and engaged non-compliance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Nocon, H. (2002, June). The Fifth Dimension model: A tool and resource for dealing creatively with diversity. Poster presented at the Fifth Congress of the International Society for Cultural Research and Activity Theory, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Nocon, H. (2002, June). The role of the Spider: Translation as essential work in building and maintaining collaboration. Paper presented at the Fifth Congress of the International Society for Cultural Research and Activity Theory, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Nocon, H., Nilsson, M., & Cole, M. (2001, September). Spiders, firesouls and little fingers: Necessary magic in university-community collaboration. Paper presented at the Second Baltic Conference on Sociocultural and Activity Theory, Ronneby, Sweden.

Nocon, H., & Sutter, B. (2002, June). Fifth Dimensions today: A global network of local learning communities. Poster symposium presented at the Fifth Congress of the International Society for Cultural Research and Activity Theory, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Perry Romero, D.J., & Durán, R.P. (2002, April). Immigrant Latino families and their literate practices at an after school technology project: Evidence from authoring of self. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Parker, L.L. (2007). Technology support for young English learners. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Seattle, WA, March 22, 2007.

Pranzetti, D., Toloza, C., Underwood, C., & Welsh, M. (2000, July). Avalição sem exclusão: Estratégias inovativas para avaliar as crianças das populações excluídas. Paper presented at the Third Conference of the Society for Sociocultural Studies, São Paulo, Brazil.

Ramirez, P., Ramirez, R.M., & Durán, R.P. (2002, April). Immigrant Latino parents' beliefs about family well-being and education: Insights from participants in a computer literacy project. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Rojas-Drummond, S., & Taub, L., et. al. (2000, July). Theme and variation: Adaptations of the Fifth Dimension model to two school contexts in Mexico and Brazil. Paper presented at the Third Conference of the Society for Sociocultural Studies, São Paulo, Brazil.

Underwood, C. (2000, July). Evaluation as social practice: Specialized knowledge acquisition in context. Panel presented at the Third Conference of the Society for Sociocultural Studies, São Paulo, Brazil.

Underwood, C., & Welsh, M. (2000, July). Evaluating educational programs for excluded populations: Context and subtext. Paper presented at the Third Conference of the Society for Sociocultural Studies, São Paulo, Brazil.

Underwood, C., & Welsh, M. (2002, June). University-Community Links: A statewide adaptation of the Fifth Dimension model. Poster presented at the Fifth Congress of the International Society for Cultural Research and Activity Theory, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Vásquez, O.A. (2001, April). Methodology in action for research in action. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Vásquez, O.A. (2001, October). La Clase Mágica: Embracing optimal possibilites. Paper presented to La Clase Mágica Symposium at Pomona College, Claremont, CA.

Vásquez, O.A. (2002, April). Social action and the politics of collaboration. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Vásquez, O.A. (2002, April). The challenges of community-based research: After school educational activities in minority contexts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Welsh, M., & Underwood, C. (2000, July). Local knowledge in a global network; Contextualizing informal technology-based learning activities. Paper presented at the Third Conference of the Society for Sociocultural Studies, São Paulo, Brazil.