Social computing is the study of how technology shapes human social interactions. This topic has become increasingly relevant to secondary school students (ages 11--18) as more of young people's everyday social experiences take place online, particularly with the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, social computing topics are rarely touched upon in existing middle and high school curricula. We seek to introduce concepts from social computing to secondary school students so they can understand how computing has wide-ranging social implications that touch upon their everyday lives, as well as think critically about both the positive and negative sides of different social technology designs. In this report, we present a series of six lessons combining presentations and hands-on activities covering topics within social computing and detail our experience teaching these lessons to approximately 1,405 students across 13 middle and high schools in our local school district. We developed lessons covering how social computing relates to the topics of Data Management, Encrypted Messaging, Human-Computer Interaction Careers, Machine Learning and Bias, Misinformation, and Online Behavior. We found that 81.13% of students expressed greater interest in the content of our lessons compared to their interest in STEM overall. We also found from pre- and post-lesson comprehension questions that 63.65% learned new concepts from the main activity. We release all lesson materials on a website for public use. From our experience, we observed that students were engaged in these topics and found enjoyment in finding connections between computing and their own lives.

翻译：社交计算是研究技术如何塑造人类社交互动的学科。随着青少年日常社交体验日益线上化（尤其是新冠疫情持续影响下），该主题对中学生（11-18岁）愈发重要。然而，现行中学课程鲜少涉及社交计算内容。我们尝试向中学生介绍社交计算概念，使其理解计算机技术如何通过广泛的社交影响介入日常生活，并培养对不同社交技术设计正反效应的批判性思维。本报告展示了一套包含六课时的课程体系，融合讲解与实践活动，涵盖社交计算若干子领域，并详述我们在本地学区13所中学对约1405名学生开展教学的经验。课程主题包括：数据管理、加密通信、人机交互职业、机器学习与偏见、虚假信息及网络行为。研究发现，81.13%的学生对课程内容的兴趣高于对STEM整体的兴趣；通过课前课后理解问题测试，63.65%的学生通过主要活动学习了新概念。我们已将全部教学材料公开发布于网站。教学实践表明，学生对这些主题高度投入，并乐于发现计算机与自身生活的关联。