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Site Update: Urbana Neighborhood Connections Center

By on June 13, 2016 in Update, Urbana Neighborhood Connection Center

Just like Champaign Public Library, work at the Urbana Neighborhood Connections Center (UNCC) hasn’t stopped with the end of the grant. Community Ambassador, Hailley Fargo, continued with UNCC, stepping into a slightly different, yet still digital literacy focused, role. The big highlights include. (more…)

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Ricardo’s missing piece: Evaluation from Kenwood Elementary

By on May 31, 2016 in Kenwood Elementary, Update

Editor’s note: Both during and after the Digital Literacy for ALL Learners grant, we had two educators, Robert Stake and Hui-Lien (Sharon) Hsiao, observing the work happening at Tech Time at Kenwood Elementary School. Based on their observations and data gathering, they put together an evaluation story that demonstrates the work that was done during Tech […]

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Revival of DL4ALL Website

By on March 28, 2016 in Update

Hello! It has been a while since we wrote a blog post. Our grant funding ended in May 2015, and the DL4ALL project shifted into a new phase. This meant our work at the five sites did not stop. For some sites, the Community Ambassador stayed on, shifting into a new role but still grounded […]

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Creating jewelry in CPL’s Teen Space

By on March 4, 2015 in Champaign Public Library, Workshop

Throughout this grant, the Community Ambassadors have been faced with the challenge of helping our sites find “projects that matter.” No two sites will have identical “projects that matter” because each site has unique individuals who have varying interests. We as Community Ambassadors can share ideas but ultimately, each of us listens to our sites […]

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Halloween demystifying workshop at UNCC

By on November 1, 2014 in Urbana Neighborhood Connection Center, Workshop

Well it was Halloween 2014 and the Urbana School District didn’t have school. UNCC stayed opened all day and it was the perfect time to try out a workshop with the kindergarten through fifth grade students. Dressed up like Mary Poppins, Miss Hailley, the Community Ambassador for UNCC, brought in some desktop towers, old ball […]

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