Working Connections
PHOTOS: Summer Working Connections North 2014
Summer Working Connections North was held at the campus of Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wisconsin. Over the week, attendees enjoyed the hospitality and facilities, while getting their hands dirty in one of the three track topics that were offered: Intro to Digital Forensics, Ethical Hacking and NDG NetLab+ Setup and Operation. In…
Read MoreWinter Working Connections 2013 Recap
The “Winter Working Connections” professional training event wrapped just before the holidays and by all accounts, it was a huge success. This is fourth time the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) offered a three-day December counterpart to its long-running Summer Working Connections. The 2013 edition of Winter Working Connections welcomed over 40 IT/convergence faculty members…
Read MoreWalking 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 MoreSummer Working Connections South
Summer Working Connections South was successful at helping over 30 faculty from around the country learn about new technologies. The event was held July 15-19, at Florida State College at Jacksonville, in Jacksonville Florida and was a partnership with the National Convergence Technology Center’s National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. The five-day training workshops offered several…
Read MoreSummer Working Connections by the numbers
Every Summer Working Connections attendee is required to take three surveys during the five-day training event. A short survey on Monday afternoon helps with any necessary course corrections. The two longer, more comprehensive surveys at the end of the training event on Friday afternoon provide an overall look at the program’s success. Together, these surveys…
Read MorePHOTOS: Summer Working Connections South
Enjoy these photos of the wonderful attendees who were at Working Connections South in Jacksonville, Florida. It looks like everyone had a great week!
Read MorePHOTOS: 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…
Read MoreWorking 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…
Read MorePHOTOS: 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…
Read MoreA 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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