This year at Smart Chicago we were pleased to host Glynis Startz, a Harvard Ash Center Summer Fellow in Innovation. As an Ash Fellow hosted by Smart Chicago, Glynis assisted as a writer, thinker, and strategist on the Array of Things Civic…
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An Infographic of Connect Chicago from April — June 2016
Connect Chicago is a cross-sector civic leadership initiative that seeks to make Chicago the most digitally skilled, connected, and dynamic city in America. In 2016, we’ve made investments to strengthen and expand our city’s digital learning ecosystem. Under Connect Chicago,…
Launch of Array of Things
This week Array of Things project launched, installing the first of its sensors in Chicago. .@arrayofthings installs the first of 500 nodes on Chicago streets – https://t.co/NE5QKck38W pic.twitter.com/TNiZTB6pSv — Argonne National Lab (@argonne) August 29, 2016 .@arrayofthings sensors are coming online! Local…
Release of the Array of Things Civic Engagement Report
On August 15th, Array of Things released the final version of the project’s governance and privacy policies as well as responses to public feedback collected in June through the Array of Things Civic Engagement Project. Alongside this release, Smart Chicago…
Array of Things Final Governance & Privacy Policies Released
Today, the Array of Things project released its final governance and privacy policies. The Array of Things website now houses the final policies as well as answers to public feedback from the project’s operators. Final governance and privacy policies, as well as…
DigiSeniors: Microsoft Chicago’s New Computer Training Curriculum for Senior Citizens
At last week’s Connect Chicago Meetup, Microsoft Chicago launched a new computer training curriculum for senior citizens called DigiSeniors. Not only are seniors disproportionately on the wrong side of the digital divide, but there is also a lack of technology training…