|Home | About Us | Products | Services | Programs | NSF Grants | Partners |   Programs > Center for IT Excellence > Mayl 2005   CITE Home   About CITE   Events   Job Shadow   Newsletter   Student Resources Advancing IT Education and the Workforce in Washington State Newsletter June 2005   IT Faculty Development Institute Starts August 23 – Registration is Open The 7th annual Working Connections IT teacher education institute is only 2 months away. Have you reserved your seat? Hosted at the BC Main Campus August 23-26, 2005, Working Connections will feature educational tracks, industry sponsors and guest speakers relevant to the IT industry and changing skills needs. Cost to attend is $500. The event is open to IT instructors from high schools, community and technical colleges and 4-year institutions. This year’s teacher training tracks include new applications in Office 2003; project management; IT in the health care industry, programming for database and web; and wireless networking and security. In addition to CITE, event sponsors include Microsoft, Verizon, RealNetworks, Expedia, Adhost, Course Technology, Deloitte & Touche and BC’s Center for Life Sciences. If you have questions, email Maureen Majury or contact her at 425-564-4229.To register, visit the Working Connections web site.   Washington IT Education Summit Attracts 180+ Statewide Attendees The first annual IT Education Futures Summit was a success! Attendance exceeded expectations with 182 people present. Our special thanks to our hosts at Microsoft Learning, our knowledgeable speakers and all of the deans, faculty, and staff who traveled from all corners of Washington State to participate in the IT Summit. Attendees for the statewide event included representatives from 26 community and technical colleges & universities, 10 school districts, 4 high schools, more than 20 educational non-profit organizations, and at least two dozen representatives from business and industry. Visit the web site for speaker presentations and a few of the participants’ feedback about the event. Shortly, videos of the keynote presentation and the IT hiring panel discussion will be available for viewing. An e-mail announcement will be distributed once the videos are available on the web site. We hope those of you that attended felt the day was valuable, and we appreciate both the positive and constructive feedback thus far. Yes, we will provide bottled water and writing surfaces next year! There is an online event evaluation form available for those who did not get an opportunity to complete one on the day of the summit.   CITE/NWCET Engage in IT Industry Skill Standards Update CITE and the National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies (NWCET) have received funding from the National Science Foundation and Microsoft to update NWCET's widely used IT industry skill standards. Key partners include The Information Technology Association of America, IEEE, DigiPen, GSX and Volt Technical Services. The new IT skill standards will become a critical tool for community colleges who wish to update their IT curricula and programs to meet the changing IT workforce demands. The updated skill standards will cover entire career ladders/lattices for IT professionals in IT and non-IT industries and will include the critical and high-demand skills needed to bridge the gap between technical and business knowledge areas. For more information on this project, or to participate in the development of the skill standards, please email Eva Philpot, the Director of NWCET, or call her at 425-564-4221.   Articles of IT Interest- Topic of the Month: Mobile/Wireless Computing What features and tools are IT managers telling hardware vendors they are looking for in a handheld? Last week’s Mobile & Wireless World 2005, sponsored by Computerworld, reveals this wish list and some of the hard lessons learned in mobile project deployments. What are the analysts saying now about the robustness of Windows Mobile 5.0 Security? Does it meet, exceed or fall short of expectations? The ambitious one-mobile-PC-per-person goal may be achievable sooner than you might expect. Can one device do it all? “More than 50 mobile viruses have been spotted this year alone, and a major outbreak affecting thousands of users could be imminent.”   Upcoming MSDN Webcasts: Mobile Web Development with ASP.NET 2.0 Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 makes it easy to create Web applications that target hundreds of devices. You can target Microsoft Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs, cell phones and pagers, all from a single codebase. This series of five webcasts covers developing web-based applications for Mobile-based Pocket PCs, cell phones and pagers, all from a single codebase. Get ready for a week’s worth of training: 1. Introduction (Level 200) Monday, July 25, 2005 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Learn different approaches for building applications for devices, and when to choose mobile Web pages. Explore the architecture of creating mobile Web applications, including adaptive rendering and device adapters. Plus a look at high-level look at extensibility, device filtering, templating and data access. 