Archive for November 2013
Walking in a Winter-Working-Connections-Land
Next month, the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) will be hosting its fourth Winter Working Connections training event for IT/convergence faculty. The event will run December 16-18, 2013. If you haven’t yet registered, there is still time to book your seat. We’d love to have you join us. Winter Working Connections is a smaller cousin…
Read MoreHow to build a lab on $5 a day
At our summer CCN meeting, Bill Saichek of Orange Coast College, shared some of his secrets on how he was able to get a lot of equipment for his lab, without spending a lot of money. Some of his main strategies include: Acquiring the college’s older hardware Repurposing hardware to do things the manufacturers say…
Read MoreSTEMtech in the ATL
After working for a year now at the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), I’ve not gone through the cycle of conferences. (I’m helping now prepare for our involvement in the November 15 Texas Community College Technology Forum, which is where things were when I started last November. Circle of life.) Of all the conferences the…
Read MoreIs Teaching Wireless Networking in Your Future?
Bill Saichek and Karl Dietrich, both Co-PIs on our grant, recently presented a session at the 2013 HI-TEC conference “Is Teaching Wireless Networking in Your Future?” This session covered the basics of wireless networking, the latest WiFi technology; 802.11n, the future 802.11ac (Gigabit WiFi), teaching tips/tricks/hints for wireless, hands-on exercises and CWNA certification, and the Achilles…
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