It’s not too late to sign up for One for the Books, a celebration of books to benefit the Chicago Literacy Alliance. A great event for a great organization! From the event page: Join us for a special evening supporting literacy in Chicago!On Saturday, May 18, 2019, join us for a special evening benefiting the […]
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At today’s Chicago Literacy Alliance Confab at the Literacenter, Amanda Cage, Chief Program officer from Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership shared an overview of their work. As noted on their Facebook page: The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership is an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit organization led by a Board of business and civic leaders … In 2011, Cook
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My friend, Enilda Romero-Hall from The University of Tampa, is conducting a study titled “Instructional Design Practice in Latin America and the Caribbean” with her colleagues Erika Petersen and Adriana Santos (also from The University of Tampa), as well as Leonor Adams from Old Dominion University. As Enilda shared in the Designers for Learning Facebook
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Pew Research Center released updates to augment their technology use reports, including the Internet/Broadband Fact Sheet and Mobile Fact Sheet. A May 7th blog post titled Digital divide persists even as lower-income Americans make gains in tech adoption shares the following charts. As reflected in the chart above, “the share of lower-income Americans who rely
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Today would have been the 119th birthday of my grandmother, Esther Grace Livingston Jones (12 May 1900 – 26 June 1988). It’s nice this day falls on Mother’s Day as she was the best of the best! Here’s a treasured picture of her mom, Lillian May Andrew Livingston (30 December 1866 – 24 November 1945)
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Well … this website is just fun. Type in an author within the search and find a map to other authors.
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I had the honor of facilitating a professional development session with the Chinese Mutual Aid Association (CMAA) today. I was once told that CMAA is the second largest adult education provider in Illinois behind the City Colleges of Chicago. Billed as a Mobile Learning Design Slam, the following is the session description from the program:
Today, I had the great fortune of being a panelist on an accessibility webinar as part of the LINCS Professional Development (PD) Center Collaborative Learning Group – Enriching Professional Development through Blended Learning. Jen Vanek, Director of Digital Learning and Research at the EdTech Center at World Education, is the facilitator of the LINCS group
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After spending the afternoon at the Maker Lab in the Chicago Public Library, I stuck around to see Austin Kleon during his Chicago stop on his press tour for his new book, Keep Going. I enjoyed his prior book (Show your Work) so much that I built an entire course around the major themes called
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I spent a couple of hours today in the Chicago Public Library Maker Lab at the Harold Washington library. I joined the Digital Literacy Advisory Board (DLAB) members as we learned about the opportunities for adult learners. I made this keychain on the 3D printer! Aside from my creation, I learned about organizations and spaces
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