The Washington State IT Futures Education Summit holds its annual one-day event free event at the Microsoft Corporate Conference Center, (directions to the Center, Building 33). Redmond Washington. Technical and workforce development instructors across our state in discovered new and innovative ways to improve IT education. This event features Microsoft, industry and CTC speakers in various disciplines of IT that shared the impacts, challenges, growth and demands of technology.
Register now. Session titles are listed below. Included within the day’s activities are drawings for great giveaways (books, seats to the 2010 Working Connections IT Faculty Development Institute, and more)! Morning and afternoon refreshments will be served, as well as lunch, and parking is free.
Session #1:
- SharePoint 2010: What’s New
- Productivity in the Age of Information Overload (Office 2010)
- Web 2.0 Technologies for Your Classroom
Session #2:
- The Evolution of the Windows Kernel Architecture (Windows 7 and beyond)
- Software Development (Visual Studio 2010)
- Adobe Creative Suite 4
Round Table Lunch Time Sessions:
- Cloud Computing (Azure) – Microsoft
- Virtualization (Hyper V, Virtual PC and server)
- Online Collaboration (SharePoint 2010, Office Web Apps, Windows Live Services)
Session #3:
- How to Refresh Your IT Program (Microsoft IT Academy)
- Web Design and Development (Expression Studio, Silverlight)
- Mobile Application Development (Windows Mobile application)
The Summit will be held on Friday, May 21, 2010, from 8:00 am until 3:30 pm at the Microsoft Conference Center (Building 33) in Redmond, Washington.
Highlights from the 2009 Futures Summit (including: keynote and panelist discussing How to Align IT and CS Programs to Current and Projected Industry Workforce Demand)
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Highlights from the 2008 Futures Summit (including: keynote, Martin Bean, and industry panelist discussing Next Generation Technology for Next Generation Students)
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