Justice in Engineering Education The K12 Engineering Education Podcast

The SXSW Education conference and festival this year highlighted equity,
fairness, and justice as a major theme. How does this apply to engineering and
computer science education? This episode explores the views of various speakers
and attendees at SXSW, starting with Dr. Chris Emdin, who emphasized that
education is a civil rights issue. Then it looks at the relevant views of
college students, educational leaders, teachers, and industry professionals.
Finally Aditya Voleti and Michelle Ching share their thoughts on equity in
educational technology, coming from the perspective of two
teachers-turned-entrepreneurs. Mentioned in this episode: • Dr. Chris Emdin's
SXSW Edu talk: https://youtu.be/XbBwM1c-6xM • Proposed Texas Senate bill for
student input: https://legiscan.com/TX/research/SB508/2015 • Proposed Texas
House bill for student input: https://legiscan.com/TX/research/HB1585/2015 •
Hidden Figures movie on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340/ • Code2040:
http://www.code2040.org/ • Laura Weidman Powers' SXSW Edu talk:
https://youtu.be/eYh0fVfFggY • Oracle Academy: https://academy.oracle.com/ • The
University of Texas Center for STEM Education: https://stemcenter.utexas.edu/ •
Landmark Consulting Group: https://www.consultlandmark.org/ • Literator:
http://www.literatorapp.com/ • The Lean Lab: http://theleanlab.org/ • Startup
Weekend EDU: https://startupweekend.org/interests/EDU Our closing music is from
"Late for School" by Bleeptor, used under a Creative Commons Attribution
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Subscribe and find more
podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. The K12 Engineering
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