2015 Winter ICT Educator Conference – Presentation Archives Available on YouTube

January 5-6, 2015, MPICT co-hosted its Winter ICT Educator Conference in San Francisco.

More than 250 registered to attend physically.  Others attended remotely by clicking on presentation titles on the agenda and program at the scheduled times.

Presentation archives have been converted and are available on MPICT’s YouTube channel.

Most Winter Conference presentations were recorded.  A few were not, due to technical issues or presenter choices.  Click on links to launch YouTube videos.  Some presentations fit multiple tracks.

There were four keynotes for all:

·        Connecting the Dots:  From Awareness to Action in ICT Education and Workforce Development

James Jones, MPICT Executive Director, and Steve Wright, CCC ICT/DM Sector Navigator

·        Crisis in Computer Science Education and Workforce:  Chicago Responds

Brenda Wilkerson, Senior Manager, Computer Science & Information Technology Ed., Office of College and Career Success | Computer Science for All!

·        The Internet of Everything Changes Everything

Howard Charney, Senior Vice President, Office of the Chairman and CEO, Cisco Systems

·        Bridging the Skills Gap: Reflections on the Past, Present and Future of IT Credentialing

E. Clarke Porter, Founder and VP Pearson VUE

There were twelve presentations by industry representatives, sharing information and resources for improving ICT education:

·        Cisco Networking Academy, LPI.org & NDG Curriculum Partnership: Introducing Linux Essentials

·        IISME:  Gain Insight into Today’s Workforce Needs through Paid, Relevant, Rich, Revitalizing, Summer Fellowships

·        Juniper Networks Academic Alliance Program Update - New Resources for your Students!

·        NDG Linux Essentials – Course Overview and Train the Trainer Session

·        NDG LPIC-1 101 – Course Overview and Train the Trainer

·        Netapp:  Data Management Certification and Expertise - The Foundation for Careers in the Cloud - 1

·        Netapp:  Data Management Certification and Expertise - The Foundation for Careers in the Cloud - 2

·        Storage, Virtualization and Cloud Computing

·        Test Drive the Cloud Computing Labs from EMC and VMware using NDG's NETLAB+

·        The Internet of Everything:  Prepare Your Students with Courses from Cisco & Listen To What Employers Say!

·        What's New From CompTIA?

·        Where is IT Certification Headed: What Educators Need to Know

 There were 32 presentations by educators, sharing best practices:

·        ACM Competency Model of Core Learning Outcomes and Assessment for Associate-Degree Curriculum in IT

·        Active Learning in IT from Strategy to Execution

·        Adobe Certified Associate Certification – Campus Testing Model

·        At MassBay A Learning Community Project with a Twist

·        Bay Area ICT Faculty Forum Meeting

·        Best Practices for Implementation: Integrating the ICT Model Curriculum into your College's ICT-related Programs

·        Building Blocks of Successful IT Education Programs

·        Building High Impact K-14 ICT/DM Pathways in the East Bay Region

·        Creating and Distributing Video Lectures

·        Creating IT Pathway through the Reinvention of the Curriculum Development Process

·        Developing Programs/Courses for Emerging Occupations

·        Easily Store + Share your Media (and other) Files with 3C Media Solutions

·        Exploring Computer Science at SFUSD: Feedback from Teachers Trained in the Curriculum

·        First the BIG DIG, Now BIG DATA: Boston’s Experience Developing Big Data Curriculum

·        Help Your Counselors Get Students on ICT Career Pathways: MPICT ICT Counselor Toolkit (Begins at 3:45)

·        HELP! I need to understand IPv6! - 1

·        HELP! I need to understand IPv6! - 2

·        ICT Education and the California Open Textbook Initiative

·        ICT Model Curriculum - Gaining Momentum

·        Inside Microsoft's Cybercrime Center

·        Is Teaching Cloud Computing in Your Future?

·        Learn Strategies to Prepare Students for Internships and Jobs in the ICT/DM Sector

·        Make your videos stand out with great audio!

·        Skating to Where the Puck Will Be: A Framework for E-Books, Interactivity and Student Engagement - 1

·        Skating to Where the Puck Will Be: A Framework for E-Books, Interactivity and Student Engagement - 2

·        Speed Networking: An Effective and Alternative Way of Connecting Your ICT Students with Local Employers

·        Teaching Introductory C++ Using Programming Principles and Practice Using C++, by Bjarne Stroustrup

·        The Latest News from Microsoft on Windows 10, Server Next, Hyper-V, Azure and Office 365

·        The Teacher Externship: Exploring Quality Professional Development with Mission Bit, MPICT and SFUSD

·        Using Launchboard for Program Outcomes and Funding Support

·        Virtual Internships - an Alternative to Traditional Internships

Voices from the Field: Bridging the Gap Between ICT Education & Workforce

There were five presentations on improving diversity in ICT:

·        Beyond Marketing to Stealth Recruitment: Creating ICT Pathways from High School to College and Work for Underrepresented Groups

·        Nontraditional Students - How, What, and Why

·        Online Marketing Techniques for Recruiting Women to ICT

·        TechSpot 2.0: Providing Hands-on ICT Experience for Underserved Students

·        Using Lean Startup and Social Franchising Methods to Connect Low-Income Americans to Digital Work: SamaUSA Case Study

There were thirteen presentations focused on cybersecurity:

·        Bringing Security System Analysis to Classroom Environments

·        CAE Mapping the Knowledge Units

·        Course Materials for the New CompTIA CASP Certification

·        Cyber Security Instruction Using Virtual Environments – A Hands-On Session

·        Cybersecurity and Health Care Information Technology

·        Developing a Multi-function Security Course to Incorporate within Multiple Pathways

·        Introducing Security and Responsible Coding in Computing Courses

·        Is the Cyber Aces Program for You and Your Students?

·        NICE Challenges Project (Part 1&2) - Using NICE Framework Based Challenges to Enhance Cybersecurity Education

·        Partnerships and Processes Vital to the Development of a Cyber Security Program at Middlesex Community College

·        Retaliatory Hacking (a/k/a active defense and "hack back")

·        Something Like A Sport:   The Future of Cybersecurity Competitions

·        What is CAE-CAE/2Y and NICE:  How Do I Get It?

There were at least 7 hands-on labs not covered above:

·        Creating/Using a Virtual Windows 8.1 System

·        Developing Your First Cloud Foundry App

·        Exploit Development - 1

·        Introduction to Jquery Mobile

·        Using Intel XDK to Build Mobile Apps

·        Violent Python

·        Wireshark Network Protocol Labs for Netlab and ICT Certification Classes

Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this a resounding success!

Please continue to communicate and work with each other!