Posts Tagged ‘national convergence technology center’
CCN Community Shares Best Practices
Four times a year, the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) convenes the Convergence College Network (CCN) – a community of 69 community colleges and universities from 27 states – to share best practices and resources. These meetings usually run via Zoom web meeting. But once a year, in conjunction with the annual Summer Working Connections…
Read MoreStudent Feature: David Atkinson – Tulsa Community College
At Tulsa Community College (TCC) there’s an array of opportunities in the field of information technology from Systems Support Technician to Networking and Cloud Computing. A student can explore the world of information technology in so many ways. The National Convergence Technology Center’s Convergence College Network (CCN) community is happy to showcase IT students by…
Read MoreArticle Round-up: IT Workplace and the IT Classroom
The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) is always on the lookout for technology articles and columns related to the ongoing evolution of both the IT workplace and the IT classroom. Below is a sampling of some of the things we’ve been reading these last few months. They’re worth a look, blog readers. The Math Behind…
Read MoreFour Things We Heard at WASTC
The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) is a proud co-producer of the WASTC Winter ICT Educators conference in San Jose, California. CTC staff recently attended this conference and participated in three breakout presentations covering: key strategies of its Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) model(link to the BILT brochure?)that helps align curriculum to workforce needs…
Read MoreCCN Focus: Brian Nelson, Lansing 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 MoreDid you miss these posts from 2018?
As 2018 comes to a close, the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) wanted to take a moment to look back at the many topics covered in its blog. In 2018, the National CTC posted 37 blog entries. Using Google Analytics, the posts below were identified as among the most popular blog posts of the year. …
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 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 MoreCCN Focus: Ernie Friend, Florida State College at Jacksonville
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…
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