CREATING IT FUTURES: 2019 SUMMIT (May 16-17, 2019 free for IT CTC faculty)

You are invited…(REGISTER HERE)

Who:  Up to three IT CTC Faculty from each college (Note:  1. Must be either a part- or full-time IT faculty member in an IT or CS program at your college. 2. Travel costs will be allocated upon delivery of receipts for hotel, meals outside of the Summit, gas for mileage, or other transportation costs for faculty from Central, Eastern, North and South Western Washington traveling more than 50 miles to attend.  This is to encourage attendance and engagement at this event and select IT industry professionals.)

If you want to send more than three educators from your college, please contact the Center at maureen.majury@bellevuecollege or call 425.564.4229.

What:  Will be happening? Participants will experience presentations, network, and address any issues discussed at the the May 2017 Summit (held at the Mercer Island Community & Event Center), including:

• Updates on CoE project and services,
• Industry round-tables,
• IT Faculty Scholarship Recipient Presentations
• IR4 Project Update
• New topics for discussion, including SBCTC updates, new BAS degrees
• A new competition game this year (Who will triumph?), and more…

The draft agenda can be found here   Updated March 2019.

2017-2018 IT Scholarship Recipient’s Power Point Presentations (including resources and best practices for IT faculty across the state.

• Machine Learning & Data Science, Sylvia Unwin, Programming Chair/Assistant Dean from Bellevue College
• Robotics and AI AAST Curriculum Presentation, Maureen Majury, M.Ed., Director, Center of Excellence for Information and Computing Technology
• Blockchain Technology, Maricel Medina-Mora, Programming & Web Faculty from Bellevue College, IT Faculty Professional Development Scholarship Recipient
• TCEA Conference: Using Technology in Education, Lee Falta, Networking Faculty from Bellingham Technical College, IT Faculty Professional Development Scholarship Recipient
• Quantum Computing & Online Technology Education: What Does the Future Look Like? Tanya Knight, IT Faculty from Peninsula College, IT Faculty Professional Development Scholarship Recipient
• Teaching Entrepreneurial and Growth Mindset, Ken Hang, Programming Faculty/Chair for Green River College, IT Faculty Professional Development Scholarship Recipient

Where:  Mercer Island Community & Event Center, 8236 SE 24th Street, Mercer Island, WA 98040/tel (206) 275-7609, The Mercer Room.

When:  10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Thursday, May 16, 2019 & 10:0 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Friday, May 17, 2019

Why:  Everyone has worked very hard to collaborate and create solutions that make it easier for IT faculty and students access and succeed in completing an IT program of study in the CTC system and enter the workforce prepared to meet employer needs.  We need to continue our collective work together and explore and create new innovative solutions for our system.