|
Immediately following the press event on November 11, 2008,
the Mid-Pacific ICT Center held its first Advisory Panel
meeting.
 MPICT’s
Advisory Panel consists of some 70 representatives of diverse
sectors of society, including K-12 and post secondary
educational institutions, equipment manufacturers, software
companies, service providers, government, standards bodies,
enterprises and non-profits.
Each shares an understanding of the importance of ICT and a
skilled ICT workforce for their organizations and
economies, and each has an interest in advancing ICT fields,
ICT infrastructure and solution deployments,
and ICT education and workforce improvements.
January 8-9, 2009, the Mid-Pacific ICT Center is teaming with
the National Center for ICT (www.ictcenter.org)
to host the 2009 ICT Educator Conference in San Francisco.
Like MPICT, the National Center for ICT is also funded by the
National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological
Education (ATE) program. Previously, it was known as the
National Center for Telecommunications Technology (NCTT).
Hosted at Springfield Technical Community College in
Springfield, MA, the National ICT Center serves the entire
United States, in much the same way that the Mid-Pacific ICT
Center serves ICT educational programs and issues in its
region.
The Winter Conference will be held at the Mission Campus of
City College of San Francisco, in San Francisco’s colorful
Mission District. (Speaker of the U.S. House of
Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, and San Francisco Mayor, Gavin
Newsom, participated in the dedication of this new showcase
campus in February of 2008).
 The
presentation lineup for the event is incredible, including a
special track on strategies for expanding and diversifying ICT
education and workforce populations!
Jon Burgess from Apple Computer is providing a keynote on a
profound challenge to educational pedagogy, a need to change
teaching styles to be effective with media savvy students.
Apple is also providing discounts for educators from MPICT’s
conference to attend the concurrent Macworld conference.
We asked ICT industry to come and present their academies,
educational content, certifications and other educator
resources.
Rallying to the call, we have outstanding
presentations scheduled from:
• Cisco Systems on its Academy Program and Certifications
• Apple Computer on its Educator Resources and Certifications
• EMC on its Academic Alliance Program
• VMware on its Academic and Academy Programs
• Microsoft on its IT Academy Program
• Juniper Networks on its Academic Alliance
• IBM on its Academic Initiative for 21st Century Skills
• Oracle on its Academy programs
• Adobe Systems on its Solutions for Student Successes
• Microsoft on its free web design curriculum and tools
• Cisco Systems on Packet Tracer collaboration opportunities
• IMTech Telecom Global on High Performance Ed. Networks
• Reliance Globalcom on Global ICT Workforce Needs
• Cengage Learning on Network Security Curriculum
The ATE community is turning out with presentations on:
• Collaboration Opportunities (MPICT)
• Recent ICT Technology changes (NCICT)
• Green IT (Convergence Technology Center - CTC)
• ACM’s SIGITE Model Curriculum (BATEC)
• Recruiting and Retaining Women (IWITTS/CalWomenTech)
• Teaching Improvements (CREATE)
• Strength in Cooperation (CyberWATCH)
• Scenario-Based Learning (Foothill-DeAnza)
• iPhone, SDK and Mobile Learning (NCICT)
• BA Degree for IT (CTC)
• IT Workshops and Remote Labs (KITCenter)
The ICT educator community is sharing its quality practices
on:
• Conducting an ICT Workforce Study
• Collaborating with the Army
• Applications of High Quality Panoramic Photography
• “Ethical Hacking” Security Teaching Techniques
• Moving Courses Online
• CENIC’s High Quality Network and Services Solutions
• ICT Recycling Programs for Students
• Online BS in IT Program
• Analyzing ICT Student Pipelines
• Student Engagement in Real-World Interoperability Studies
• Wireless Collaborations
This is an extremely exciting event, offered free to ICT
educators from all over the U.S.
Back to Q4 2008
Newsletter |
