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Creating an Inclusive Experience: Accessibility for Blind and Deaf Visitors at Science Museums

Creating an Inclusive Experience: Accessibility for Blind and Deaf Visitors at Science Museums

The Sound Travels team interviewed staff members from seven science museums across the country who shared ways they are removing barriers and accommodating visitors with disabilities.

Equity Project Spotlights: AISL Projects

These short interviews showcase equity-centered practices  and diverse perspectives from 9 AISL-funded projects.
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Announcing New REVISE Interest Group: Building Equitable Relationships

We invite the larger informal STEM education and learning community to become a member of this new interest group!
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Access is Love: Showing Who is Valued Via Accessible Presentations

REVISE Webinars »Access is Love: Showing Who is Valued Via Accessible Presentations Designing your presentations for increased accessibility is crucial to supporting diverse audiences with varying needs. It signals who is valued in the space. As disability activist-scholars Alice Wong, Mia Mingus, and Sandy Ho remind us, access is love.
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Introducing the New InformalScience.org!

Following the launch of the new InformalScience.org, the REVISE team shared how we redesigned the website for both equity and accessibility.
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Equity and AI in Informal STEM Learning

What does it mean to use artificial intelligence (AI) equitably, effectively, and safely in informal STEM education programs? Attendees learned about AI and what its presence can mean in informal STEM education in this REVISE informational webinar.
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IRB Basics: An Introduction to Institutional Review Boards in Informal STEM Education

IRB Basics: An Introduction to IRBs in Informal STEM Education is designed to enhance your understanding of ethical human subject research in ISE initiatives.
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Happily Ever After

Four PIs of AISL-funded projects offered ideas and questions at the 2023 AISL Awardee Meeting held in December, as well as their criteria for making decisions related to dissemination strategies, dissemination products, and continuity of research focus.
Equity Project Spotlight: Using storytelling and a justice oriented STEM after-school club as critical tools for cultivating African American youths' STEM identities

Equity Project Spotlight: Using storytelling and a justice oriented STEM after-school club as critical tools for cultivating African American youths’ STEM identities

Renee Lyons and Corliss Wilson Outley share more about the Using storytelling and a justice oriented STEM after-school club as critical tools for cultivating African American youths' STEM identities (NSF Award #2214740).
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Process Documentation Blog Post: Selecting a Photography and Videography Vendor for the 2023 AISL Awardee Meeting

In this blog post, we take you through our process of researching, identifying, and securing a photography and videography vendor for the 2023 AISL Awardee Meeting.
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REVISE Team Reflections on the 2023 AISL Awardee Meeting

Since the 2023 AISL Awardee Meeting, the REVISE team has collectively and individually reflected on our experiences. Through this blog post, we bring you a mosaic of our team’s musings, highlighting shared insights and common themes that emerged from our unique perspectives.
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REVISE Conference Reflections: Critical Race Studies in Education Association

Lisette Torres-Gerald provides her thoughts on the 2023 Critical Race Studies in Education Association (CRSEA) Conference.
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Meet Revise: Valeria Alderete

We are excited to share our interview with Valeria Alderete, the Content & Communications Coordinator for the REVISE team.
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Meet REVISE: Sana Karim

We are excited to share our interview with Sana Karim, the project manager of digital infrastructure for the REVISE Team.
Equity Project Spotlight: Instrument Development: Racially & Ethnically Minoritized Youths’ Varied Out-Of-School-Time Experiences and Their Effects on STEM Attitudes, Identity, and Career Interest

Equity Project Spotlight: Instrument Development: Racially & Ethnically Minoritized Youths’ Varied Out-Of-School-Time Experiences and Their Effects on STEM Attitudes, Identity, and Career Interest

Philip Sadler, Remy Dou, Gerhard Sonnert and Susan Sunbury, share more about the Instrument Development: Racially & Ethnically Minoritized Youths’ Varied Out-Of-School-Time Experiences and Their Effects on STEM Attitudes, Identity, and Career Interest (NSF Award #2215050).
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Meet Revise: Ivel Gontan

We are excited to share our interview with Ivel Gontan, the Center Manager of the REVISE team.
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Conectando Saberes: Forum on STEM Learning Among Latiné Youth and Families by National Science Foundation

Latiné communities in the United States represent a dynamic and diverse population reflecting varied backgrounds, experiences, and contributions. These contributions can form the foundation for a future STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) workforce that is prepared to meet pressing local, societal, and global challenges. Quality STEM learning experiences, which
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Equity Project Spotlight: Diálogos: Harnessing Latinx Community Cultural Wealth to Support Executive Function in Early Childhood through Family Engineering Experiences

Smirla Ramos-Montanez, TERC, shares more about the Diálogos: Harnessing Latinx Community Cultural Wealth to Support Executive Function in Early Childhood through Family Engineering Experiences (NSF Award #2115463). “If a community partner is telling you something is not working, and you’re stuck because this is the way that you conduct research,
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Meet REVISE: Kelly Paulson

About REVISE » Kelly Paulson We are excited to share our interview with Kelly Paulson, who supports the REVISE team. “REVISE is working to increase equity and inclusion in informal science settings and that’s inclusion for my son as well.” What drew you to STEM? To informal science? I first