Since 1997, our organization, CUIP (the Chicago Public Schools | University of Chicago Internet Project), has worked at 35 different Chicago Public Schools towards supporting their efforts to improve students' education through the integration of technology resources into their curriculum and school culture.  We provide consultation to teachers and school administrators in technology curriculum integration, professional development, and classroom project support, as well as providing general technical support to the schools.   Our school-based efforts are mostly focused in the neighborhoods of: Woodlawn, North Kenwood/Oakland, Hyde Park, Bronzeville, and South Shore, where we partner with the University of Chicago's Neighborhood Schools Program (NSP) to pair University students with school technology programs.  We also collaborate closely with the Chicago Public Schools Office of Academic Enhancement (CPS OAE) on their VPSC Grant &amp; Technology Magnet Cluster program that infuses technology resources and training in elementary schools across the city.  In addition to our direct work in the schools, CUIP has created online resources that are freely available to all (Chicago WebDocent <a href="http://cwd.uchicago.edu/">http://cwd.uchicago.edu/</a> and eCUIP the Digital Library <a href="http://ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/">http://ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/</a>).

We focus our attention on the following five initiatives:
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	<li>Principals' Advisory &amp; Project Management</li>
	<li>Infrastructure
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	<li>Working with CPS to ensure data wiring in schools, electrical power, and computers in classrooms</li>
</ul>
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	<li>System Management/Maintenance
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	<li>Network administration, operating systems, hardware &amp; software troubleshooting, NSP Technical assistance</li>
</ul>
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	<li>Training
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	<li>Individual and group training on technology integration into the classroom led by Technolology Resource Advisors</li>
</ul>
</li>
	<li>Classroom Technology Integration
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	<li>Classroom technology projects, curriculum development, NSP Project Assistant activity  In support of these strategies</li>
</ul>
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