MultiBrief: Building social justice apps builds STEM skills, self-worth for students

From paper waste to police brutality, 145 children and teens took a deep dive into the social issues that most concern them this summer. Sounds like a good social justice project, right? What took the work of students who took the recent STEM Kids NYC course outside the realm of what we'd expect from a project on social activism was their final product. No, there were no reports, posters, presentations nor a single PowerPoint or video — instead, each student (aka computer scientist) created a digital app to illuminate their issue.

From paper waste to police brutality, 145 children and teens took a deep dive into the social issues that most concern them this summer. Sounds like a good social justice project, right? What took the work of students who took the recent STEM Kids NYC course outside the realm of what we'd expect from a project on social activism was their final product. No, there were no reports, posters, presentations nor a single PowerPoint or video — instead, each student (aka computer scientist) created a digital app to illuminate their issue.