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SMART CHICAGO IS MOVING!!!
Good News!!! The Smart Chicago team is moving and now will be co-located with the City Digital Team at UI
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
An Infographic of Connect Chicago from January — March 2016
Connect Chicago is a cross-sector civic leadership initiative that seeks to make Chicago the most digitally skilled, connected, and dynamic
Smart Chicago Joins the NTIA’s Community Connectivity Initiative as a Collaborator
Smart Chicago is a Collaborator in the National Telecommunications & Information Administration’s Community Connectivity Initiative. The Community Connectivity Initiative was
Ways Residents Can Give Feedback on the Array of Things Governance & Privacy Policy
Today the draft Array of Things Governance & Privacy Policy was released. The policy discloses the privacy principles and practices
Announcing the June 22nd Array of Things Public Meeting at Harold Washington Library
As part of Smart Chicago’s Array of Things Civic Engagement Work, we’re hosting an event in in the Loop on
Announcing the June 14th Array of Things Public Meeting at Lozano Library
As part of Smart Chicago’s Array of Things Civic Engagement Work, we’re hosting an event in in Pilsen on Tuesday,
Smart Chicago’s Array of Things Civic Engagement Goals & Model
Smart Chicago has committed to educate and engage residents with the new Array of Things project, which is operated by
Wired Magazine on OpenGrid and Open 311
Here’s a great post about OpenGrid in Wired Magazine today: Conquer Chicago’s Mountain of Data With This Powerful Tool. Here’s
OpenGrid on the Chicago Public Data Blog
Chris Hagan of WBEZ wrote a good post today on OpenGrid: Chicago launches OpenGrid, latest step in making open data more
OpenGrid on the Harvard Data-Smart City Solutions Blog
Sean Thornton of Harvard Data-Smart City Solutions wrote up a great piece on the launch of OpenGrid. Here’s a snip:
City of Chicago Launches OpenGrid
Today the Smart Chicago Collaborative helped the City of Chicago launch OpenGrid— a free, browser-based, open source mapping platform displaying
2015 Year in Review
This was a big year for community technology in Chicago. Here’s a month-by-month look at some of the things Smart
Events & Resources for #HourofCode & #CSEdWeek 2015
December 7th through 13th is Computer Science Week! This campaign is all about raising awareness for computer science education. Throughout
Ideas for Collaboration Between Digital Literacy & Traditional Literacy Organizations
Smart Chicago’s resident membership at Literacenter means that our Connect Chicago trainers and programs can collaborate with the greater literacy
Recap of the Digital Inclusion Leadership Awards at #NLC15
Smart Chicago was at the National League of Cities 2015 Congress of Cities in Nashville, TN to help distribute the
