The objective is instead for participants to work together to find productive applications of this technology that serve their own communities. The program is taking place in two locations. The other is based in the Flint Public Library in Flint, Michigan and receives support from the library staff. The community partners in both locations participated in the program design and contribute to regular activities. The program will run for one academic year, beginning in September of 1999 and ending in April of 2000.
Participants meet twice a week for two or three hours at a time.
University of Michigan graduate students facilitate these meetings. The program is organized in two phases. In the first phase, the coaches work to create a structured learning environment. The second phase, which began in January, emphasizes teen project leadership. Teens are challenged to work in small teams to identify projects that have a community audience and that use the skills and resources they acquired in the first phase of the program.