We're catching up with SILC advisory board member @SteveFranconeri next week to discuss the spatial concepts impacting data visualization. Check out his feature with Jessica Hullman in Northwestern Mag, "Understanding Uncertainty" of #pollingdata magazine.northwestern.edu/exclusives/und…

The PIT-C assessment uses 3D tangibles to evaluate perspective taking in 6-8 year olds. Visit the PIT-C resource page on our site for more information and submit your resource! bit.ly/38rGi8x #SILCresources #spatialtests

As researchers, we're always looking for ways to disseminate our work with the general public. What better way than to collaborate with Netflix in a docuseries? #babiesonnetflix sites.northwestern.edu/silc/sue-hespo…

Why reading charts is hard & How language and shapes can help, with @SteveFranconeri bit.ly/2TMBUdQ

The world relies on spatial tools to tackle real issues. ArcGIS StoryMaps created a story map laying out the COVID-19 outbreak and tracking its spread. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4fdc0d…

Greetings SILC Family- You may notice a decrease in postings to our listserv and social media. But we are still up and running! Keep sharing your papers, accomplishments and news with us! 🙌 View NU's updates related to COVID-19 here: northwestern.edu/coronavirus-co…

We've reorganized our resources page to include coding manuals, an image library and spatial education software! Check out the updates here :) silc.northwestern.edu/resources_2/

This time last year we had the honor of hosting josephkerski from ESRI Esri GIS Education. We look forward to hosting SILC talks again!

Our collaborators at the Chicago Children's Museum and Loyola University Chicago CHI Childrens Museum Eng4Learning are participating this year! Stay tuned for the video link next week!

Are spatial skills domain general or domain specific? We spoke with Dr. Kinnari Atit, PhD about this topic in our latest feature article. silc.northwestern.edu/spatial-skills…

"What Babies Know" is an episode of the Netflix docuseries "Babies" featuring Sue Hespos' Infant Cognition Lab. The episode won't be released until June 19th. You can watch the publicly available part of the series here: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

The Chicago GSS project will give a talk at the virtual ICLS conference on Monday at 1:40. Fill out this form to attend: forms.gle/cpp7tohU9xsCJD…

Farewell to Camille Msall, a SILC staff member and valued member of our community. Enjoy your last day with SILC! Read more about her work and future plans: sites.northwestern.edu/silc/from-silc…

Share your published books and articles with us. We add them to our Zotero database! Check out this book at bit.ly/2CPhNHQ

Learn how to use an interactive narrative mapping tool to facilitate understandings of racism and inequality. RSVP at bit.ly/2ZjuClp

The Mapping for Social Justice Movements workshop launches tomorrow Northwestern Libraries #MappingJustice #MappingforSocialMovements silc.northwestern.edu/mapping-for-so…

We're excited to kick off this Fall quarter with an introduction to our newest SILC member, graduate student Kiley McKee. silc.northwestern.edu/welcome-gradua…

Congrats to grad student Naomi Polinsky on the publication of her article on spatial skills and video-game playing in children! Thanks also to co-authors Rachel Flynn and Ellen Wartella. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…