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Thu 21 Mar 2024 16:17 - 16:27 at Meeting Rooms B115-116 - Lightning Talks 1 Chair(s): Eric Fouh, Lisa Lacher

As demand for K-12 computer science (CS) education grows, we argue that most students would be best served by CS classes that not only teach computational thinking/programming, but also challenge them to critically analyze the role of technology in society. One of the main barriers to implementing this into K-12 classrooms is a lack of research on how in-service CS teachers can integrate critical pedagogy into their school context and existing curricula. This lightning talk presents a proposed method to co-design lessons with current K-12 CS teachers to integrate critical perspectives into their classrooms. Teacher participants will join a synchronous summer professional development where we will teach them critical computing content drawn from relevant books (e.g. [1, 2, 3]) and frameworks (e.g. [4, 5]), and collaborate with them to design or modify lessons that will engage their students in critical analysis. Teachers will be encouraged to include content relevant to their communities. For example, a teacher in Detroit might teach facial recognition in the context of continued use of the technology by police, despite wrongful arrests [6]. Results from this work will inform future sociocultural content integration into K-12 CS courses (e.g. “ethics content”). Feedback from the audience will be used to improve the methods and literature review of the study.

Thu 21 Mar

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15:45 - 17:00
Lightning Talks 1Lightning Talks at Meeting Rooms B115-116
Chair(s): Eric Fouh University of Pennsylvania, Lisa Lacher University of Houston-Clear Lake
15:45
10m
Talk
A Vision for the Next 15 Years of Computing Education
Lightning Talks
Adrienne Decker University at Buffalo, Mark Weiss Florida International University
15:55
10m
Talk
Creative Labs in a CS1 Course: Self-directed Labs Enhance Inclusivity in Computer Science Learning
Lightning Talks
Melinda McDaniel Georgia Institute of Technology
16:06
10m
Talk
Exposing the Hidden Curriculum with a First Year Computing Seminar
Lightning Talks
Derek Riley Milwaukee School of Engineering, Katherine Panciera Milwaukee School of Engineering
16:17
10m
Talk
Integrating Critical Analysis of Society and Technology into K-12 Computing Through Teacher Co-Design
Lightning Talks
Anne Drew Hu Michigan State University, Aman Yadav Michigan State University
16:27
10m
Talk
Keeping Software Engineering Curriculum Relevant
Lightning Talks
Simon Sultana Reedley College, James Kiper Miami University, Brent Auernheimer California State University, Fresno, Gursimran Singh Walia Augusta University
16:38
10m
Talk
Quantifying the Effects of Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles on Participation and Diversity in AP CS
Lightning Talks
Daniela Ganelin Stanford University, Thomas S. Dee Stanford University
16:49
10m
Talk
Self-efficacy Interventions for CS1
Lightning Talks
Alex Lishinski University of Tennessee, Hanhui Bao The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Joshua Rosenberg University of Tennessee