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A closer look at the HI-TEC student posters

“Student posters” are a common element of STEM conferences.  For the uninitiated, it’s a kind of science fair like what you may remember from middle school with plants on record players and celery in colored water.  But “student posters” at STEM conferences, of course, offer far more sophisticated and advanced technical thinking than the brightest…

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Austin city limits

The entire staff of the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) recently traveled down I-35 to Austin, Texas to attend the “HI TEC conference.”  That’s shorthand for High Impact Technology Exchange Conference.  The goal was to not only continue gathering insights and resources from other IT educators to improve the CTC’s best practices, but also to…

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PHOTOS: HI-TEC 2013 Conference

It’s been a busy few weeks for the National CTC staff and partners, with the Working Connections Texas and South events, and attending the HI-TEC 2013 conference last week in Austin, Texas. We all had a great time at the HI-TEC conference, attended a lot of great presentations and even got a private tour of…

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PHOTOS: Summer Working Connections Texas

Summer Working Connections 2013 is officially in the books.  Thank you to everyone who joined us last week in the Texas heat.  The final tally included 108 attendees from 18 states, 65 free textbooks (and, sadly, 20 loaner textbooks), 15 raffle prizes, 8 staff members, 7 tracks, 4 lunches, 3 buildings, and 2 very important…

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Working Connections North was a big hit!

Wow – it’s finally over but Working Connections North was a rousing success.  We had 26 attendees with some from as far away as Miami, Florida and White Bear Lake, Minnesota.  The instructors were awesome and did a great job. We had Judy Lipinski an independent corporate trainer that taught “Mobile Application Development,” Kathy O’Neill…

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PHOTOS: Summer Working Connections North

Summer Working Connections North Ann Beheler and Jen McGarvey were recently in Michigan at Lansing Community College to attend the most recent Working Connections IT Faculty Development Institute. It was a great week, offering three excellent tracks (Mobile App Development, Ethical Hacking and EMC Cloud Infrastructure and Services) and networking opportunities with exceptional people. Congratulations…

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Deep in the heart of HI-TEC

If you’re coming to HI-TEC (aka the High Impact Technology Exchange Conference) this July 22-24 in Austin, Texas, there are four ways you can say hello to the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) staff and learn more about our program! 1. Pre-conference workshop On Monday morning, July 22, at 8:30am, the National CTC will present a…

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A big summer for Working Connections

  Working Connections – a cutting-edge, cost-effective professional development program for IT faculty – continues to thrive as one of the National Convergence Technology Center’s crown jewels.  This summer we’re celebrating the 12th year hosting our version of Working Connections.  Since our first event all the way back in 2002, we’ve trained more than 875…

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STEM summer camps for kids

For those who agree that students need to get involved and invested in STEM early, the University of North Texas Department of Computer Science and Engineering’s long-running Engineering Summer Camps  offer an interesting model for success.  These summer camps are hands-on and immersive, but still offer the fun associated with a camp-like atmosphere.  Students engage…

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