Real World Learning in a Big City
Chicago is full of opportunities, and ChiTech wants to take advantage of those opportunities for our students. In addition to project-based learning, real-world learning is an integral part of [...]
In the News: ChiTech Partner Yolobe Inc. Succeeding at Connecting Chicago Youth
ChiTech is about to round out its monthlong senior internship program. Like any new initiative, year two of the program, which falls under the school’s Real World Learning Programs, had [...]
If You Aren’t Curious, You Aren’t Doing It Right.
February 2 — Not all superheros wear capes. Seth Thomson, this week’s Power Lunch Series speaker, prefers a simple button up. A comic book salesman turned talk show host turned CIO of DRW [...]
Presenters Show Up and Speak Up About Achieving Goals
January 26—”Make the most of your time” was the theme of this week’s Power Lunch Series. Through our partnership with Lumity, we were joined by two entrepreneurs. Ahmed “Flex” Omar of [...]
CHITECH STUDENTS MEET INTERNSHIP SUPERVISORS AT DDB
January 26 — On Monday, January 30th, four Chicago Tech Academy students will kick off our February Senior Internship Month with their first day at DDB, a global advertising agency. These [...]
First Power Lunch of 2017: Using Technology to Solve Real-World Problems
January 12— Chicago Tech Academy rounded out the first week of school in 2017 with inspirational guest speakers. This was the first of several planned in 2017 our Power Lunch Series, which [...]
Problem Finding Before Problem Solving
Check out this recent blog posted by Schools that Can, written by ChiTech’s own TJ Pavlov, Teacher and Real-World Learning Program Manager on the importance of solving the right problems [...]
Field Trips Aren’t Just for Students
When thinking about education and field trips most of us automatically see them as student experiences. The role of the teacher is usually a chaperone who makes sure all students are where they [...]