Education Projects

Collaborative educational initiatives focused on data literacy, computing education, and supporting learners in many settings including schools, informal spaces, and the workplace.

Ethical AI for Educators

Ethical AI for Educators

A video series designed for students and educators at education schools, surveying AI tools, developments, and their ethical implications.

DataWorks

DataWorks

A workplace training program providing data services (cleaning, analysis, annotation) while training young people from underrepresented communities in computing.

Mapping Self in Society (MaSelfS)

Mapping Self in Society (MaSelfS)

A framework teaching personal geography and critical spatial inquiry using open-source tools. Learners collect and visualize physical movement data over thematic maps to explore neighborhood and community relationships.

Learning How to Look & Listen

Learning How to Look & Listen

A Spencer Foundation-supported resource documenting visual and auditory attention patterns employed by researchers studying social interaction through video.

Learning Spaces Visualization Workshop

Learning Spaces Visualization Workshop

A code repository for an introductory data visualization workshop developed with Teachers College Columbia University, introducing Processing programming and Unfolding Maps Library.

Ben Rydal Shapiro

Assistant Professor, Georgia State University

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