Thanks to the efforts of our instructors Francisco Seufferheld and Jeannine Koninckx Horta, students of all ages in multiple cities in Illinois have been able to learn marketplace and maker literacy this summer. The three-week program has been connected to … Continued
IMMLP recently worked with University of Illinois Extension to establish a new technology center to help promote economic development and innovation in Harrisburg, Illinois. The Community Innovation Center (CIC) combines marketplace and maker literacy with a maker lab to give area … Continued
Francisco Seufferheld and Jeannine Koninckx have spent the past couple years translating IMMLP instructional materials into Spanish. Recently, they had an opportunity to bring that material to life at Parkland Community College in Champaign, where they taught a marketplace / maker … Continued
As we have made progress in community outreach, our education for students is taking shape. With much encouragement and initiative from Connie Beck and Ron Duncan, our Illinois Extension and field coordinators in Southern Illinois, we conducted an MBA class … Continued
February 28 saw an excellent Mastering the Marketplace workshop at Bethel New Life in Chicago. The Chicago Housing Authority made it possible to offer the workshop to participants in their family self-sufficiency program. We look forward to continuing monthly workshops … Continued
Thanks to our dedicated team of authors and translators, a series of manuals for teaching marketplace and maker literacy in the United States is now available online in English and Spanish! The manuals include instructor’s and script manuals for marketplace … Continued
On January 26, Madhu Viswanathan gave a presentation on marketplace literacy and subsistence marketplaces to the Kiwanis Club of Champaign-Urbana. The presentation covered research into the need for marketplace literacy among people at the bottom of the financial pyramid in … Continued
October 22, 2015 saw the first workshop of any kind run at a brand-new facility — let alone one on 3-D printing. The Salvation Army complex is 188,000 square feet, housing 200 returning citizens, and was ramping up to offer a variety of … Continued
IMMLP is offering is Mastering the Marketplace workshops with a new partner, ITG3D. Anyone interested in attending can find information about upcoming workshops and sign up online here.
Our Southern Illinois Marketplace Makerspace has recently moved into a new location — a storefront inside a mall in Marion, Illinois. The new location brings us closer to our partner, ITG-3D. The move gives us a more permanent place … Continued
