On March 10, 2015, the Digital Literacy for All Learners project team participated in the seventh annual Public Engagement Symposium. The theme of the symposium was “Changing lives through engagement.” We were more broadly represented by Ctrl-Shift, a local group made up of school teachers, community members, entrepreneurs, and University of Illinois representatives who are interested […]
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Two Quarters In — What we’ve been up to
The metrics for the second quarter were due in early January and we are happy to report the following numbers: General Access to computers (unduplicated): * Target proposed in grant: 11325 * Q1 report: 4872 * Q2 report: 4728 * Current total: 9600 Training participants (unduplicated): * Target proposed in grant: 780 * Q1 report: […]
Technology and equipment added in 2014
One of our team members, Jeff Ginger, complied a report on the number of computers installed as well as additional technology placed at our sites from August until December 2014. These computers and kits allowed us to continue our programming and build community-based collaborative spaces. We acquired, updated, imaged and installed 83 computers at all […]
First Semester Kit Update
Post written by Jeff Ginger, who helped facilitate the purchase of equipment for our grant sites. Fall semester has been a rush of infrastructure development at all of the DCEO sites. We quickly established computer labs and comprehensive software arrangements for each location so they could support programming of many kinds, from computer basics to […]
“The Center for Digital Inclusion aims to foster inclusive and sustainable societies through research, teaching and public engagement about information and communication technologies. Our team works with a broad cross section of communities, organizations and governments to ensure they have the tools needed to succeed in a digital world.” To learn more about the Center for Digital Inclusion, please visit our website, http://cdi.lis.illinois.edu