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Part of CME Group Foundation’s mission is to prepare K-12 students for success in college and careers through computer science education. This means that teachers and school leaders also need to be prepared and equipped to provide the right training and education to these students. Click the title to learn more about Lane Tech CS's own Valerie Curry's role in the Teacher Swap.

Wrigley Field serves as classroom for Lane Tech studentsFor Lane Tech High School students, a new partnership with the Chicago Cubs allows the teens to use Wrigley Field for a data-driven experiment

Students and UChicago scientists turn Wrigley Field into data lab

Voices from the Field — Jeff Solin, Teacher Maker & AdvocateIn this two part series, Jeff Solin of Chicago Public Schools shares his 16 year journey in teaching, and the innovative tech projects and…

Voices from the Field — Making, IoT & Civic Engagement for #CSforALLIn part two in the series, teacher Jeff Solin shares example student projects and summer engagement opportunities for students. Learn more…

Motorola Grant Expands Array of Things Educational MissionA new Innovation Generation grant from the Motorola Solutions Foundation will help Array of Things expand its educational curriculum to additional Chicago Public Schools classrooms in 2018. Building upon two successful years of workshops with over 300 students at Lane Tech High School, the program w

Chicago Flag Mosaic Project – Jeff Solin – MediumUpdate March 25, 2018: After an 8 month stay at Navy Pier, the LTMakers Chicago Flag Mosaic project has moved to the next stop on its…

Lane CS Teacher Visits Capitol Hill

Lane Tech Computer Science teacher Jeff Solin was on Capitol Hill last week representing the community partnership between the Array of Things project and Lane Tech. Along with the Charlie Catlett, the director of the AoT, Jeff presented to and on behalf of the director of the NSF to various members of congress. The goal of the event was to showcase projects that exemplify the benefits of the science they fund, in particular for AoT, the benefits for people living in cities.

The Innovators5 schools and districts that are leading the way

Weekend Web: Chicago's 'Array of Things'NBC5's Charlie Wojciechowski talks with the City of Chicago's Chief Information Officer Brenna Berman about a bold experiment that uses sensors around the city to collect data.

How Lane Tech Students are Using IoT to Drive Real-World Sensor Initiatives – Particle BlogFrom remote controlled water pumps to automated light switches, learn how these Lane Tech students are using sensors to build IoT applications.

‘Lane of Things’ expands to Wrigley FieldLane Computer Science students will soon deploy sensor nodes to collect data and analyze multiple environmental aspects of Wrigley Field. Some examples of sensor nodes that the Cubs organization is interested in include temperature, audio levels and even emotional aspects of the ballpark, according to Vice President of Technology Andrew McIntyre. McIntyre said that one...

This 3D Chicago-Flag Mosaic Made By CPS Students Is A Work Of Civic-Pride GeniusWow.

Georgia Tech's EarSketch Uses Music To Teach Students Coding | 90.1 FM WABEThe White House recognized Georgia Tech last Monday for a coding program that uses music to teach code. It was recognized as part of its national...

Inroads - March 2017 - 31In the K–12 environment, teachers are often locked out of having administrator privileges on their classroom computers and work computers. Frequently, only one person manages the IT infrastructure and sometimes that person isn’t even on-site. For example, I teach at Lane Tech College Preparatory High School, the largest school in the Chicago Public School district with a 4400-student population and only two people on-site as the IT Department. With well over 3000 computers in the building, a two-person team is woefully inadequate to handle software and hardware needs. Sometimes installing or

Tech Savvy Soirée: Styling for the 2016 Met GalaOnce again, I had the honor of styling the beautiful Diana Taylor for the The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Met Gala. The 2016 theme for the Costume institute exhibition was “ Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology ”, which opened up many options to draw inspiration from when curating Diana

Lane Tech robotics team will compete in world championship this month in DetroitStudents on the X-Machina team design the robot on their own. They get six weeks to build it from scratch, then an outside company makes the parts.

Chicago seeking 'smart-city' tech solutions to improve city lifeMayoral Rahm Emanuel's embrace of 'smart-city' strategies is wrapped in risk, but the benefits of improving city life through technology is tantalizing.

Lane Tech Array of Things | STEM Kids ChicagoThe Lane Tech Array of Things (AoT) is a scaled down version of Chicago's Array of Things project that will embed various kinds of sensors around the city.

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