Monthly Archives: February 2014

Event: Connected Communities in an Age of Digital Learning

Connected Communities in an Age of Digital Learning A Vision for a 21st Century E-Rate Program Increasingly, we live in a world where the vision of “traditional” classroom education is changing. New technologies enable learning in a variety of locations

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University of Illinois Events: International Jazz Day

 Click here for the UNESCO jazz flyer The UNESCO Center for Global Citizenship (UCGC) is pleased to announce free events in celebration of International Jazz Day. The Champaign -Urbana celebrations are scheduled for Tuesday, April 29th, starting with a “Film Jazz

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Duarte Co-Chairs Tribal Telecom and Technology Conference

Addressing the broadband infrastructure and digital literacy needs of American Indian and Alaskan Native communities is the objective of a national conference co-chaired by Marisa Duarte, postdoctoral research fellow in American Indian Studies and affiliated faculty at the Center for

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Local Group Explores Digital Inclusion in STEM education

Anyone interested in developing digital literacy and digital inclusion strategies for STEM education are invited to attend weekly and fortnightly gatherings of STEM and tech enthusiasts Champaign. These informal meetings are a great opportunity for school and public librarians, school

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Irish publishes on history of Illinois WITS group

In 1991, a group of scholars on the University of Illinois Urbana campus came together to form the Women, Information Technology and Scholarship (WITS) group to explore how issues of gender, race, and class were interwoven in emerging information technologies.

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