Blogs

Here's an great article discussing alternatives to the One Laptop per Child program. It also delves into how we determine social impact and how should be measured:

 "There appear to be cheaper, more effective ways to improve education in developing nations than the glitzy One Laptop per Child program" … Read more »

Last week, I had the special opportunity to attend the North American Association of Christians in Social Work annual convention in Indianapolis. … Read more »

There is a new Social Venture Creation Course from the University of Michigan Center for Entrepreneurship. The new Social Venture Creation Course, in partnership with the Center for Entrepreneurship at the College of Engineering, the School of Art & Design, and the William Davidson Institute, is an innovative, action-based learning laborat … Read more »

Do you use Twitter or delicious to share fascinating community informatics resources that you find online? If you tag those resources #si-cic in Twitter or si-cic delicious they will show up on the homepage of the CIC site. Cool? Definitely. If you want to start a discussion around a particular article, webpage, or CIC seminar presentation, create a blog entry. … Read more »

The Ann Arbor Area Government Document Repository, a part of the ArborWiki Project, is a place to upload documents relevant to local governance. … Read more »