NETA 2023

How are you teaching Impacts of Computing? Looking for a new way to approach these standards that isn’t your typical Digital Citizenship lesson? What if you could give students the opportunity to experience ethical CS issues, giving them the ability to have rich conversations and deeply engage with these CSTA Standards?

Through immersive experiences, learning is taken to the next level. Rather than learning from a textbook (or a computer), students are thrown headfirst into another life, truly walking in another’s shoes. Computer Science teachers take on the role of content mixologist, giving meaning and context to learning in other classes and providing students with both schema and a safe space to have challenging conversations about the ethics of information and technology.

In this session, we’ll explore two immersive experiences intended for use with middle and high school students. The first transports students to World War II England as they race the clock to break Enigma, exploring the ethics of information. In the second experience, students experience different level of internet access experienced in countries around the world. Then, they discuss the ethics of access and censorship, drawing on both their own experience and their research.