This panel will include a
historical perspective of IT service-learning (SL) courses at a
multi-campus university followed by specific descriptions of the
challenges and rewards of designing and facilitating courses that foster
civic engagement. The courses covered will include the earliest course
in the SL repertoire, Computers for Human Empowerment, and a course that
helps higher-functioning (less impaired) computer science high school
students with disabilities in learning advanced technology skills and
life planning and personal productivity skills where assistive
communication devices are tailored to each student. Also included will
be a discussion of Problem Salving Using LEGO Robotics in which robotics
technology is being integrated into science and technology (STEM)
courses at the New York School for the Deaf. Intergenerational
Computing, which was showcased on CBS News recently, will be highlighted
in this panel discussion.