Service Learning, Access to Education

Integrating a service learning curriculum into AP Computer Science classrooms provides project-based opportunities for my students to apply their STEAM skills to real-world problems. Learn how adopting the AP with WE Service curriculum changed AP Computer Science A and AP Computer Science Principles courses from coding factories to technology for good incubators. A deep dive into service learning pedagogy, along with an emphasis on the topic Access to Education, provides students not only an authentic service learning experience, but also opportunities to explore and expand their application of computer science. Attendees will gain an understanding of the AP with WE Service curriculum, exposure to 20+ student-generated service learning action plans, and learn how to apply this framework to other STEAM courses in and outside the AP curriculum.