Weary of corporate-influenced computer science education? Looking to bring privacy-focused computing curricula to your middle school? This workshop will provide a deeper dive into the design of our public interest computer science curriculum for educators. It will provide hands-on training, discussion, and next steps for educators to bring this curriculum to their school.

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.