As we previously posted, during the Spring and Summer quarters the CUIP staff packed up our assorted equipment and furniture in preparation for a move to an entirely new building, along with our gracious hosts, the Astronomy and Astrophysics Department. Though the move didn’t take place as early as those previous posts anticipated, it […]
CUIP is pleased to be engaged in some tech support and setup work at Beasley Academic Center. Working closely with Assistant Principal Ms. Jaidah Wilson and Media Center Specialist (Librarian) Mr. Chris Dowell, CUIP has been assembling some of the school’s older and some newer computers into a working Library Computer Lab. The school’s plan for […]
During the summers, when we are not visiting our partner schools on a regular schedule, CUIP’s In-The-Schools group works on a variety of behind-the-scenes projects and also some CPS-teacher and CPS-student special programs on campus. This summer we are very happy to have the help of two UChicago students who during the school year have […]
This Summer, CUIP Founder Don York and CUIP Staff Members Mitch Marks, Russ Revzan, and Terry Jones plan to continue work with the CPS Office of Math & Science on the Capstone Course for Space Science. The summer course will continue to provide learning opportunities for teams of CPS High School Students and their […]
Along with the Astronomy and Astrophysics department, our host at the University of Chicago, CUIP’s campus offices will be moved during the summer of 2011, to make way for a renovation of the Research Institutes. We will be housed in a “temporary” structure while the current Astronomy and Astrophysics Center (AAC building) is cleared away! […]
If you are a member of the Illinois Computing Educators you are eligible to apply for an ICE-CAP mini-grant. All applications are due on February 4, 2011 and the winners will be notified by February 18, 2011. For more details visit the Illinois Computing Educators Chicago Chapter website at http://www.iceberg.org/icecap.
Here’s a reminder that proposals to present workshops at the Annual Illinois Computing Educators (ICE) Conference are due on October 1, 2010. For more information click here: http://www.iceberg.org/ice_conference
Congratulations to Nicholson and Spencer Technology Academies for being among 20 CPS schools that won an iPad Grant! Over 175 schools applied for the grant which asked schools to propose a specific classroom project that the iPads would support. 20 CPS schools were selected to recieve the grant which includes “32 iPads, one MacBook for syncing […]
This past Summer, CUIP Founder Don York and CUIP Staff Members Mitch Marks and Russ Revzan, worked with the CPS Office of Math & Science on the Capstone Course for Space Science. The summer course provided learning opportunities for teams of CPS High School Students and their Teachers to work with University Space Science […]
Check out these pictures from the CPS Technology Magnet Cluster Program’s 2nd Annual “TechXPO”! This year the celebration was hosted at the Museum of Science & Industry in May and stretched over two days to include a series of technology workshops run by students for their parents, as well as the main attraction — a […]
