A Summer Camp Experience to Engage Middle School Learners in AI through Conversational App DevelopmentK12In-Person
Fri 17 Mar 2023 13:45 - 14:10 at 801A - K-12: Pedagogical Innovations 2 Chair(s): Anita Debarlaben
The ubiquity of AI-based conversational apps such as Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant means more young users are interacting with these apps. The increasing popularity of these conversational applications brings a potential opportunity to attract learners to AI, CS and STEM fields. CS Education researchers need to explore how to leverage this opportunity, in particular to serve learners who are underrepresented in CS and STEM. This experience report describes the design and iterative refinement of a series of two-week summer camps in which 62 predominantly Black students participated in hands-on AI-based learning experiences to design and develop their own conversational AI apps. We discuss the organization of this summer camp experience, including strategies for recruiting from and building trust within the target community, designing professional development for camp facilitators, structuring the camp activities, and encouraging projects that are personally and socially relevant. We share challenges and lessons learned from this AI summer camp, in the hopes that they will inform others researchers and practitioners who are interested in designing and deploying similar experiences.
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15:45 - 17:00 | Online Authors' Corner 2Papers at Online Authors' Corner Opportunity for attendees to connect with authors for interactive Q&A and discussion | ||
15:45 75mPaper | Evolving a Programming CS2 Course: A Decade-Long Experience ReportOnlineGlobal Papers Nasser Giacaman The University of Auckland, Partha Roop University of Auckland, Valerio Terragni University of Auckland DOI | ||
15:45 75mPaper | Case Study: Mapping an E-Voting Based Curriculum to CSEC2017 Papers Muwei Zheng University of California, Davis, Nathan Swearingen Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Steven Mills Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Croix Gyurek Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Matt Bishop The University of California, Davis, Xukai Zou Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis DOI | ||
15:45 75mPaper | Teaching Site Reliability Engineering as a Computer Science ElectiveOnline Papers DOI | ||
15:45 75mPaper | Towards a Validated Self-Efficacy Scale for Data ManagementOnline Papers Wensheng Wu University of Southern California DOI | ||
15:45 75mPaper | A Summer Camp Experience to Engage Middle School Learners in AI through Conversational App DevelopmentK12In-Person Papers Gloria Ashiya Katuka University of Florida, Yvonika Auguste University of Florida, Yukyeong Song University of Florida, Xiaoyi Tian University of Florida, Amit Kumar University of Florida, Mehmet Celepkolu University of Florida, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer University of Florida, Joanne Barrett University of Florida, Maya Israel University of Florida, Tom McKlin The Findings Group DOI | ||
15:45 75mPaper | Attracting Adults to Computer Programming via Hip HopOnline Papers Douglas Lusa Krug Virginia Commonwealth University, Chrystalla Mouza University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, W. Monty Jones Virginia Commonwealth University, Taylor Barnett Virginia Commonwealth University, David C. Shepherd Virginia Commonwealth University DOI | ||
15:45 75mPaper | Assessing Peer Correction of SQL and NoSQL QueriesOnline Papers Wensheng Wu University of Southern California DOI | ||
15:45 75mPaper | Use of an Anti-Pattern in CS2: Sequential if Statements with Exclusive ConditionsOnline Papers Sara Nurollahian University of Utah, Matthew Hooper University of Utah, Adriana Salazar University of Utah, Eliane Wiese University of Utah DOI | ||