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Wolske speaks at Nonprofit Technology Conference

Posted on March 28, 2016 by cchin6@illinois.edu

Senior Research Scientist and Lecturer Martin Wolske spoke last week at the 2016 Nonprofit Technology Conference, hosted by the Nonprofit Technology Network on March 23-25 in San Jose, California. Wolske participated in a plenary panel titled, “Momentum for Change: Strategies…

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FCC releases 2016 Broadband Progress Report

Posted on February 14, 2016 by cchin6@illinois.edu

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released its 2016 Broadband Progress Report, including the Commission’s conclusion that while progress has been made, “advanced telecommunications capability is not being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion.” The FCC…

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Summer tech camps promote innovation, digital literacy

Posted on February 10, 2016 by cchin6@illinois.edu

The Chevy Suburban towing a U-Haul trailer pulled up to the decommissioned middle school in Metropolis, Illinois, population 6,000. A special kind of 4-H camp was about to begin. The four leaders—Gabriel Ewing, Jessica Nelson, Colten Jackson, and Virginia McCreary—unloaded…

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New report from Gant-advised project on high-speed networking in K-12 education

Posted on October 23, 2015 by cchin6@illinois.edu

Dr. Jon Gant, Research Associate Professor at GSLIS and Director of the Center for Digital Inclusion, serves as an adviser to project on high-speed networking in K-12 education from The New Media Consortium (NMC). NMC has published a new report…

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Magee presents research at the the Youth, Literature, and Culture Research Group on October 9, 2015

Posted on October 8, 2015 by cchin6@illinois.edu

On October 9, 2015, the Youth, Literature, and Culture Research Group will meet to hear Assistant Professor Rachel Magee talk about her research “Youth Are Smarter Than We Think: Teens, Technology Use, and Values.” The meeting will be held at 10:00…

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