TY - GEN
T1 - Insights from Virtual Culturally Responsive Computing Camps
AU - Solyst, Jaemarie
AU - Nkrumah, Tara
AU - Stewart, Angela
AU - Buddemeyer, Amanda
AU - Walker, Erin
AU - Ogan, Amy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Owner/Author.
PY - 2022/3/3
Y1 - 2022/3/3
N2 - Computer science (CS) education is an important subject for K-12 students in an increasingly computational world. However, common CS education practices may not be inclusive of all learners. Culturally responsive computing (CRC) initiatives aim to center and empower learners from diverse and historically excluded backgrounds. With a sudden shift to online learning, virtual educational experiences have been developed. We describe three main findings from running three iterations of an online synchronous CRC camp for middle school girls, which are: (1) Integration of power, identity, and CS concepts, (2) Participation in CS vs. power and identity activities based on learners' backgrounds, and (3) Adjusting instructor expectations about learner engagement to be more open-ended.
AB - Computer science (CS) education is an important subject for K-12 students in an increasingly computational world. However, common CS education practices may not be inclusive of all learners. Culturally responsive computing (CRC) initiatives aim to center and empower learners from diverse and historically excluded backgrounds. With a sudden shift to online learning, virtual educational experiences have been developed. We describe three main findings from running three iterations of an online synchronous CRC camp for middle school girls, which are: (1) Integration of power, identity, and CS concepts, (2) Participation in CS vs. power and identity activities based on learners' backgrounds, and (3) Adjusting instructor expectations about learner engagement to be more open-ended.
KW - computer science camp
KW - culturally responsive computing
KW - middle school girls
KW - online learning
KW - out-of-school-time learning
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U2 - 10.1145/3478432.3499136
DO - 10.1145/3478432.3499136
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85127423647
T3 - SIGCSE 2022 - Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V.2
SP - 1119
BT - SIGCSE 2022 - Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V.2
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 53rd Annual ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2022
Y2 - 3 March 2022 through 5 March 2022
ER -