MozFest Virtual 2023 & MozFest House: Amsterdam

Tech We Trust: Helping young people understand the ethical challenges of personal data collection and unfair algorithms
Language: English (mozilla)

We need to prepare the next generation of digital leaders to understand the dangers of biased algorithms. To fight that inequality, they need to know how to spot them, and how to tackle them. Tech We Trust is a learning pack that shows young people how their personal data is used to make decisions that affect our lives.

Educators / Youth Workers / Young Leaders / Tech Influencers: We invite you to explore the learning materials created for this pack, and then help generate and prototype new ideas that take these topics further.

At this workshop we’ll walk you through the activity, so you can learn how to deliver it with your learners. You’ll get the chance to design your own algorithm, and then see it in action. Can you be fair? Or have your decisions (accidentally) disadvantaged some people?
No technical knowledge is needed to take part. This will be a fun and insightful exploration of this important topic.

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Craig Steele

MozFest Ambassador. Craig is a computer scientist, educator, published author, and creative technologist.

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Daniel Devine

Engineer and educator