IDEA CHAPTERS

FIND YOUR LOCAL CHAPTER

Illinois Digital Educators Alliance has 21 regional chapters. Chapters are divided by county. Locate your county on the map or list below to find your local IDEA chapter. 



The members of each chapter meet at regular times during the year to share ideas and explore new instructional technology resources

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ABE LINCOLN:

Christian, De Witt, Logan, Macon, Menard, Moultrie, Piatt, Sangamon & Shelby

CENTRAL ILLINOIS VALLEY:

Mason, Peoria, Tazewell & Woodford

CHICAGO PREP:

Covering all parochial, independent and private schools in the Chicagoland area

EGYPTIAN:

Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Perry, Washington, Wayne & White

BLACKHAWK:

Henry, Mercer & Rock Island

CHICAGO:

Chicago area (for those who live or work in the CPS regions)

CORN BELT:

Ford, Iroquois, Livingston & McLea

ILLINI:

Champaign, Coles, Edgar, Douglas & Vermilion

KASKASKIA

Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Macoupin, Marion & Montgomery

KISHWAUKEE:

Boone, DeKalb, Kane, McHenry & Winnebago

NORTHERN SUBURBS:

Lake and the Northern Suburbs

NORTHWEST:

Carroll, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, & Whiteside

SHAWNEE:

Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Union & Williamson

SOUTH SUBURBS:

Southern Suburbs

SOUTHWESTERN:

Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Randolph & St. Clair

STARVED ROCK:

Bureau, La Salle, Marshall & Putnam

THREE RIVERS:

Grundee, Kankakee, Kendall & Will

TWO RIVERS:

Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Green, Morgan, Pike Schuyler & Scott

WABASH VALLEY:

Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Edwards, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland & Wabash

WESTERN:

Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Knox, McDonough & Warren

WESTERN SUBURBS:

Du Page and the Western Suburbs

RECENT IDEA BLOGS

Student Story: Diego’s Transformation Through Coding

By Skill Struck • 01 May, 2024
One of the most rewarding aspects of education is observing moments when everything clicks for a student and their self-confidence grows. And although being a teacher is not all rainbows and sunshine, those lightbulb moments make all of the hard work worth it. This story is from a fourth-grade teacher at Denver Public Schools that witnessed a student transform when computer science was introduced into the classroom.

A New Way Forward

By Brian Lamb, CEO and Co-Founder of Swivl • 24 Apr, 2024
Students need social and emotional skills for school and daily life. Especially today, where technology can manipulate our emotions and erode our social skills unlike ever before. None of this should be controversial. Swivl thinks a new way forward is possible by making reflection a part of every learning activity, for every student, every day. We can explain this best by first explaining the reflective technology we’ve built to enable it.

Infusing Transferable Skills in PBL Projects

By Michelle Hollander, Teq • 17 Apr, 2024
For students, learning needs to feel purposeful and relevant. There are many ways to infuse transferable skills into every lesson, especially project-based learning (PBL) projects.
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