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The National CTC will have a huge presence at the upcoming High Impact Technology Exchange Conference (HITEC) in Salt Lake City on July 25-28, 2022, which will be held in person for the first time since July 2019. The CTC will be hosting two pre-conference workshops โ one on AI and digital literacy, one on…
Read MoreCTC’s Student Spotlight: Yevhen Prokopenko, University of North Texas
As a part of the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) featured blog and videos, we would like to introduce IT students attending our Convergence College Network (CCN) schools. The CCN is a select cohort of community colleges and universities from across the country that connects IT educators with a wealth of resources to enhance their…
Read MoreTen Industry Perspectives from IT Employers
The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) recently convened its Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) for the annual vote and discussion of entry-level KSAs (knowledge, skills, and abilities). Regular blog readers know well that the CTC believes that this annual vote is essential to keeping curriculum aligned with evolving workforce needs. If youโre not familiar…
Read MoreStrategies and Tools for Successful Online Teaching
The National Convergence Technology Centerโs (CTC) recently hosted its second โBrown Bagโ webinar of the spring. First launched in 2020, this series offers special topic presentations via bite-sized, 30-minute segments on both technical and employability topics. To date, these webinars have been attended โliveโ by over 300 people with another 800 views of the recordings…
Read MoreThe CTC is Going to Utah
The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) will have a huge presence at the upcoming HITEC conference (High Impact Technology Exchange Conference) in Salt Lake City, which will be held in person for the first since July 2019. If youโre unfamiliar with HITEC, itโs a fantastic event for STEM technical educators and industry vendors. There are…
Read MoreIT Faculty Question of the Day โ Q6
This week, the National CTC is featuring the final question of the โIT Faculty Question of the Dayโ series โ “What advice would you give an IT student about to graduate and enter the workforce?” This series consisted of six videos from four Convergence College Network (CCN) faculty members. We encourage you to view all…
Read MoreOngoing classroom Impact of Summer Working Connections
The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) recently conducted its annual longitudinal survey of attendees from the past three years of Summer Working Connections events. Faithful blog readers know that Working Connections offers cutting-edge, cost-effective professional development opportunities to current IT faculty. This helps teachers get the newest technologies and latest industry trends into their classrooms.…
Read MoreCelebrating 20 Years of Cutting-edge, Cost-effective Professional Development โ Working Connections
On July 11-15, the National Science Foundationsโ National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) will be celebrating its 20th anniversary at Collin College in Frisco, TX! From the first set of classes in 2002, Working Connection has been making the newest technologies and industry trends available to attendees, as well as encouraging the kind of networking…
Read MoreIT Faculty Question of the Day – Q2
Here is a continuation of CTC’s “IT Faculty Question of the Day” series which consist of six videos from four Convergence College Network (CCN) faculty members. The first question was posted on January 31 see the video here. We encourage you to view all the videos and learn about the challenges and strategies in teaching…
Read MoreFourteen Strategies for Recruiting, Retaining, and Completing Students
The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) recently hosted a quarterly meeting with faculty and administrator members of the Convergence College Network (CCN) community. At that meeting, CCN members shared strategies and programs that have showed success recruiting, retaining, and completing IT students. Highlights from those presentations โ as well as similar presentation series delivered in…
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