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Teach Global Impact in CSP | Resources and Strategies

Lesson plans, classroom materials, and teaching strategies on the Global Impact of Computing. Portal to our collection of creative, engaging resources to support teachers of AP Computer Science Principles, and others who want to bring social impact into high school CS classrooms.

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Twitter Sues U.S. Government for Demanding It Unmask an “Alt” Account

April 12, 2017April 12, 2017 by John Daniell
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Published By: Computer World, 4/6/2017 >> View the Article << Summary Twitter is suing the Department of Homeland Security for demanding personal information for accounts that have used the site to criticize the U.S. customs and immigration…
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Twitter Inches Forward in Fight Against Abuse

March 14, 2017March 14, 2017 by Nnamdi Onwumere
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Published By: The Huffington Post, 3/1/2017 >> View the Article << Summary Twitter is making efforts to crack down on harassment on their platform using several strategies: enhancing the Mute feature with new screening options, increasing…
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Twitter Researchers Offer Clues for Why Trump Won

March 6, 2017March 14, 2017 by Michael Morguarge
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Published By: University of Rochester, 2/20/2017 >> View the Article << Summary Jiebo Luo and Yu Wang are using Twitter data to develop models that would correctly predict the result of the 2016 presidential election. They are…
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Google Cousin Develops Technology to Flag Toxic Online Comments

March 2, 2017March 2, 2017 by Nnamdi Onwumere
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Published By: The New York Times, 2/23/2017 >> View the Article << Summary Google Alphabet has developed new software called Perspective that will flag potentially problematic user comments, for example so news sites can narrow down…
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Finding Credibility Clues on Twitter

February 6, 2017February 8, 2017 by Michael Morguarge
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Published By: Georgia Tech News Center, 1/26/2017 >> View the Article << Summary Georgia Tech Researchers have created an early prototype system that uses a language model to predict the perceived credibility of social media messages,…
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What’s the Role of Social Media in the News Media?

December 14, 2016December 14, 2016 by John Daniell
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Published By: PRI (Public Radio International), 12/10/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Fake news stories shared on social media played a major role in the spread of misinformation during the 2016 U.S. elections and after, even spurring…
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Social Media Companies Rescind Access to Geofeedia

October 25, 2016November 9, 2016 by Anna Clark
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Published By: The Baltimore Sun, 10/11/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram have revoked commercial access to their data by social-media analysis company Geofeedia, which had been providing information obtained on their…
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Facebook Backs Down From “Napalm Girl” Censorship and Reinstates Photo

September 19, 2016September 23, 2016 by Julia Bernd
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Published By: The Guardian, 9/9/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Facebook recently blocked a news article that reprinted a Vietnam War photo of a naked girl running from a napalm attack. The photo was flagged…
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Only Some of @realDonaldTrump’s Tweets Are Actually Donald Trump

August 26, 2016September 21, 2016 by Julia Bernd
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Published By: Scientific American, 8/18/2016 Summary: Data scientists used post metadata and patterns in post format to show that tweets from @realDonaldTrump come from different people, and sentiment analysis to show that the tweets from Trump…
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1 Creativity 2 Abstraction 3 Data & Info 4 Algorithms 6 The Internet 7.1.1 Interaction and cognition 7.1.1C Social media 7.1.1E Access to info 7.1.1F Public data 7.1.1H Social sharing 7.1.1I GPS 7.1.1J Sensors 7.1.1L Assistive tech 7.1.1M Web collaboration 7.1.1N Breadth of change 7.1.1O Productivity 7.1.2 Scaling problem-solving 7.1.2C Human computation 7.1.2D Enhanced capabilities 7.1.2E Combined effort 7.1.2F Crowdsourcing 7.1.2G Mobile scaling 7.2.1 Impact in other fields 7.2.1A Data impact 7.2.1B Scientific computing 7.2.1C Sharing info 7.2.1E Scientific DBs 7.2.1F Moore’s law 7.2.1G Enabling creativity 7.3.1 Benefits and harm 7.3.1A Law and ethics 7.3.1E Censorship 7.3.1G Privacy 7.3.1H Data aggregation 7.3.1J Data collection 7.3.1K Search tracking 7.3.1L Privacy exploits 7.3.1Q Open source 7.4.1 Real-world contexts 7.4.1A Varied access 7.4.1C Equity and power 7.4.1D Digital divide 7.4.1E Funding 7.5.2 Evaluate sources 7.5.2A Credibility
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