Computing as Social Science

Courtesy of Judy Schindler

Michael Buckley

April 1, 2009

College students must be shown that computer science is social, relevant, important, and caring. The way computer science is taught can hold students' interest by encouraging them to develop solutions to socially relevant problems.

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