21st Century Youth Project

10/06/2013

21st Century Youth Project Applications are open with an additional new course series: 'Digital Analytics, Data Journalism & Social Media'!
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10/06/2013

21st Century Youth Project advanced to the semi-finals of A Better Chicago's Project Impact Grant! Meet the semi-finalists ~ http://abetterchicago.org/projectimpact/meet-the-semi-finalists/

At the end of each course, students will have a digital portfolio, or deployed a web or mobile application. Blue1647, a next generation innovation center, is located at 1647 South Blue Island, Chicago, IL. 60608.

08/26/2013

After a successful pilot of RC Engineering sessions, we're launching our NSBE Jr. Chapter Racing League for students' (learning auto engineering, math, electronics & graphic arts) Sept. 7th. being held monthly . Additionally, we're launching a 10-week course series with our Chicagoland South Suburban NSBE Jr. Chapter, so students compete against other RC racing teams locally and nationally in fierce, exciting radio control car racing.

07/20/2013

Students' for the Friday "Beats & Apps" course filtering in as DJ Jeff sets up. Students presented their researched assignments, and began Week Two. DJ Jeff breaks down content extremely well, providing context on current and past music/artists.

07/09/2013

Take a look at our new website! http://21cyp.com/

06/13/2013

The Summer is near, and we're ready to begin our Summer of Code! Please take 3-seconds to vote for us in the Digital Media and Learning Competition here: http://tinyurl.com/l3qw9en

Bringing together programmers, designers, and educators to develop prototypes for social tools, including apps, badges, and curriculum in pursuit of a better Web.

05/07/2013

We're happy to announce that the 21st Century Youth Project has teamed-up with (YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago) for our Haute & Smart: Girls in Fashion Tech Series! The YWCA has done some very innovative programming with their TechgGYRLS program and we're excited to add an additional layer. ~ http://bit.ly/18SKwzo

04/12/2013

It's almost time! Support student involvement in at UIC 4/12 - 4/13 ! Register: http://bit.ly/XtD2ks

Flourish! is a conference promoting the use and adoption of Free Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) through inspiring talks, workshops, and more! We love Open Source! Technology has gone a long way from the way it once was in the late 1990's. It used to be that the only way for people to get go...

03/15/2013

The 21st Century Youth Project launches Haute & Smart: Girls in Fashion Tech Series at Cibola http://www.builtinchicago.org/blog/21st-century-youth-project-launches-haute-smart-girls-fashion-tech-series

I'll be honest, I'm far from being recognized as a fashion maven. Give me a pair of gym shoes, a polo/t-shirt, and some jeans, and I feel well-dressed. But, no one can deny that technology is reachin

03/13/2013

21CYP Alum, now UIC Engineering major, Chase Lee, is a lead organizer of the Flourish! Conference (April 12-13th), which was created to promote the use and adoption of Free-Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) and hardware! This year will be the 7th annual student-led conference at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Throughout the weekend, they will bring speakers from around the country to talk about their contributions to the open source community! A wide range of topics will be discussed. There will be have workshops for attendees to get a hands-on experience working with Open Source projects, too. He’s looking for a few people to talk/do a workshop, so if you know anyone that might be interested, please let him ([email protected]) or us know! Please feel free to help promote this event as well! Anyone is welcome to come to this FREE conference & have an opportunity to see how using, creating and supporting FLOSS software can enhance their careers, businesses and academic aspirations. For more information, please visit the Flourish conference website: http://flourishconf.com/

Welcome to the Flourish! 2013 Open Source Conference website! This is Flourish Conference's seventh annual student-led conference hosted at the The University of Illinois at Chicago. We are proud to help promote the use of open source and provide a gathering place for open source enthusiasts in the…

03/11/2013

Another special thanks to Jessica, Marshall, and Carl of Groupon for their assistance and participation again! The Engineers developed a HTML5 Snake Game Project, each student immediately began coding and customizing the game! Students collaborated, assisted each other, experimented, and really gained an understanding of the code.

03/11/2013

Last Saturday we held our 2nd Openhack Event in partnership with Groupon. Several Chicago area highschool students from Chicago Tech Academy, Chicago Quest, and some ventured from the south suburban area. We also had a 21CYP Alumn now a UIC Comp. Engineering student help facilitate. We had one of our instructors, Kris, volunteer to facilitate, present and demo on Android Mobile & Wearable Computing Software development (Sewn into a hoodie!). We also had James Quake present and demo on Video Game development! Each presenter is greatly appreciated for their time!