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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 […]

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

Well … this website is just fun. Type in an author within the search and find a map to other authors.

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

As I prepare for my presentation this week, I’m doing a deeper dive into Remind, a messaging app used by educators to communicate with students and parents. At all of our digital integration sessions, we hear it’s a top app used by adult educators. It’s also listed on the Workforce EdTech Tools repository, and it

One of the hardest thing about being a good open educational resource curator and creator is figuring out how to handle the attribution. Maybe this attribution creator tool might help?

In both my masters and doctoral programs in education, I didn’t take (nor do I think I was offered) a course on designing for accessibility. I was also an assistant editor of an education journal for a number of years and I don’t recall many (any?) submissions regarding designing for accessibility. Therefore, I’m thrilled that

Anyone in the Chicago area is welcome to join the next Chicago Literacy Alliance Confab on May 15th from 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM CDT. These free monthly events focus on literacy-related issues and are hosted at the CLA’s Literacenter, the coworking space we share as CLA members. As noted in the event registration: This

For about a decade, I joined my virtual online buddies each Sunday night to review the latest educational technologies on a live webcast called EdTechWeekly. The webcast started in the mid-2000s during the height of Web 2.0. It’s the main reason I’m the within the first 13,600 people to have a Twitter account. We started

A Facebook post by Dr. Thomas Reeves today about a new book called “The Adjunct Underclass” from the University of Chicago Press prompted some good commentary. I noted: I look forward to reading this book. I could probably be a case study for this book. I love being a “utility player” with my PhD. I