IT Futures Summit 2018: The Highlights, IT Jeopardy Champs, and IT Faculty Professional Development Scholarship Recipients Presentations
Highlights
60% of all colleges with IT programs registered for this year’s IT Futures Summit. The event took place at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center on May 17th/18th. The 1.5 day experience featured a number of presentations from IT Faculty Professional Development Scholarship Recipients, as well as a presentation on mechatronics and measuring competencies. Networking with colleagues, feedback on the CoEs proposed 2018-2019 workplan; meeting and talking with IT industry professionals also took place. And, the Center Director updated the attendees on the AAST Robotics and AI curriculum that is available for interested colleges. And, another round of IT Jeopardy produced a team that had two faculty who were on the 2017 winning team: Arthur Wanner, Big Bend College, and Kevin Burkeland, Bellingham Technical College.
Meet our 2018 IT Jeopardy Champions (left to right)
- Mike Massey, Bellingham Technical College (opens in a new window) , Information Technology (opens in a new window)
- Robert Shields, Everett College (opens in a new window) , Computer Science (opens in a new window)
- Tanya Knight, Peninsula College (opens in a new window) , Information Technology & Systems Administration (opens in a new window)
- Robert Hughes, Clark College (opens in a new window) , Network Technology (opens in a new window)
- Arthur Wanner, Big Bend College (opens in a new window) , Computer Science (opens in a new window)
The following are available to all WA State IT Program CTC Faculty from the Summit:
- Measuring Competencies: Build programs, Create crosswalks from Non-Credit to Credit Programs to Bridge the Communications Gap between Education and Industry (opens in a new window) , Ryan Davis, President and CEO, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
- Machine Learning & Data Science (opens in a new window) , Sylvia Unwin, Programming Chair/Assistant Dean from Bellevue College
- Robotics and AI AAST Curriculum Presentation (opens in a new window) , Maureen Majury, M.Ed., Director, Center of Excellence for Information and Computing Technology
- Blockchain Technology (opens in a new window) , Maricel Medina-Mora, Programming & Web Faculty from Bellevue College, IT Faculty Professional Development Scholarship Recipient
- TCEA Conference: Using Technology in Education (opens in a new window) , 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? (opens in a new window) Tanya Knight, IT Faculty from Peninsula College, IT Faculty Professional Development Scholarship Recipient
- Teaching Entrepreneurial and Growth Mindset (opens in a new window) , Ken Hang, Programming Faculty/Chair for Green River College, IT Faculty Professional Development Scholarship Recipient
- UMS in the Classroom: Leveraging Low Cost Solutions in Student Labs (opens in a new window) , Gary Baker, UAS – Mechatronics Engineering, Big Bend College
- The IT Jeopardy PPT (opens in a new window) (with all the answers) and the Question Grid (opens in a new window)