The Center of Excellence for Information and Computing Technology is providing four Center-sponsored fellowships to Washington State educators. These fellowships will afford educators the opportunity to go attend the June 11-15 Working Connections in Iowa offered this summer.

The recipients are as follows:

• Adam Coleman, Clark College
• Judith Graham, Bates Technical College
• Lee Falta, Bellingham Technical College
• George Neal, South Puget Sound

Working Connections

Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs, Iowa

June 11 – 15, 2012

The following will be covered by the Working Connections Fellowship:

• Registration
• Airfare
• Hotel
• Rental Car
• Food Allowance

Requirements: 

• Any full- or part-time CTC faculty or 7-12 grade educator currently teaching information, computing, or business technology courses/classrooms is eligible.
• Provide the Center of Excellence with copies of any curricular materials from the training (including syllabus, training hand-outs, the title of the textbook, any projects or materials created by the scholarship recipient upon completion of the training, etc.)
• Provide a three-page report on what was learned as a result of the training; any new best practices developed as a result of the training; implementation plans for the fall 2012-spring 2013 classroom; and, any changes in the new or updated technology that was covered in the training.  The report is due no later than June 30, 2012 for the Iowa Western Community College Working Connections.

Process:

• Please complete this fellowship application no later than 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 9, 2012.
• Each application will be assigned a number.  That number will be emailed to you no later than Thursday, May 10, 2012.
• No later than 5:00 p.m., Thursday, May 10^th, 2012, a Center of Excellence Industry Advisory Board member will randomly select four numbers.
• The four fellowship recipients will be notified no later than Friday, May 11, 2012 via email.
• The Center will facilitate the registration, travel arrangements, and with the food allowance.

Any questions can be directed to Maureen Majury, Director, at 425.564.4229 or maureen.majury@bellevue college.edu.

IT Futures Education Summit at Microsoft

Register for the 2012 IT Futures Summit: Friday, May 18, 2012

The Washington State IT Futures Education Summit is holding its annual one-day event free event at the Microsoft Corporate Conference Center, (directions to the Center, Building 33), Redmond Washington. Join our technical and workforce development instructors and K-12 educators across our state in discovering new and innovative ways to improve IT education. This event features Microsoft speakers presenting on the new Microsoft initiatives, innovations, and products and subsequently the impacts, challenges, growth, demands of technology as it relates to education.

Keynote Presentation and Speaker: Workforce Readiness For and Through the Cloud, Lee Anne Caylor, Director of Programs, Marketing Microsoft Learning 

Other Presentations:

The Arithmetic of Change: Gameful Research and Ludic Technologies for Education, Heritage, and Humanities,  Donald Brinkman, Program Manager, Microsoft Research Connections

Microsoft IT Academy, Jeff Johnson, Business Development Manager, Microsoft IT Academy Program, North America, Microsoft Learning

Office 365 in Education + Productivity, Derek Seymour, Solutions Specialist US, Education, Business Productivity

Office 15 in Education, Jerry Smith, Account Technology Specialist, US, Education

Windows Phone in Education and Education Application Channel, Scott Blackwell, Senior Academic Developer Evangelist, Academic Programs

Data Management, the Cloud: SQL Server 2012/SQL Azure the Cloud Platform and Marketplace,  Tony Petrossian, Microsoft

Other Presentations in Development:

• Metro Interface for Windows 8 

Note:  Program Subject to Change

Register here. (Note: The program is currently in-development, and is subject to change.)

Note: Clock hours are available for our K-12 educators.

This is one of a series videos being created for the 2011-2012 “A Day in the Life of an IT Professional: A Five Minute Story”. It is sponsored by the Center of Excellence for Information and Computing Technology. It was written, filmed, directed and produced by Robert Johnson, Jr. of Sunny Norway, a film production company based out of Seattle, WA. (sunnynorway.com)

Students, are encouraged to apply. Scholarship organizers expected 10,000 students to apply. But 10 days out from the deadline, fewer than 2,000 have applied.

The application period is March 1 through April 16, 2012.  High school seniors through college seniors who plan to attend colleges and universities in Washington State for the entire 2012-13 academic year are eligible to apply.

The WSOS application is very simple – no essay required, no letters of recommendation. WSOS is open to both high school seniors and current college students.

If you have any questions about the scholarship, please email info@waopportunityscholarship.org or call 877-899-5002.

• Watch the 2012 STEM Summit Videos
• Download the STEM Summit Presenter’s PowerPoint Presentations and the Faculty-Developed Curricular STEM Materials

The second 2012 STEM Summit (February 9th and 10th, 2012) always provides any video of the presenters, and panelists, as well as related PowerPoint presentations and curricular materials that were disseminated or created.

The Summit was sponsored by Centers of Excellence in Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Education, and Information and Computing Technology and hosted at Bellevue College.

