Working Connections
PHOTOS: Summer Working Connections 2017
Last week we wrapped up Summer Working 2017. This annual event remains one of the National Convergence Technology Center’s (CTC) crown jewels. Over seventy IT instructors (including 18 first timers) from 18 states gathered at the Frisco, Texas campus of Collin College and enjoyed a hot North Texas week of the summer. Attendees chose to…
Read MoreSummer Working Connections Preview
Summer is almost here and that means it’s almost time for Working Connections. This year, our 17th summer, we have three: Working Connections North, June 5-9 in Lansing, Michigan; Working Connections South, June 19-23 in Jacksonville, Florida; and Working Connections Texas, July 10-14 in Frisco, Texas. The goal of Working Connections is to provide faculty…
Read MoreAn Online Winter Wonderland
The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) has been hosting three-day Winter Working Connections since 2012. These events (like their “big brother,” five-day Summer Working Connections events) are designed to offer IT faculty in-depth professional development in a specific IT topic so they can better teach that topic at their home school in a subsequent semester.…
Read MorePHOTOS: Working Connections Think Tank Track Cisco Tour
As part of the special “Think Tank” track of Summer Working Connections, a handful of lucky IT educators boarded a charter bus one hot Thursday afternoon and took a trip across town to visit the Cisco Systems campus in Richardson, Texas. Cisco executives graciously allowed this “Think Tank” group to visit two facilities, including the…
Read MoreWorking Connections Think Tank Track Review
What happens when you bring 17 educators together, mix in proven processes and tools and stir in a large dash of imagination and ideas? We call that “The Think Tank”! At the National CTC, we are often asked to share the processes and tools we have developed on business engagement, student recruitment and retention, faculty…
Read MorePHOTOS: Summer Working Connections 2015
Summer Working Connections – which wrapped up in July – was a rousing success by any measure. This annual event remains one of the National Convergence Technology Center’s (CTC) crown jewels. Ninety IT instructors from 20 states gathered at the Frisco, Texas campus of Collin College and enjoyed north Texas’ first truly hot week of…
Read MoreSummer Working Connections 2015 Preview
Summer is almost here and that means it’s almost time for Working Connections. This year, our 15th summer, we have two: Working Connections South, June 15-19 in Jacksonville, FL and Working Connections Texas, July 13-17 in Frisco, TX. The goal of Working Connections is to provide faculty attendees with the expertise needed to teach their…
Read MorePHOTOS: Winter Working Connections 2014
Another successful week at Winter Working Connections 2014! I was pleased to be an attendee this year in our Social Media track. I really enjoyed participating and got to see first hand why so many Working Connections attendees keep coming back year after year!
Read MorePHOTOS: Summer Working Connections Texas 2014
Summer Working Connections is wrapping up today. Thank you to everyone who attended, presented and helped make this event a great experience for everyone! Here are some photos from the week.
Read MorePHOTOS: Summer Working Connections South 2014
Summer Working Connections South was held at the Advanced Technology Center on the campus of Florida State College at Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida. Day one, attendees dived right into hands-on labs and training in one of the three tracks offered: Citrix, VMWare vSphere 5.5 and Advanced Network Analysis, Troubleshooting and Security (Wireshark). There was also…
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