Community members create a space that reflects their interests and their imaginations. Objects not only have descriptions, but interact through text commands whose responses are programmed by the children as well as by adult members of the community. In one project, students built a food bar and exercise room. Students delighted in showing the elders this little part of their created world. This text-based virtual world may seem limited at first, but it was surprisingly rich and engaging.
Participants feel a real sense of the geographic and social space they inhabit.
They talk to each other and make contact with adults with whom they never would have had an opportunity to meet. Social life in Pueblo helps people explore what it means to socialize with a variety of people in a place that supports positive values. These boundaries separate the age groupings and limit interactions across generations. Neighborhood lines separate children in pockets of poverty from professional role models. Geographic boundaries separate nationalities and prevent global communities from flourishing.