Industry Presentations

Robotics, IT Trends, & FIRSTWA, Kevin Ross, Chairman of Washington FIRST Robotics, representing Information and Computing Technology (Thursday, February 9, 2012)

Industry Presenter Videos

 Hydropower: The Power from H to O, Randy Stearnes, Tacoma Power and Chair of the Foundation for Water Energy and Education representing Clean Energy (Thursday, February 9, 2012)

Robotics, IT Trends, & FIRSTWA, Kevin Ross, Chairman of Washington FIRST Robotics, representing Information and Computing Technology (Thursday, February 9, 2012)

STEM Pays, Dave Gering, Executive Director for the Manufacturing Industrial Council representing Education (Thursday, February 9, 2012)

Engineering at Boeing, Conrad Ball, Boeing representing Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing (Thursday, February 9, 2012)

STEM Industry Panel representing Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing, Education, Energy, and Information and Computing Technology (Thursday, February 9, 2012).  The following industry professionals made up the panel, which was facilitated by Mary Kaye Bredeson, Director for the Center of Excellence for Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing.

• Michael Fancher, Senior Program Manager, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences and Geoff Wood, Profile Composites (Aerospace)
• Rich James, Director of Staffing, F5 Networks  (Information and Computing Technology)
• Dennis Milliken, Program Supervisor, STEM Education, Career and Technical Education, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (Education)
• Alice Lockridge (Clean Energy)

Educator Presentations

Cyberwatch West, Corrinne Sande, Whatcom Community College, representing Information and Computing Technology, (Friday, February 10, 2012)

Integrating STEM in Middle Level Food Science, Peggy Templeton and Kathryn Wilkie, Central Kitsap School District, representing Education (Friday, February 10, 2012)

Educator Presenter Videos

Jumping off the Cliff: S.T.E.M. Implementation PreK-8, Lisa Heaman, Principal, West Hills S.T.E.M. Academy Bremerton School District, representing Information and Computing Technology (Friday, February 10, 2012)

Integrating STEM in Middle Level Food Science Peggy Templeton and Kathryn Wilkie, Central Kitsap School District (Education), February 10, 2012

Meeting the Challenge of Energy Management in a Carbon Constrained World, Dr. Mel Oyler, Cascadia Community College, representing Clean Energy (Friday, February 10, 2012)

New Engineering Initiatives at  Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Dr Steve Addison, Lake Washington Institute of Technology, representing aerospace (Friday, February 10, 2012)

Cyberwatch West: Increasing the Quantity and Quality of the Cybersecurity Workforce throughout the Western United States, Corrinne Sande, representing information and computing technology (Friday, February 10, 2012)

 Jump into STEM, Kathleen Werner, Principal, Stevens Elementary School, representing information and computing technology (Friday, February 12, 2012)

STEM Educator Panel representing Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing, Education, Energy, and Information and Computing Technology (Thursday, February 10, 2012).  The following industry professionals made up the panel, which was facilitated by Erik Tinglestad, Director for the Center of Excellence for Careers in Education:

• Michael Werner, Granite Falls High School (Aerospace)
• Steve Cotterill, Director for Career and Technical Education for the Snohomish School District (Education)
• Sally Zieger Hanson, Workforce Research Associate at the Washington State University (WSU) Extension Energy Program (Clean Energy)
• Mike Town, High School Science and Advanced Placement Environmental Science Teacher, Redmond High School (Information and Computing Technology)
• Dr. Sandlin Seguin, Girls Math and Science Program Scientist in Residence at Carnegie Science Center (Information and Computing Technology)

Curriculum Developed by Attendees

Dr. Michele Royer facilitated the 2012 STEM Summit Curriculum Development sessions.  She has provided this initial resource, “CURRICULUM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION BEST PRACTICES” for all STEM Summit participants, as well as for any educators, students, career counselors, etc.

Develop a Renewable Energy Device & STEM  by Erin Gibbons, Amy Knudson, Blake Greisinger, Caryn Rollin, Randy Sieg

Education and STEM Biker Safety by Sunny Burns, Marty Cooksey, Rich Horger, Robert Johnson, Allison Mitchell

Heart Rate Data Displays by Jana Dean, Ashley Ingham, Kirsten McCade

Hydro-Energy & STEM by Tom Barr, Jonathan Goff, Barbara Hins-Turner, Kim Knust, Tom McCollow, Larry Price, Sandlin Seguin

Increase Awareness of a Healthy Lifestyle & STEMby James Bogesvang, Randy Davis, Alia Labin, Kathleen Werner

Information & Computing Technology Starting a Business & STEMby Jay Abrahm, Stev Andres, Mohammed Bakr, Jody Laflan, Alec McTavish, John Mithcell, Anh Nguyen, Lisa Sandoval

 Lean Manufacturing in Aerospace & Advanced Manufacturing by Mary Kaye Bredeson, Scott Dawson, Bob Nielsen, Mark Madison

Music Recording Technology & STEM by Erin Hosler, Richard Pullen, Roya Saben, Julie Sijgers, Kim Verver

To Dam or Not to Dam STEM and Energyby Sharron Leinweber, Jeff McGuire, Dan Taylor, Christy Wood

Registration is now closed, as the event is at capacity.  Please check back in May 2012 for the video of the keynote and the panelists at coeforict.org.  Thank you.

