Education Projects

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

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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