Community Health Workers Teach Asthma Patients to Breathe Easier
When an asthma patient showed her inhaler, Kimberly Artis was encouraged, at first. “She shook the medicine up and I’m thinking in my head, OK that’s good,” says Artis, a community health educator with...
View ArticleIdeas for Collaboration Between Digital Literacy & Traditional Literacy...
Smart Chicago’s resident membership at Literacenter means that our Connect Chicago trainers and programs can collaborate with the greater literacy community in Chicago. We see great potential for these...
View Article2015 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 Chicago has shared, supported, and accomplished in 2015. January: Smart Chicago Model...
View ArticleReporting Back on City Bureau’s Open House
On Wednesday, January 27th, our partner City Bureau hosted their first open house at Experimental Station, a curious wing-shaped building in Woodlawn, Chicago. A number of south-side focused...
View ArticleYouth-Led Tech 2016 Curriculum Training
On June 8th, Smart Chicago held a training event at Literacenter. Below is a glance of Youth-Led Tech Instructor preparation.
View ArticleSmart Chicago Congratulates Envision Chicago Student Scholarship Winners
On July 20th, 4 Chicago public high school students were honored with a commemorative resolution at the Chicago City Council Meeting. These students were the winners of the Envision Chicago pilot...
View ArticleYouth-Led Tech Career Days 2016
This year the Youth-Led Tech program developed targeted Career Days and a Career Development Day. These two programs were designed and integrated into the 6-week technology curriculum to introduce...
View ArticleTeamwork, Makes the Dream Work!
Smart Chicago Thanks the Youth-Led Tech Instructors Successful implementation of any program or project takes a huge amount of effort, energy and commitment. The success of the 2016 Youth-Led Tech...
View ArticleYouth-Led Tech 2016 Innovations
Youth-Led Tech 2016 is in the books, however the work that was done in partnership with the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) and Nancy B. Jefferson School is still resonating....
View ArticleOn the Table 2017: Digital Equity in Education
Over the past three years, thousands of Chicago-area residents have participated in mealtime conversations about how to improve our community through The Chicago Community Trust’s On The Table...
View ArticleSMART CHICAGO IS MOVING!!!
Good News!!! The Smart Chicago team is moving and now will be co-located with the City Digital Team at UI Labs. As such, our individual emails will be changing to: Kyla Williams...
View ArticleKyla Williams Co-Presents Today at Philanthropy Ohio’s Annual Conference
Today, Leon Wilson, CIO of the Cleveland Foundation, and I will co-present at the Philanthropy Ohio’s annual conference with a theme this year of “Philanthropy Forward” and a concentrated discussion on...
View ArticleCommunity Call: NTEN’s Digital Inclusion Fellowship Q&A
The Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) has just announced that applications are open for their 4th Cohort of the National Digital Inclusion Fellowship. For this round, 2 positions are available in...
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