So, what are the top reasons why you should attend?

• The annual Institute is designed by faculty for faculty.
• You receive twenty-seven hours of high quality training at the exceptionally affordable price of $100.  (This includes instruction, instructional documents and a textbook, breakfast, lunch and snacks, and give-aways).
• You will experience hands-on application using the latest tools to learn the latest technologies.
• Working Connections is designed to prepare you to meet your student’s educational needs for the upcoming academic year.
• Through networking, instruction time, and presentations your are provided with the opportunity to share best practices with your community and technical college peers on using and teaching information technology.
• Your get to hear from industry professionals on relevant, current issues to increase your awareness and knowledge of emerging technologies, new products, and the latest application iterations.
• Working Connections supports your work in maintaining your Professional-Technical Certification.
• Working Connections doesn’t conflict with your normally contracted teaching hours as it always takes place during the latter part of August.

The 12th Working Connections ICT Faculty Development Institute, Tuesday, August 24-Thursday, August, 26, 2010 will bring Washington State community and technical college (CTC) information, computing and business faculty together on the Bellevue College campus to participate for an intensive  three-day professional development training period.  This information and computing technology experience offers faculty in-depth, hands-on labs in current and beta iterations of software and hardware applications.

Register now!

What faculty said about the 2009 Working Connections Institute:

“Just keep up what you have been doing for the past, how many, years?”

“My friend from California was very impressed with the Institute–I was so proud of you guys!”

“Working Connections appeared seamless again this year. Thank you for all your hard work.”

“Excellent track.  I am excited I learned these skills and look forward to enhancing my curriculum with them.”

2010 Tracks:

• Track #1: How to Make the Most of Web 2.0 in Your Classroom
• Track #2: SharePoint 2010: What’s New
• Track #3: Office 2010
• Track #4: Virtually, Virtualization and Windows 7
• Track #5: What’s New Adobe? Creative Suite 5!
• Track #6: Visual Studio: Gets a Makeover for 2010

Track Instructors Needed

We are interested in interviewing instructors for the following tracks:

• Track #4: Virtually, Virtualization and Windows 7
• Track #5: What’s New Adobe? Creative Suite 4!
• Track #6: Visual Studio: Gets a Makeover for 2010

Payment is $2,063 (this includes all curriculum development, instruction, and travel) for the August 24-26, 2010 Institute.  Please email your inquiry, and attach a resume, to maureen.majury@bellevuecollege.edu.  The faculty advisory board will review all inquiries and then schedule interview for qualified candidates.  Feel free to share this with colleagues at your college.

We have arranged for an exclusive rate at the luxurious Hotel Sierra (a five-minute or less walk from the N-Building at Bellevue College) of $139 per night. This package includes a continental breakfast and more!

Hotel Sierra Bellevue

3244 139th Ave SE
Bellevue, WA 98005
425.747.2705

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The Center of Excellence for Information & Computing Technology invites you to apply to participate in:  How to Make the Most of Web 2.0 in Your Classroom

The Center has identified 10 Web 2.0 and related technologies* as ones that can help improve learning, make instruction more engaging, and/or foster connections among and between students and faculty.

A total of 10 faculty from Eastern and Western Washington will be selected to participate and they will plan, implement, and assess a project that will use one or more of the Web 2.0 tools for a course they teach.

Faculty Rewards and Responsibilities:
1.   Faculty will plan and complete a project incorporating one or more of the Web 2.0 tools to use in their teaching. View some examples.
2.   Faculty will assess the effectiveness of the project by collecting feedback from students about it.
3.   Faculty will receive one-on-one onsite training and support to learn and integrate the tool(s) into their teaching.
4.   Faculty will work with the project manager, Jean Kent, to produce a short Camtasia video showcasing their project from its plan to implementation and assessment. The video will be shared with other community and technical college faculty via the CoE for ICT web site.
5.   Faculty will receive a stipend of $250 upon completion of their project.

Who Should Apply:

• Faculty in the information technical technology field who teach hybrid and online classes are especially encouraged to apply to address some of the following challenges:
• Lack of community and feelings of isolation among students – Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube can help.
• Text heavy online instructional materials that overwhelm students – Jing, YouTube, Slideshare, and Flickr can help.
• Staying current in rapidly changing fields – RSS, Google Reader, YouTube and Twitter can help.
• Easily collecting student feedback for quick, mid-quarter course corrections – SurveyMonkey can help.

* They include YouTube & digital video planning and production, Google Reader & RSS, Flickr, Twitter, SurveyMonkey, Facebook, Slideshare, and Jing Project.

Please apply here.  The deadline for applying is Friday, January, 15, 2010. Participants will be notified by Monday, January 25, 2010,  if they have been selected.  Projects must be completed by Monday, June 14, 2010.

Please contact CoE for ICT Web 2.0 project manager, Jean Kent, at jean.kent@comcast.net or at 206.200.7096.