We have free resources to help you talk about gun violence in your classroom and community.

The Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down film guides include tools for sensitive, productive conversations about gun violence. These guides are powerful, accessible and not political at all. The team that worked on them includes gun violence survivors and it shows.

https://journeysinfilm.org/product/gabby-giffords-wont-back-down/

@education

#GunViolence#SchoolSafety#US#UsNews#Shooting #Education#Teachers#Minneapolis#Minnesota#Teaching #K12

We have free resources to help you talk about gun violence in your classroom and community.

The Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down film guides include tools for sensitive, productive conversations about gun violence. These guides are powerful, accessible and not political at all. The team that worked on them includes gun violence survivors and it shows.

https://journeysinfilm.org/product/gabby-giffords-wont-back-down/

@education

#GunViolence#SchoolSafety#US#UsNews#Shooting #Education#Teachers#Minneapolis#Minnesota#Teaching #K12

Hi Mastodon, I'm excited to join this community! Professionally, I'm interested in #highereducation and #teaching and #learning. Personally, I am interested in #scifi and #comics. I look forward to connecting! (and if you have any good Mastodon tips, let me know! I'm figuring this out!).
#introduction

Hi Mastodon, I'm excited to join this community! Professionally, I'm interested in #highereducation and #teaching and #learning. Personally, I am interested in #scifi and #comics. I look forward to connecting! (and if you have any good Mastodon tips, let me know! I'm figuring this out!).
#introduction

Texas’ education landscape is changing. That’s why we need your help.

Tell us what issues you believe require greater oversight, whether they are the impact of vouchers, misuse of public funds or anything else that is affecting how students learn 👇
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/texas-education-reporting-propublica-texas-tribune?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Texas #Journalism #Education#Teaching#Parents#Family#Students#GregAbbott

Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
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An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-vouchers-private-schools-conflicts-of-interest?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Education#Texas#School#Law#Ethics#Students#Teaching

Texas’ education landscape is changing. That’s why we need your help.

Tell us what issues you believe require greater oversight, whether they are the impact of vouchers, misuse of public funds or anything else that is affecting how students learn 👇
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/texas-education-reporting-propublica-texas-tribune?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Texas #Journalism #Education#Teaching#Parents#Family#Students#GregAbbott

Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
—

An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-vouchers-private-schools-conflicts-of-interest?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Education#Texas#School#Law#Ethics#Students#Teaching

What we're reading:

"Asked to generate intervention plans for struggling students, AI teacher assistants recommended more punitive measures for hypothetical students with Black-coded names and more supportive approaches for students the platforms perceived as white, a new study shows."

We know that educators are bombarded with (VC-funded) hype about AI tools as magical solutions. Please don't take these claims at face value and do your own due diligence. 1/3

https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/06/ai-teacher-assistants-promote-racial-bias-study-finds/

@education @edutooters

#Education#Educators#Edutooters#Teachers#Teaching#EdTech

What we're reading:

"Asked to generate intervention plans for struggling students, AI teacher assistants recommended more punitive measures for hypothetical students with Black-coded names and more supportive approaches for students the platforms perceived as white, a new study shows."

We know that educators are bombarded with (VC-funded) hype about AI tools as magical solutions. Please don't take these claims at face value and do your own due diligence. 1/3

https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/06/ai-teacher-assistants-promote-racial-bias-study-finds/

@education @edutooters

#Education#Educators#Edutooters#Teachers#Teaching#EdTech

What we're reading:

"Asked to generate intervention plans for struggling students, AI teacher assistants recommended more punitive measures for hypothetical students with Black-coded names and more supportive approaches for students the platforms perceived as white, a new study shows."

We know that educators are bombarded with (VC-funded) hype about AI tools as magical solutions. Please don't take these claims at face value and do your own due diligence. 1/3

https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/06/ai-teacher-assistants-promote-racial-bias-study-finds/

@education @edutooters

#Education#Educators#Edutooters#Teachers#Teaching#EdTech

Advancements in astronomy education research: Two decades of progress with undergraduate and adult learners
https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/jp2p-97jb
#Astronomy#PhysicsEd#STEMeducation#DBER#EdDev#ActiveLearning#Teaching

I've been trying to go back to my blog recently.

I've made some changes and I've decided on a new direction.

Here it is:
https://giuliabrazzale.eu/2025/07/23/a-new-direction/

#blogging #teaching #elt #teacher #education

I've been trying to go back to my blog recently.

I've made some changes and I've decided on a new direction.

Here it is:
https://giuliabrazzale.eu/2025/07/23/a-new-direction/

#blogging #teaching #elt #teacher #education

Strong claim from a recent article on using AI to evaluate teaching: "AI evaluation removes human bias in teaching assessment" https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666920X25000888
Sort of ironically, I asked AI to evaluate this claim. Gemini 2.5: this is an overstatement, but AI may serve as a "complementary component within a comprehensive, multi-method evaluation framework." https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V0PiO97GgCtLrqnhLlfo1PS7U5sD4kLbl04oPM7Z4aY/edit?usp=sharing
ChatGPT 4.1: The claim is "misleading in its absoluteness" https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p_69vnJnxYyGxGrEMD1BYwahbDGzqMJz/view?usp=sharing
#AIEd #EdDev #Teaching

I finished up teaching 2 week neon and STEM class at Urbanglass on Friday. The high schoolers were from all over NYC with varied backgrounds/ schooling and they all made such fun things!
Along with my two TAs (Caroline and MolMol) we taught them not only how to wire and bend neon tubes, but also how to solder (SMT and through hole) and the very basics on programming captive portal ESP32 chips for blinking neon with phones.
We played games, Including making a 30 foot mega straw for fruit punch, competing with three glass an food coloring "rollercoasters" as well as numerous "drop test" contests to test/ build bend/ weld strength.
Overall they learned about planning, pereeverance and some the hard lessons of loss that glass can teach so well when the thing you make breaks.

One student quoted Don Quixote "Without hardships there can be no Adventure!" - couldn't have said it better myself :)

#neon #teaching#STEM #glass #nyc #electronics #highschool #summer #soldering #diy #education

I finished up teaching 2 week neon and STEM class at Urbanglass on Friday. The high schoolers were from all over NYC with varied backgrounds/ schooling and they all made such fun things!
Along with my two TAs (Caroline and MolMol) we taught them not only how to wire and bend neon tubes, but also how to solder (SMT and through hole) and the very basics on programming captive portal ESP32 chips for blinking neon with phones.
We played games, Including making a 30 foot mega straw for fruit punch, competing with three glass an food coloring "rollercoasters" as well as numerous "drop test" contests to test/ build bend/ weld strength.
Overall they learned about planning, pereeverance and some the hard lessons of loss that glass can teach so well when the thing you make breaks.

One student quoted Don Quixote "Without hardships there can be no Adventure!" - couldn't have said it better myself :)

#neon #teaching#STEM #glass #nyc #electronics #highschool #summer #soldering #diy #education

“The Ones that Care Make all the Difference”: Perspectives on Student-Faculty Relationships
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10755-020-09522-w
"We identified four themes for faculty practices: (1) Creating Pedagogical Space, (2) Being Inclusive and Aware, (3) Being Engaged and Engaging Students, (4) Doing More Than Teaching."
#EdDev#Teaching#HigherEd#EdReseach

Professors at Play https://professorsatplay.org/ has 3 free #ebooks on incorporating games into your 1) #Teaching https://professorsatplay.org/playbook/
2) #OnlineTeaching https://professorsatplay.org/professors-at-play-online-playbook/ and
3) and #AI ideas https://professorsatplay.org/ai-playbook/
#EdDev #EdTech #AIEd