This page collects the curated tag vocabulary used across the site, with short descriptions to make the taxonomy easier to understand.

  • DOIN — The Digital Opportunities Intelligence Network and related policy-learning work. (4 posts)
  • Blue Tech — Water, environmental technology, and Great Lakes innovation. (0 posts)
  • Broadband — Connectivity deployment, network planning, and broadband policy. (7 posts)
  • Community Development — Work that strengthens local capacity, institutions, and place-based change. (0 posts)
  • Community Technology — Local technology practice, digital inclusion, and community-facing tech work. (3 posts)
  • Data Science — Analysis, modeling, metrics, and evidence-driven decision making. (5 posts)
  • Digital Economy — Economic opportunity, innovation systems, and regionally relevant digital growth. (1 post)
  • Digital Inclusion — Efforts that expand access, participation, and meaningful use of digital tools. (1 post)
  • Digital Literacy — Skills, learning, and capability building for everyday digital participation. (2 posts)
  • Digital Opportunity — Broadband access, adoption, digital literacy, and inclusive technology policy. (11 posts)
  • DOIN — The Digital Opportunities Intelligence Network and related policy-learning work. (0 posts)
  • Education — Teaching, learning, school technology, and student outcomes. (5 posts)
  • GIS — Geospatial analysis, mapping, spatial data, and place-based insight. (1 post)
  • Infrastructure — Physical and digital systems that support communities, schools, and organizations. (8 posts)
  • K-12 — K-12 schools, classroom technology, and school infrastructure. (1 post)
  • Knowledge Graphs — Semantic systems, ontologies, and structured knowledge representation. (3 posts)
  • Michigan — Work tied to Michigan communities, institutions, and regional planning. (1 post)
  • Networks — Networking architecture, relationships, and interconnected systems. (3 posts)
  • Op-Ed — Opinion, commentary, and perspective-driven essays. (1 post)
  • Policy — Public policy, governance, and strategy for technology and community systems. (4 posts)
  • Research — Research notes, investigations, and analysis. (0 posts)
  • Retrofits — Upgrades, modernization, and adaptation of existing systems. (1 post)
  • Smart Buildings — Buildings, controls, energy systems, and intelligent facilities. (5 posts)
  • Spatial Data Science — Geospatial analysis, spatial modeling, and place-based data work. (1 post)
  • Systems Thinking — Frameworks and approaches that connect technology, policy, and human systems. (3 posts)
  • Workforce — Workforce development, skills, and career pathways. (5 posts)