News and Events
Upcoming Events
UNT's Robocamp 2013
Summer 2013 - Denton, Frisco, Richardson, TX
Do you have science and technology-minded students who are interested in Robotics, Video Game Technology or Mobile App Development? If so we have a fantastic opportunity for you!!
The Convergence Technology Center, in cooperation with our partners in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of North Texas are bringing you a summer of fun and learning in the form of three summer camp programs. Robocamp, XBox Game Camp and the new AppCamp sessions will be held throughout the summer in Denton, Frisco and Richardson. The cost is reasonable, and many scholarships are available for Texas students that are entering grades 8-12 next year. The camp age range is 13-18 years old. Get more details and register at their website.
Working Connections North
June 3-7, 2013 - Lansing, MI
Working Connections IT Faculty Development Institute offers cutting-edge, cost-effect professional development opportunities to current high school and community college faculty that is often only available through expensive commercial training. Working Connections makes the newest technologies and industry trends available to attendees, as well as encourages the kind of networking and collaboration among educational and business leaders that can strengthen any IT educational program.
Working Connections training workshops offer several tracks that cover a range of the most in-demand topics in IT - including: EMC Cloud Infrastructure & Services, Ethical Hacking and Mobile Application Development. The goal of Working Connections is to provide attendees with the expertise needed to teach their respective track in a subsequent semester, bringing the most current information to their classrooms either as a stand-alone course or as supplemental information to an existing course.
Convergence College Network Meeting
July 7, 2013 - Frisco, TX
Meeting open to Convergence College Network members only. For more information about the CCN program, please contact Mark Dempsey.
Working Connections Texas
July 8-12, 2013 - Frisco, TX
Working Connections IT Faculty Development Institute offers cutting-edge, cost-effect professional development opportunities to current high school and community college faculty that is often only available through expensive commercial training. Working Connections makes the newest technologies and industry trends available to attendees, as well as encourages the kind of networking and collaboration among educational and business leaders that can strengthen any IT educational program.
Working Connections training workshops offer several tracks that cover a range of the most in-demand topics in IT including: Advanced Network Analysis, Troubleshooting and Security (Wireshark), Citrix Application Virtualization, EMC Cloud Infrastructure & Services, Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012, Introduction to Forensics, Introduction to iOS Mobile Programming, and VMware vSphere 5.1. The NISGTC grant will also be offering Business Intelligence, Big Data and Web Analytics for the NISGTC Attendees. The goal of Working Connections is to provide attendees with the expertise needed to teach their respective track in a subsequent semester, bringing the most current information to their classrooms either as a stand-alone course or as supplemental information to an existing course.
Working Connections South
July 15-19, 2013 - Jacksonville, FL
Working Connections IT Faculty Development Institute offers cutting-edge, cost-effect professional development opportunities to current high school and community college faculty that is often only available through expensive commercial training. Working Connections makes the newest technologies and industry trends available to attendees, as well as encourages the kind of networking and collaboration among educational and business leaders that can strengthen any IT educational program.
Working Connections training workshops offer several tracks that cover a range of the most in-demand topics in IT including: Advanced Network Analysis, Troubleshooting and Security (Wireshark), EMC Storage & Management, Programming Mobile Devices, and VMware vSphere 5.1. The goal of Working Connections is to provide attendees with the expertise needed to teach their respective track in a subsequent semester, bringing the most current information to their classrooms either as a stand-alone course or as supplemental information to an existing course.
HI-TEC Conference
July 21-24, 2013 - Austin, TX
HI-TEC is a national conference on advanced technological education where secondary and postsecondary educators, counselors, industry professionals, trade organizations, and technicians can update their knowledge and skills. Charged with Educating America's Technical Workforce, the event focuses on the preparation needed by the existing and future workforce for companies in the high-tech sectors that drive our nation's economy.
NCPN Conference
October 13-15 - San Antonio, TX
Increasing numbers of people, institutions, and agencies are recognizing that Career Pathways is what this country needs to bring relevancy to education and increased skills to the workplace. This will lead to more qualified graduates and increased economic prosperity for all. The annual National Career Pathways Network conference brings together practitioners from secondary, postsecondary, and business to network, listen, and learn from each other. They include those who work with traditional students and those who focus on adult education learners.
NCWE Conference
October 16-18, 2013 - Milwaukee, WI
The National Council of Workforce Education conference will provides a wonderful opportunity to meet new colleagues, reconnect with old friends, and take away new and important information about promising practices and programs in workforce education, basic skills advancement, economic development, partnership development, and other topics of interest to your organization. There will be numerous conversations that reflect those being held nationally about how to fill the pipelines of business and industry with highly skilled workers; how to move non-credit work into the credit program environment; how to better prepare workers who come to us under-prepared with the basic skills: how to attract young people into technical careers; and what credentials are the most meaningful to employers.
ATE PI Conference
October 23-25, 2013 - Washington D.C.
The ATE Principal Investigators conference brings together key people working on ATE projects across the country to focus on the critical issues related to advanced technological education. Conference attendees represent community colleges, business and industry, secondary school systems, four-year colleges, and research and development centers covering projects in a wide variety of areas such as: information technology, engineering technology, micro- and nanotechnologies, chemical technology, biotechnology, and others.
STEMtech Conference
October 27-30, 2013 - Atlanta, GA
The STEMtech conference is an international convening that emphasizes increasing student success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at all levels. Over 400 sessions focus on improving STEM education, better aligning educational systems with each other and local workforce needs, and exploring technology's role in the teaching and learning processes.
Winter Working Connections
December 16-18, 2013 - Frisco, TX
Working Connections IT Faculty Development Institute offers cutting-edge, cost-effect professional development opportunities to current high school and community college faculty that is often only available through expensive commercial training. Working Connections makes the newest technologies and industry trends available to attendees, as well as encourages the kind of networking and collaboration among educational and business leaders that can strengthen any IT educational program.
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CTC in the News
EdTech Focus on Higher Education, May 10, 2013
Are the Days of the IT Specialist Numbered?
Community College Times, November 5, 2012
Insights on successful industry-college partnerships
Community College Journal, October/November 2012
Stem Sell: NSF's ATE program gives students an edge in technical careers
Past News and Events
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