Engaging students with community organizations by using computer technology

  • Authors:
  • John D. Fernandez

  • Affiliations:
  • Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX

  • Venue:
  • CITC5 '04 Proceedings of the 5th conference on Information technology education
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

The engagement of information technology or computer science students in community affairs is a challenge in all institutions of higher learning. This paper proposes a paradigm for civic engagement through community-based learning. With the pervasiveness of computers throughout society, there is a growing demand for diligent IT/CS education to satisfy the growing needs of a multiplicity of enterprises. This paper describes one approach to teaching computer technology that requires students to develop systems for various community, school, and university organizations. There is a wide range of opportunities for civic engagement through community-based computer technology education. The benefits derived by the students and the clients receiving their services are many. An application of IT/CS based civic engagement is presented in this paper.