Convergence Technology
Add student portfolios to your class next semester!
As mentioned in a previous blog post the National Convergence Technology Center’s (CTC) Business and Industry Leadership Team (“BILT”) has long pushed for IT students to curate portfolios of their work. The BILT believes that job candidates who can show their work at a job interview – by using the portfolio to demonstrate an ability…
Read MoreNational BILT Ends 2018 Discussing IT Progression
The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) recently convened its Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) for one last time in 2018. Regular blog readers know that these BILT meetings are a forum to discuss future trends in the IT workplace. The hope is that these quarterly BILT meetings can keep educators regularly updated on the…
Read MoreCCN Focus: Glenn Jones, Tulsa Community College
As a part of the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) featured blogs, we would like to introduce to you some of our professors and instructors in the Convergence College Network (CCN) community. The CCN is a select cohort of community colleges and universities from across the country that connects IT educators with a wealth of…
Read MoreHow many of these 2019 trends did you know were coming?
Gartner, Inc. recently announced its list of the “Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2019.” The company defines a “strategic technology” as one with “substantial disruptive potential” and that will soon break out of “an emerging state into broader impact and use.” You can read the press release here, but it’s worth noting how many…
Read MoreThe ATE Principal Investigators Conference
Grant partners and staff from the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) recently attended the National Science Foundation’s ATE (AdvanceTechnological Education) Principal Investigators (PI) conference in Washington, DC. That’s the annual gathering of ATE center and project grantees from all over the country. The conference offers a great opportunity for collaboration and networking, as 800 or…
Read MoreCCN Focus: Dwight Watt, Georgia Northwestern Technical College
As a part of the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) featured blogs, we would like to introduce to you some of our professors and instructors in the Convergence College Network (CCN) community. The CCN is a select cohort of community colleges and universities from across the country that connects IT educators with a wealth of…
Read MoreAre your students curating project portfolios?
The National Convergence Technology Center’s (CTC) Business and Industry Leadership Team (“BILT”) has long insisted when job candidates sit down for an interview, those who have a portfolio of their work stand a better chance of getting hired. For that reason, the BILT asks that every IT program require students to create and maintain portfolios…
Read MoreStrategies for Writing a Report that Gets Read
Staff members from the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) attended a special “One-Page Report” webinar earlier this year led by Emma Perk and Lyssa Becho of EvaluATE. The webinar discussed specific strategies for creating reports that quickly and clearly convey “meaningful data.” It’s a smart alternative to multi-page reports packed full of data that may…
Read MoreHow one school addresses the lack of women in technology…
One of the grant goals of the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) involves the sharing and disseminating of best practices for boosting the inclusion of women in IT programs. A recent Wired magazine article profiled Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, where the number of women in its computer science program…
Read MoreWorking Connections’ Photos and Impact
Since 2002, Working Connections professional development events – both the five-day summer sessions and the three-day winter session – have provided free training to over 700 faculty members (1850+ duplicated enrollments) in over 100 cutting-edge IT topics to keep curriculum aligned with current workforce skills. The most recent longitudinal survey data gathered from faculty attendees…
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