2. Mobile Control Bonanza (Level 200) Tuesday, July 26, 2005 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Work with each of the mobile controls, including Form, Panel, Calendar, PhoneCall, TextView, various validation controls and more. 3. Data Access and Security (Level 200) Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Manage data in a mobile Web application using data-bound controls and other features of Microsoft ADO.NET 2.0. Implement authentication and authorization in a mobile Web application. 4. Customization (Level 200) Thursday, July 28, 2005, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Control the appearance of the user interface by using styles and StyleSheet controls. Customize output on a per device basis through the use of templates and property overrides. 5. Extensibility (Level 200) Friday, July 29, 2005 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Extend functionality by building custom mobile controls and mobile user controls. Learn how to derive controls from existing controls, create composite controls and build controls from scratch. Implement your own control designers and device adapters.   Mobile/Wireless Programs in Washington Clover Park Technical College offers a 40-hour certificate program in wireless internet technology. The program objectives help prepare students for the Certified Wireless Network Administrator exam. Lake Washington Technical College offers wireless network training using Cisco curriculum. This program will prepare students for the Cisco Wireless LAN for Field Engineers (WLANFE 9E00-581) for CCNAs, and Cisco Wireless LAN for System Engineers (WLANSE 9E0-576) for CCDAs. The content of the CWNA Official Study Guide will prepare the student for the Planet3 Certified Wireless Network Administrator (PW-100) exam. Seattle Central Community College offers a course in wireless internet programming. Bellevue College offers wireless/cellular courses for professionals and career changers.   The Global Wireless Education Consortium (GWEC) qualified individuals to employ and students graduate with a skill set and knowledge base that is current and fully recognized by the wireless industry. Industry membership includes Verizon Wireless, Texas Instruments, Sprint, Motorola, and Movilnet (Venezuela) among others, and academic members include more than 80 institutions across the United States and internationally. GWEC members have access to curriculum modules designed by GWEC industry and academic members and are vender-neutral in content. The implementation of the curricula enables educators and trainers to provide students with the core knowledge, language, and practical skills necessary to excel in generic and industry-based, wireless work environments. Visit the GWEC web site for curriculum samples and membership information.   Instructor Job Shadow Opportunity The 2005 CITE Instructor Job Shadow Program will provide an opportunity for instructors in community and technical colleges and high schools to observe firsthand the advances of technology in the workplace. The goal is to equip instructors with knowledge and skills to infuse relevant IT practices in the classroom to benefit their students and programs. The opportunity will lead to increased industry awareness of schools with potential for greater involvement. For more information on how to become involved visit the CITE web site Faculty applications are now being accepted. For more information, email Kelley Beverly or call her at 425-564-4230.   SPRITE Summer Teacher Institute - Using Animation to Teach Math and Science, July 11 - 22, 2005, at the University of Washington, Bothell Interested to infuse homeland security principles and strategies to your educational programs? Mark your calendar to join with educators, government officials and security industry experts for the Homeland Security Community Connections conference at Pierce College on June 9. Featured speakers include Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna and State Emergency Management Division Director Jim Mullen. The day will be an opportunity to share best practices with other community and technical college representatives and participate in breakout sessions to develop leading-edge curricula and classroom strategies for the future. To register, visit the Pierce College's Center of Excellence for Homeland Security web site For more information, email Mike Campbell or call him at 253-912-3622.   Do you have a web site for your IT programs? We would like to list the Community College IT programs at the CITE web site as a resource for educators, students and industry. So far we have heard from a handful of institutions from Spokane to Green River, but we would like to hear from more of you. Email your web site URL or contact CITE at 425-564-4219.   How can CITE assist your institution? At CITE, our mission is to be a resource arm to the Community and Technical Colleges and high schools of Washington State. Let us hear from you to discuss your needs and how we can be of service to you. Email CITE or contact Jeff Johnson at 425-564-4004 or Kelley Beverly at 425-564-4230.   Calendar: Local Events of IT interest Keep up to date with future events geared for students, faculty and staff. Check our events calendar for updates. If you know of an event that may be of interest please email CITE with the details   Free Subscription Services To continue receiving the CITE newsletter, please complete the request form. If you wish to discontinue receiving this newsletter, please email CITE to let us know.

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