|Home | About Us | Products | Services | CoE for ICT | Programs | NSF Grants | Partners |     This year, NWCET celebrates its 12th anniversary as a national leader in IT education and workforce development. Over these past 12 years, NWCET has completed a number of education and technology projects and grants, and has developed several nationally recognized products and services including: IT Skill Standards, Standards Based Curriculum Applications, IT Program Design and Implementation, National IT Faculty Development Outreach, and IT and Technology Horizon Research. NWCET is affiliated and co-located with the Washington State Center for Information Technology Excellence (CITE), a statewide resource for community and technical colleges, the K-20 educational system, and the information technology (IT) industry. We serve Faculty, Educational Institutions, Business and Industry, Students, and Counselors as well and Government in areas related to education and technology infusion. Download NWCET's brochure.       Events Archive     The Annual IT Futures Education Summit: Friday, May 29th at Microsoft     "Redefining IT/CS/BT Programs for 21st Century Industry & Students"     The 2009 Washington State IT Futures Education Summit was held Friday, May 29th, 2009, at the Microsoft Corporate Conference Center. Technical and workforce development instructors across our state discovered new and innovative ways to improve IT education. This one-day free event featured several industry and education speakers in various disciplines of IT that shared the impacts, challenges, growth and demands of technology. This year's panel presentation and question/answer session explored: "Keeping WA State IT & CS CTC Programs Current and Relevant to Meet Changing Industry Needs". Panelists included CTC faculty and administrators who have experienced first-hand reviewing, refreshing, redefining and creating IT/CS/BT programs on their campuses. This year's key note speaker was Jim LeValley, Group Product Manager for the Academic Segment, Microsoft Learning at Microsoft Corporation. Mr. LeValley spoke about "Job Market Outlook for IT Professionals." Special thanks to Microsoft Learning, Microsoft IT Academy Program, the Microsoft Conference Center, Wiley Publishing Prometric, the Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges, Washington State Working Connections IT Faculty Development Institute, and the League for Innovation in the Community College for support of this year's Summit.           Third Annual Careers in IT: The Real Story - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 (Free Event!)       Are your students curious about Information Technology (IT) or do they think IT is only for geeks? Do they think offshore outsourcing has eliminated all high paying technology jobs in the United States? Do your students believe they don't have the computer skills, technical competence or aptitude to do well in the information technology sector? Tell them to think again!!! There were drawings for exciting prizes! Event Details: Bellevue College, N201, N-Building Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 8:30AM - 9:30AM (Check-in, Light refreshments and networking) 9:30AM - 11:30AM (Program) 11:30AM - 12:00PM (Lunch provided)           2007 IT Summit presentations and related materials are available below     Keynote Speaker Daniel Rasmus, Director of Information Work Vision, Microsoft:           Session Presenters     Corinne Hoisington, Central Virginia Community College (IT professor and author) Everything Just Changed: Office 2007       Dr. Mark Minie, Affiliate Instructor, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, University of Washington       Dr. Michele Royer, NWCET, Bellevue College       Watch the videos from the 2007 IT Education Futures Summit. Keynote speaker, Daniel Rasmus, Director of Information Work Vision, Microsoft high resolution low resolution IT Employer & Hiring Panel Discussion high resolution low resolution           Workforce Education Council/Continuing Education Council Presentations – February 8, 2007     The Center of Excellence and National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies (NWCET) were honored to present data on the “Future IT Workforce & Trends in IT Education and Careers” (Jerry Bunce, Boeing, and Michele Royer, NWCET) at the statewide WEC/CEC meeting February 8th at Bates College in Tacoma. The informative presentations are available for download here: Jerry's presentation, Michele's presentation. You can also link to a podcast of the program, (click on right-hand menu) including a brief introduction of the event and speakers by former Center of Excellence director Jeff Johnson. The podcast was produced by Greg Marshall of Whatcom College. The February 8 event was attended by over 100 representatives from thirty-four community and technical colleges. Thanks to Jerry and Michele for their excellent insights, detailed presentations, and IT workforce and education information shared with the group on behalf of the Center of Excellence.           Future Potential in IT Event – February 18, 2007     Videos of the Future Potential in IT are now available for viewing. 'Major Nelson' (Larry Hryb) the Director of Programming for Microsoft's Xbox Live: Windows media, Real player. Larry discusses the development process of the Xbox and gaming. Joel Chaplin of Infospace, Inc. was the keynote speaker, and speaks on his experiences in the IT industry: Windows media, Real player. The industry panel, with eight computing and IT professionals, discuss why students should consider "looking for a great major" in IT: Windows media, Real player.     Any questions, contact us at cite@bellevuecollege.edu or 425-564-4215.           NWCET presented a podcasting workshop in partnership with Apple in November 2005. To listen to the workshop click here.       NWCET is a division of Bellevue College, and is partially funded by National Science Foundation grants.