Making a computer club, making a community

Making a computer club for Douglass Elemementary School required external h elp and internal support. At the end of the first school year a small indep endent community had grown surrounding such high-minded ideas as scaffolded learning, self control, and community service, but by the beginning of the next school year it was unclear if it could be sustained. We discuss how d ifficult it can be to create a sustainable innovation. (C) 2000 Elsevier Sc ience Ltd. All rights reserved.