Power Up!

A Graphic Novel of Digital Empowerment

Power Up!
Jean Jinsun Ryoo, Jane Margolis
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Paperback
h254 x 171mm - 128pg
19 Apr 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9780262543255
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A diverse group of teenage friends learn how computing can be personally and politically empowering and why all students need access to computer science education. This lively graphic novel follows a diverse group of teenage friends as they discover that computing can be fun, creative, and empowering. Taylor, Christine, Antonio, and Jon seem like typical young teens-they communicate via endless texting, they share jokes, they worry about starting high school, and they have each other' s backs. But when a Black man is shot and killed by police in their city, they are outraged-and then they learn that he had been misidentified and tracked by an artificial intelligence program. How can an algorithm be racist? And what is an algorithm, anyway? In school, they decide to explore computing classes, with mixed results. One class is only about typing. The class that Christine wants to join is full, and the school counselor suggests that she take a class in "Tourism and Hospitality" instead. (Really? ? ) But Antonio' s class seems legit, Christine finds an after-school program, and they decide to teach the others what they learn. By summer vacation, all four have discovered that computing is both personally and politically empowering. Interspersed through the narrative are text boxes with computer science explainers and inspirational profiles of people of color and women in the field (including Katherine Johnson of Hidden Figures fame). Power Up! is an essential read for young adults, general readers, educators, and anyone interested in the power of computing, how computing can do good or cause harm, and why addressing underrepresentation in computing needs to be a top priority.
Jean J. Ryoo (she/her) is an avid reader of manga and manhwa, as well as an educational researcher/writer committed to ensuring all students experience meaningful and empowering learning, both in and out of school. Jane Margolis is a UCLA educational researcher and author who has been a longtime advocate for ending inequality and segregation in computer science education, for which she won the 2016 White House Champion of Change award. Charis JB (she/her) is a Black-biracial Latinx artist whose work often centers around issues related to race and gender equality, sexual identity, class, and more.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780262543255
Published: 19 Apr 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: MIT Press
Publisher: MIT Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 254mm
Width: 171mm
Pages: 128

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