|Home | About Us | Products | Services | CITE | Programs | NSF Grants | Partners |       Programs > Working Connections   WC Home   Track Description/ Instructor Information   Sponsors   Sponsor Benefits   Advisory Board   Travel Information   Contact WC     Washington Working Connections   Each year the National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies at Bellevue College and the Microsoft Corporation hold a week-long IT institute for IT faculty throughout Washington State.       Washington Working Connections Mission:   Provide a year-long continuum of community building events and activities amongst the community college and high school faculty statewide. Promote and implement new technologies that advance literacy for our state's community college and high school faculty members throughout the year. Increase the number of IT and IT-infused faculty participating in the high quality professional development and training opportunities that Working Connections provides. Consistently grow and evolve a suite of IT pedagogy of current and future best practices in various technology enhancements that enhance faculty teaching and student learning. Continue to grow and evolve IT and IT-infused community college and high school faculty partnering with, and learning from, industry.       2009 Working Connections Faculty Development Institute   The Working Connections IT Faculty Development Institute (WC Institute) will be holding its 11th annual Working Connections Institute August 25-28, 2009 (Tuesday through Friday), at Bellevue College. Tracks have been selected based upon the survey results. Registration Fee Announcement (Important!) The registration fee per participant is $450. Based upon the economy dramatically affecting some faculty’s ability to secure professional development and travel funds, there will be a temporary reduction of the registration for the 2009 year only. The registration fee does not cover lodging. A special rate will be negotiated with a local hotel for your convenience. For registrations the fee is due within 30 days of registration. Please make checks payable to: Bellevue College, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE, N211 Bellevue, Washington 98007 Tracks for 2009 Camtasia, Snagit, & Jing: Create Rich Media Content Introduction to Angel Online Learning System SharePoint: Employers Demand This There’s An App(le) for That! Virtually, Virtualization: Leveraging Virtualization to Teach Windows Networking What’s New Adobe? Creative Suite 4! If you need to make special payment arrangements, because funding is available after the turn of the fiscal year, June 30, please make that note in the "comment section" of the registration. Contact Maureen Majury at 425.564.4229 or by email with further questions, or comments. We look forward to seeing all of you this summer!   Register Now !       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 is scheduled for Friday, May 29th, 2009, at the Microsoft Corporate Conference Center. Register so you can join your fellow technical and workforce development instructors across our state in discovering new and innovative ways to improve IT education. This one-day free event features several industry and education speakers in various disciplines of IT to share the impacts, challenges, growth and demands of technology. This year's key note speaker will be Jim LeValley, Group Product Manager for the Academic Segment, Microsoft Learning at Microsoft Corporation. Mr. LeValley will be speaking about "Job Market Outlook for IT Professionals." Session titles are below. Included within the day's activities are drawings for great giveaways (books, seats to the 2009 Working Connections IT Faculty Development Institute, and more)! Morning and afternoon refreshments will be served, as well as lunch, and parking is free. Please note: Program is subject to change. Session #1 Presentations: How to Refresh Your IT Program Visual Studio 2010 Elluminate Your Classes Session #2 Presentations: Server 2008 RC2 Virtually, Virtualization: Shrink Your Server Environment What's New Adobe? Creative Suite 4! Session #3 Presentations: SharePoint: Employers Want Your Students to Know this Application Windows 7 Camtasia Studio, Snagit, & Jing Project: Creating Rich Media for Your Students We will also be featuring a series of round table sessions during lunch: So What Does a Green IT Job Really Look Like? What's New with Microsoft Certifications? Microsoft Project 2007: Tool up for Project! This year's panel presentation and question/answer session will explore: "Keeping WA State IT & CS CTC Programs Current and Relevant to Meet Changing Industry Needs". Panelists include CTC faculty and administrators who have experienced first-hand reviewing, refreshing, redefining and creating IT/CS/BT programs on their campuses. So, please join your fellow technical and workforce development instructors across our state to discover new ways to improve information technology (IT) education. This one-day, free event features several industry and education speakers in various disciplines and businesses to share the impacts, challenges, growth and demands of technology in today's world and classrooms. Benefits of attending: Learn about current upcoming technical skills sought by businesses. Focus on integration of new technologies and strategies for classroom learning. Choose a break-out session with industry and faculty co-presenters for a specific area of interest. Network with other instructors to build a community amongst our institutions. Agenda: 8:00am - 8:30am Check in and continental breakfast 8:30am - 9:30am Keynote Speaker - Jim LeValley, Group Product Manager for the Academic Segment,  Microsoft Learning at Microsoft Corporation, "Job Market Outlook for IT Professionals" 9:30am - 9:45am Break 9:45am - 10:45am Break-out session #1 10:45am - 11:45am Break-out session #2 11:45am - 1:00pm Lunch & Round Table Sessions 1:00pm - 2:00pm Break-out session #3 2:00pm - 2:15pm Break 2:15pm - 3:15pm Panel Presentation & Q.A.: "Keeping Washington State IT & CS CTC Programs Current  and Relevant to Meet Changing Industry Needs" 3:15pm - 3:30pm Closing comments and give-away   Register Here!       Sponsors for the 2008 Working Connections           2008 Working Connections Faculty Development Courses   Microsoft Office 2007:Soup to Nuts Syllabus Advanced Features in the Applications of MS Office 2007 (In-Depth with InfoPath and SharePoint) Syllabus Web 2.0 web sites: Next Generation Technology for Next Generation Students Syllabus Camtasia Studio: Create Online Demonstration from Your Desktop (Pre/Production/Post) Syllabus Camtasia tutorials Microsoft's Windows Server 2008: What is New? Syllabus Web Site Development with PHP and XML   View the 2008 program.       2007 Washington State Working Connections IT Faculty Development Institute (Read the annual report).     Home | Tracks/Instructors | Sponsors | Sponsor Benefits | Advisory Board | Travel Information | Contact

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