The Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center (SILC) brings together scientists and educators from Temple University, Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to pursue the overarching goals of
Understanding spatial learning
Using this knowledge to develop programs and technologies that will transform educational practice, helping learners to develop the skills required to compete in a global economy.
SILC participants include researchers from cognitive science, psychology, computer science, education, and neuroscience, as well as practicing geoscientists and engineers who are particularly interested in spatial thinking in their fields, and teachers in the CPS.
08/18/2008 The photo gallery has been up-dated with a couple of photos from the AAAI Intelligent Systems Demo.
08/18/2008 Dominique W. Dumay and Christopher J. Schilling have both joined our SILC Staff. Welcome!
08/14/2008 Publications page up-dated from Annual Report.
08/14/2008 More citations added to the Bibliography page.
08/13/2008 There are now 195 members in our Spatial Network!
08/11/2008 Our website was temporarily unavailable Friday evening August 8th. The tech support team at Northwestern University was able to get our internet access reconnected in the span of a few hours. All service should be running smoothly now.
08/11/2008 Please continue to send Jenn Stedillie notifications of links that aren't working that you need to use right away. She is going through links and checking connections through this week. After this week, be sure to let the know of any links that are still not opening correctly.
08/08/2008 SILC People page has been up-dated. Publications page has been up-dated (more publications will be added next week as well).
08/08/2008 Elise Krause (Northwestern University) has joined our SILC Staff. Welcome!
08/08/2008 Information added to Asifa Majid's entry on our Spatial Network members page; also a relevant paper by Majid, A., et al added to the Bibliography page.
08/07/2008 The photo gallery has changed. Mouseover and plain html versions available on same page.
08/01/2008 We've added a photo gallery to our website under our Resources menu! More info about the pictures and more pictures will be added as we receive them.
07/31/2008 Our new website is up and running. There are still links that may need to be fixed because of some restructuring that has happened. This will get cleaned up during the next couple of weeks (as well as a bit of tweaking here and there). Please, let Jenn Stedillie know if there is a link you need to get to right away.
07/14/2008 Pennsylvania Governor Rendell and US Congressman Joe Sestak have both issued press releases regarding the recent $10 million award.
07/08/2008 Two of our Co-P.I.s and their research, Dedre Gentner and Susan Goldin-Meadow, are mentioned in The New York Times article, "When Language Can Hold the Answer."
07/01/2008 $10 million Awarded to Pennsylvania Schools and Universities.
07/01/2008 Katrina Ferrara has joined our SILC Staff. Welcome!
added to the Bibliography page.