Are your students curious about Information Technology (IT) or do they think IT is only for geeks? Do they think offshore outsourcing has eliminated all high paying technology jobs in the United States? Do your students believe they don’t have the computer skills, technical competence or aptitude to do well in the information technology sector? Tell them to think again!

This event is free.   And, all those who attend (and, are present) are eligible for a Canon Rebel Digital Camera (value $604),  and other great prizes. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Frank Donahoe, Director, Information Security and Compliance at Costco, is this year’s keynote.

Join us on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at the Carlson Theater, Bellevue College.

Register here!  Note:  Clock hours are available for our K-12 educators.

Download the program here. (Note: the program is subject to change)

For teachers bringing at least 30 students in a bus, please contact maureen.majury@bellevuecollege.edu or 425.564.4229 to find out about the $150 stipend for substitute teacher and $150 stipend for the bus.

The second professional development opportunity in this series is:

What do you get for the $125 registration fee?

• Two-days of excellent instruction from Charlie Calvert, a Bellevue College Computer Science Instructor, and former Community Program Manager at Microsoft Corporation
• Breakfast, lunch, and a p.m. snack
• Curricular materials as well as textbook(s)
• An exciting give-away opportunity
• Note:  Clock hours are available for our K-12 educators.

Faculty Audience: All disciplines

Prerequisites: Attendees should have basic understanding of using computer software, some experience writing code, whether it is creating simple HTML or XML documents, working with scripting languages, or working with strongly typed, general purpose languages such as C# or Java. You are welcome to attend even if you don’t have this kind of background, but you should be prepared to feel a bit at sea from time to time. You should do well if you can browse the web, handle email, and work with Office documents, such as Word and Excel.

Day One: Friday

• Morning
  • Session One: Mobile Impact
  • Session Two: Hands On
  • Lunch
  • Afternoon
  • Session Four: Data in the Clouds
  • Session Five: Hands On

Day Two: Saturday

This second day is designed as a deep dive into the more technical side of mobile computing. If you have a little experience with writing code, or want to find a way to learn how to begin, these sessions should be of interest.

• Morning
  • Session Six: HTML5, CSS and JavaScript
  • Session Seven: The Android SDK
  • Summary: Review what we have learned about how to use mobile devices to access data.
  • Lunch

Registrations will be accepted through Monday, April 9, 2012.  Registration payments will not be refunded unless notified in writing by Monday, March 20, 2012.

Space is limited to 25 and the training will be cancelled if the registration target number is not reached by Monday, April, 2, 2012.  In which case refunds would be issued.

Syllabus

From the author:

Imagine if you could sit with a book for three hours and learn hassle free ways to unleash your personal productivity. These 99 Windows 7 ® and Office 2010 (Outlook, Word, Excel, OneNote, and PowerPoint) tips will save you precious minutes every day to a new efficient you!
This book will teach you ready to use tips that you can apply in your day to day work and be efficient almost from the first few tips. Not only could you save up to several minutes a day (depending on your time with the PC) but also you will be envy of your coworkers and soon be the “go-to” person in the office and with your friends for master tips. You will be able to reinvent your work in a subtle but significant way and create a new work lifestyle.

If you are an educator, training manager, or responsible for employee training or professional development in your organization or educational institution, you will find these tips can significantly increase productivity for employees and quickly up skill students who need to learn how to use Windows and Office.

Imagine if you could learn in a few pages how to:

• Create quick steps and templates for repetitive tasks
• Build custom rules to suit your own unique work style
• Get through your e-mail workload efficiently
• Use Windows tips to increase productivity

Highlights

• Follow the easy numbered steps
• Over 240 Screen images to help you as you try the tips on your own
• Cheat sheets to help you practice these tips in your day-to-day work

The Center of Excellence is now accepting up to five IT degrees/certificates from Washington State Community and Technical Colleges for the Spring 2012 quarter for a review session from industry professionals

The Center is now opening up the application process for IT degrees and certificates. Any Washington State CTC can submit one information or computing technology degree or certificate for a two-hour review session by IT industry professionals. This service is offered at no charge to the participating college(s).

The reviews will take place May-June 2012, and reports will be issued to the colleges by June 2012. The reports summarize the recommendations made by the industry review team, as well as provide a high-level workforce trend scan, employment trends if applicable, and possibilities for emerging trends that might impact curricular changes or developments.

The application submission deadline is Friday, April 6, 2012.

Find out more about the process, the history, and access to the application online form.