Professional Development Opportunities
Green High Performance Computing Educators Conference
May 25, 2010
With the planned Green High Performance Computing Center to be built in Holyoke, and the effort to attract and retain more IT industry in Massachusetts, educators will be asked to train more students for the IT workforce. Want to start incorporating some of these technologies in your classroom?
The Commonwealth Information Technology Initiative (CITI), Holyoke Community College, and the National Center for Information and Communications Technologies at Springfield Technical Community College are offering a Green High Performance Computing Educators’ Conference, Tuesday, May 25 at Holyoke Community College. The event is organized by community college educators, for community college educators and beyond.
Who should attend?
Educators in computing, information & communications technology, and engineering fields at community colleges, universities, high schools, and informal education organizations who want to learn about new technologies to incorporate into their curricula.
This workshop is free, but advanced registration is required by May 17, 2010. Space is limited to 80 attendees, so register early.
Incorporating Computing Concepts in Curriculum Frameworks
Workshop for Middle and High School Educators in Mathematics, Science and Technology
June 28-29, 2010
This workshop provides educators with computing-related activities that can be integrated into the classroom and these activities can be used within the current curriculum frameworks for Math, Science and Technology. This workshop will be held at Worcester State College and will discuss the range of careers in computing and IT and what preparation is necessary for students to pursue these careers.
Interested educators should submit the registration form to Karl Wurst either via email or fax 508-929-8156 no later than June 4, 2010. The workshop will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. See website for additional details. Limited funding assistance for accommodations is available for those educators who live more than an hour drive away. The ICCCF workshop is organized and funded by CAITE, NSF BPC and Worcester State College.
Registration Deadline: June 4th, 2010
STREAM 2010 Interactive Workshop (K-12 educators)
June 24 - 25, 2010
STREAM is a two day, hands-on workshop to help K-12 educators utilize robotics as they teach STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) subjects. This workshop will provide educators the opportunity to explore how they might use robotics in their own STEM instruction through interactive sessions as well as through presentations by other educators currently using robotics as a way to teach STEM. Representatives of local technology companies will also describe potential careers for students interested in robotics and STEM disciplines.
The workshop will be held at iRobot in Bedford, MA from June 24—25, 2010. For the schedule and more information: http://stream.cs.uml.edu
Mark Guzdial: Innovative Approaches to First Courses in Computing workshops
June 14 – 15 & June 16 - 18, 2010
Mark Guzdial will be returning to Massachusetts to present his Innovative Approaches to First Courses in Computing workshops. The first workshop will be held at UMass Amherst; the second will be held at Suffolk University in Boston.
More information soon!
BATEC Summer Institutes, July - August 2010
The BATEC Summer Institutes will be held July and August in Summer 2010. This year, courses will be held at Bristol Community College, Bunker Hill Community College, Quinsigamond Community College and the University of Massachusetts Boston. New topics being planned include: Analytics, Cloud Computing, Dreamweaver/Flash/Photoshop, Internet Security, iJava, Information Storage, IT Essentials, IT Problem Solving, Office 2010/Windows 7, Programming for the Android, Social Networking Tools, Virtualization and others. Courses and registration information will be made available on this website soon. For more information on past Summer Institutes, please click here.
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