Tag Archives: information technology
STEM to Stern: An Education to Industry Research, Action, and Change Project to Develop Long-term Employer-Education Partnerships
Stem to Stern Project Resources: An examination of the hiring process for entry-level information technology (IT) jobs and the role of community college IT programs.
2010 IT Futures Summit Presentations
Select 2010 IT Futures Summit PowerPoint presentations are now available for viewing: “Looking Ahead”, Keynote John Perera, Microsoft; “Web 2.0 Technologies for Your Classroom”, Jean Kent; “Online Collaborations: SharePoint 2010, Office Web Apps, Web Services”; “Shared Source, Windows Academic and Faculty Curriculum Resources: Supporting Teaching and Research World-Wide”, Arkady Retik, Microsoft, “Productivity in the Age of Information Overload: Office 2010″, Scott Kennedy
Careers in IT: The Real Story – Register Now
Register now for Careers in IT: The Real Story! Dan Waters an Academic Developer Evangelist at Microsoft is this year’s keynote speaker.
Collaborations with State Colleges Move Computer Science Programs Ahead
The Center of Excellence for Information and Computing Technology (CoE for ICT) works with multiple Washington State Community and Technical Colleges to align program degrees and certificates to current workplace technical knowledge and skills valued by today’s employers. The Center’s collaborative consulting and review services include analyzing current course content, with real-time ICT industry professionals insight into current and projected workforce demand. The Center ensures thoughtful, comprehensive program reviews, curriculum audits, and instructional redesigns that are supported by a team of experts with specialized, higher post graduate degrees in education, curriculum design, and a keen understanding of higher education policy and budgetary needs. Our consulting body includes networking, security, systems and database administration, web development and design, and software development and programming professionals with five, plus years of experience.
The Center welcomes solicitations for information and computing technology (ICT) college program (degree/certificate) reviews, redesigns, and audits.
Technology Students: Increase Your Employability
Community and Technical College information and computing technology students can find a series of great resources to increase employability, including free certification exams and a job site. Read more…
Free Windows 7 ebook & Webcasts for Student Job-Seekers
* Looking for guidance specific to Windows 7 deployment? Download free Windows 7 ebook.
* This fall Microsoft Students to Business is offering free webcasts to students on skills that are in demand in today’s workplace. Every other Wednesday until December 2nd at 2:30 PM EST.
News & Announcements for Fall Quarter 2009
As the CoE for ICT, we provide information, resources, solutions to support model educational programs.
I want to be a computer systems software engineer…
I am extremely interested in becoming a computer systems software engineer. I was wondering what I would have to do to be that. What colleges would be recommended? What skills would I need? And, would I have to major in computer science?