The Web is a real-life environment that can help students make what they are learning more relevant since they will be communicating it to a wider environment and watching how other people interact with what they create. Increased traffic to the School Web Clubs site indicates to Gaynor that visitors find the site's resources useful in their work. Computer Clubs Help Students, Schools, and Communities Teacher Marcia Cousins suggests that students are not the only beneficiaries when a school starts a Web club or computer club. It keeps them interested and involved in school. Younger students are inspired to become tech team members.
Students are able to receive help from someone in their peer group rather than from a teacher.
The tech team provides students with skills they need to work effectively with others. Her 30 years of experience as an educator, with five years specifically as a technology educator, tell her that her computer club, Ballard's Tech Team, is a valuable activity for its members and the school as a whole. The club has surpassed any expectations they had. As we added more and more computers, the task increased. Hence, the idea for a tech team evolved.