Smart Chicago

04/15/2017

Join us on Saturday, April 22nd from 10 am to 1 pm at 2601 W 63rd St. Chicago, IL where we’ll share a meal and a civic conversation about technology in Chicago Lawn and surrounding southwest neighborhoods. All are welcome. Breakfast & lunch will be provided! Sign up for more information and RSVP at bit.ly/chitechforum1

03/28/2017

Join us at The Chicago Community Trust on Friday, March 31st at 11am for the monthly Connect Chicago Meetup!

This Meetup will be collaborative, centered on brainstorming new ideas connecting digital training to employment opportunities. Framing the conversation will be Sprint and Youth Guidance who will discuss their emerging partnership.

Lunch will be served!

RSVP here: https://www.meetup.com/ConnectChicago/events/238319743/

Building on last month's Meetup discussion and previous community conversations, March's Connect Chicago Meetup will be a collaborative Meetup about creating pathways from tech/digital skill

03/27/2017

Join Smart Chicago in partnership with Chi Hack Night for our : Amplifiers of Community Voice panel on March 30 at DuSable Museum of African American History!

Andrea Hart of City Bureau, Aviva Rosman of BallotReady, and Tiana Epps-Johnson of Center for Technology and Civic Life will share their personal narratives and discuss women’s contribution to the civic tech industry!

Please join us Thursday, March 30th at 6:00 pm
DuSable Museum of African-American History
740 East 56th Place
Chicago, IL 60637

Heavy appetizers and soda/water will be provided.

FREE to attend!

For more information and to RSVP, please visit: https://chihacknight.org/satellite/2017/03/30/amplifiers-of-community-voice.html

03/23/2017

Join Smart Chicago Collaborative in partnership with for our : Creators & Founders panel!

Dima Elissa, founder of Vismed3D, & Allyson Scrutchen, Founder of Forward Planning, will speak on their personal narratives and discuss women’s contribution to the civic tech industry!

Please join us Wednesday, March 29th at 6:00 pm
Homan Square Community Center
3517 W. Arthington Street
Chicago, IL 60624

Heavy appetizers and soda/water will be provided.

FREE to attend!

For more information and to RSVP, please visit: https://chihacknight.org/satellite/2017/03/29/creators-and-founders.html

09/27/2016

In early September, we hosted the first ever Connect Chicago Working Group. This coalition of trainers, advocates, and nonprofit professionals is working together to create a digital skills road map — something that all programs and trainers in Chicago can eventually use to craft customized learning pathways for those they serve.

Read more about the notes and insights from our first meeting here: http://www.smartchicagocollaborative.org/connect-chicago-digital-skills-road-map-working-group-1/

We appreciate all of these partners for their participation: Literacy Works, Chicago Public Schools, Microsoft Chicago, Chicago Public Library, EnglewoodBlue, The Adler Planetarium, Digital Youth Network, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition, LISC Chicago

On September 9th, Smart Chicago hosted the first meeting of Connect Chicago’s Digital Skills Road Map Working Group. Its purpose: to define and inventory “digital skills”, understand the taxonom

09/26/2016

Before we sent them off to mentor Chicago's youth for 6 weeks this summer, our Youth-Led Tech instructors underwent extensive training. Take a look behind the scenes of one of these training sessions focused on rapid fire curriculum design.

What makes Youth-Led Tech special is the opportunity for youth and adults to co-create curriculum based on the youth's interest areas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIL1fXX_APg

Youth-Led Tech Instructors engaging in training #3 focused on rapid fire curriculum design. What makes Youth-Led tech special is the opportunity for youth an...

09/22/2016

Join us at the next Connect Chicago Meetup where we’ll be learning about the new connectivity, training, and device programs available at Chicago Housing Authority sites. This meetup will be held on Friday, September 30 from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm (lunch will be served) at the Charles A. Hayes Family Investment Center — 4859 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL, 60615.

Learn more: http://www.smartchicagocollaborative.org/announcing-the-september-2016-connect-chicago-meetup-connectivity-training-resources-in-public-housing/

Please RSVP here: http://www.meetup.com/ConnectChicago/events/234150800/

At the next Connect Chicago Meetup, we'll be learning about the new connectivity, training, and device programs available at Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) sites. This will be our first off-site Conn

09/22/2016

Take a look at how Smart Chicago gathered community feedback this summer on the Array of Things: Urban Sensor Network privacy policy using OpenGov Foundation Madison.io platform, online forms, and public meetings.
http://www.smartchicagocollaborative.org/ways-residents-can-give-feedback-on-the-array-of-things-governance-privacy-policy/

Answers to all public feedback received during this civic engagement period can now be found here: https://arrayofthings.github.io/policy-responses.html

Today the draft Array of Things Governance & Privacy Policy was released. The policy discloses the privacy principles and practices for Array of Things and defines how decisions about the program

07/18/2016

Live in Cook County? Get paid to help build better technology through the Civic User Testing Group (CUTGroup). Earn a $5 gift card just for signing up: www.cutgroup.org

The CUTGroup is a community of over 1,600 residents in Chicago and all of Cook County who help create better technology by reviewing and giving feedback on websites and apps that are created for residents. By being part of the CUTGroup you will help developers make better software that will help make other lives better.

Our motto is: If it doesn't work for you, it doesn't work!

We are looking for residents from all over Cook County, who use different types of devices, browsers, and operating systems. No technology experience is required!

Sign up here: www.CUTGroup.org

06/08/2016

Youth-led Tech Summer 2016 is a technology mentoring program for youth ages 13-18 in three Chicago neighborhoods: Austin, North Lawndale, and Roseland. If the youth is 12 and will turn 13 by 8/5/16, they are also eligible to apply. Visit Youth-led Tech for more information about the program. [ 186 more words. ]

http://www.smartchicagocollaborative.org/youth-led-tech-locations/

Youth-led Tech Summer 2016 is a technology mentoring program for youth ages 13-18 in three Chicago neighborhoods: Austin, North Lawndale, and Roseland. If the youth is 12 and will turn 13 by 8/5/16…

06/07/2016

This is an important Smart Chicago project— direct engagement with residents on highly technical matters that affect them directly. Consider attending!

Smart Chicago has committed to educate and engage residents with the new Array of Things project, which is operated by the Urban Center for Computation and Data (UrbanCCD) — a research initiative o…

06/06/2016

As part of Smart Chicago’s Array of Things Civic Engagement Work, we’re hosting an event in in the Loop on Wednesday, June 22, 2016: Event: Array of Things Public Meeting Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 Time: 5:30pm - 7pm Location: 400 S State St. - Harold Washington Library The Array of Things project is a collection of multi-purpose sensors that will collect data about the livability factors in our city like air quality, noise pollution, and flooding. [ 133 more words. ]

http://www.smartchicagocollaborative.org/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 Wednesday, June 22, 2016: Event: Array of Things Public Meeting Date: Wednesday, June 22, …