How do teachers and trainers get youth digitally skilled, tech literate and job ready? While “coding” might be the first solution that comes to mind, learning to code isn’t the logical starting place for every young person. As Smart Chicago learned…
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Themes from #NNIP Dallas 2015
The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) is a network of trusted city organizations committed to collecting, analyzing, and sharing neighborhood data in service to their communities. Partner organizations convene twice a year to share their work and collaborate on topics…
Models for Leveraging Tech to Improve Public Service & Governance in Indonesia
Smart Chicago Collaborative guest blogger Jensi Sartin is a YSEALI State Department Fellow from Indonesia. He is working with the Smart Chicago Collaborative for a month to gain experience in Chicago’s public, philanthropic, and nonprofit sectors — especially on digital…
Digital Inclusion Meets Civic Tech: Remarks at Code for America 2015 Summit
Today I will take part in the Digital Inclusion Meets Civic Tech panel at the 2015 Code for America Summit. It’s great to talk about such a timely issue with Deb Socia of Next Century Cities, Demond Drummer of CoderSpace,…
Smart Chicago + Literacenter
Smart Chicago is happy to announce that we are becoming a member of Literacenter We expect Literacenter to be a key collaborative partner and convening location for our Connect Chicago efforts. About Literacenter Literacenter is the 1871 of literacy work in Chicago. It…
Connect Chicago Meetup Recap: Youth-Led Tech Program Lessons & Comcast Internet Essentials
Members of Chicago’s public computing and digital learning community come together every month to hear a presentation from a Connect Chicago Corporate Partner and a Connect Chicago featured program. Join us! Sign up at Meetup.com. On September 3rd, the Connect Chicago…
