Sunday, July 14, 2024: 4:00 pm (Tobin 201/202): This talk will introduce a new middle school curriculum on public interest technology that focuses on privacy, Internet infrastructure, and the role governments and corporations play in control and use of the digital infrastructure. Computer science curricula is often sponsored by large technology institutions, and the curricula are aligned with the policies, procedures, and culture of the technology institutions, which may not serve the interests of students or open Internet culture. This new curriculum hopes to correct that. Part computer science, part social studies - this curriculum recenters computing education on privacy and freedom to help youths understand the loss of - and regain - their digital rights.

Gaelen Hadlett