Posts Tagged ‘University of North Texas’
IT Faculty Question of the Day — Q5
This week, the National CTC is featuring question number five of the “IT Faculty Question of the Day” series — “Is there one special classroom hack or strategy you think other teachers would like to hear about?” This series consist of six videos from four Convergence College Network (CCN) faculty members. We encourage you to…
Read MoreIT Faculty Question of the Day – Q4
This week, the National CTC is featuring question number four of the “IT Faculty Question of the Day” series, “What do you know now that you wish you knew when you started teaching?” This series consist of six videos from four Convergence College Network (CCN) faculty members. We encourage you to view all the videos…
Read MoreIT Faculty Question of the Day
Last year, the National Convergence Technology Center interviewed four Convergence College Network faculty members about the challenges and decisions made in regards to employer recommendations delivered as part of the Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) model. They also discussed their approach with helping students overcome their daily challenges and how as faculty members, they…
Read MoreSTEM Summer Camps in North Texas
For the 14th consecutive year the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of North Texas (a partner college with the National Convergence Technology Center NSF grant) is offering STEM Summer Camps for middle school and high school students in North Texas. Camp programs will be offered at Discovery Park in Denton, as well…
Read MoreIT Faculty Professional Development Opportunity
If you are a high school or community college STEM teacher, you may be aware of the “AP Computer Science Principles” exam (or dual cred) opportunity that became available in the last couple of years. The “Beauty and Joy of Computing” (BJC) is a College Board-endorsed curriculum and professional development provider for the “AP Computer…
Read MoreCCN Focus: David Keathly, UNT
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 MoreStudent Feature: Brett McCormick
Who would have known that the simple act of an older brother handing Brett McCormick a Sega game controller as a pre-schooler would start his IT career path? “I would just sit and play games with him and be infatuated. I would wonder ‘how does this work? This doesn’t seem like any other toy I’ve…
Read MoreStudent Feature: Olivia Hughes
Olivia Hughes did not have a background in computers when she started going to the University of North Texas to be a material science major. “The high school I went to didn’t really have that big of a computer program,” Olivia said. “The computer class I took was basically just an amped up version of…
Read MoreNew Approach to Transferring Workforce Courses
The University of North Texas (UNT), a grant partner of the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), continues to develop its innovative Bachelor of Arts in Information Technology (BAIT) program. The manager of the BAIT program – principal lecturer David Keathly – recently delivered a webinar to interested faculty and administrators from the CTC’s community of…
Read MoreGraduates on the job
All of the hard work the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) undertakes is designed for one single end goal: give students the skills they need to land good jobs in an IT industry in dire need of qualified workers. We asked some of our Convergence College Network (CCN) partners to connect us with recent graduates. …
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