Upcoming Events

August 2-4	AgCareers.com HR Roundtable	Minnetonka, MN
August 2-4	CRM Evolution 2010 Conference & Exhibition	New York, NY
August 2-6	2010 Tribal Fellows Institute	Pablo, MT
August 2-6	CAPT Faculty Summer Institute	Lakewood, CO
August 2-6	RapidTech National Teacher Training Workshop On Rapid Prototyping and Additive Manufacturing	Mission Viejo, CA
August 2-13	Using Bioinformatics	Shoreline, WA
August 4-6	Distance Teaching and Learning Conference	Madison, WI
August 5	Google	Fall River, MA
August 9-11	Twenty First Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium	Austin, TX
August 9-12	Train the Trainer Workshop Series	University Park, PA
August 9-13	Exploration: Introduction to Networks	Boston, MA
August 10-11	Sustainable Agricultural Partnerships 2010	San Francisco, CA
August 10-12	Cisco Networking Academy CCNA Network Security	Marion, OH
August 16-20	Disaster Recovery Professional Certification Prep	Alexandria, VA
August 16-20	IT Essentials	Boston, MA
August 16-20	Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo 2010 SF	San Francisco, CA
August 16-20	Teaching Interactive Multimedia with Adobe CS5	Boston, MA
August 23-25	Amgen Bruce Wallace Workshops	Shoreline, WA
August 24	The Dangers of Social Media	New Castle, DE
August 24-27	Working Connections IT Faculty Development Institute	Bellevue, WA
August 29 - September 2	Commercialization of Micro-Nano Systems Conference	Albuquerque, NM

For more events please visit the ATE Central Events page or if you have any upcoming events that you would like posted on ATE Central or in the ATE Central Connection please send them to info@atecentral.net

Featured ATE Resources

Here is a small sample of the valuable resources in ATE Central that focus on Information Technology:

Information Technology (IT) Across Careers Project

http://itac.edc.org/

The IT Across Careers (ITAC) team is part of the Workforce and Human Development group within the Learning and Teaching Division of the Education Development Center (EDC). ITAC develops and designs standards-based programs and curricula with technology at the core in partnerships with communities, public and private organizations, and the education sector. Their mission is to support information and communication technology (ICT) fluency for all learners and nurture the interests and talents of all users and producers of ICT. The National Science Foundation (NSF) funded the IT Across Careers Project at Education Development Center, Inc. to develop a common curricular framework and resources for teaching the basic (core) IT applications across all program or career areas. The ITAC project has developed a library of resources that provide a common, skills-based structure. On the site, visitors will find rubrics, lesson templates, and customized lesson examples for many areas applicable to information technology such as databases, publishing, and GPS and GIS. The Resources by Career Area allows visitors to select which field particularly interests them, and see all resources on the site that relate to that area.

From the National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies (NWCET):

Preparatory Program for Information Technology

http://www.nwcet.org/products/prepProg.asp

Preparatory Program for Information Technology Presents a comprehensive, detailed and flexible introduction to the principles of Information Technology in 20 modules. Originally developed for Job Corps Centers, this curriculum integrates technical and foundation skills and outlines a variety of teaching/learning strategies related to real-world situations and work environments. Each module consists of a series of lesson plans that include identified learner outcomes, material and resource checklists, content outlines, activity and assessment suggestions, and supplemental step-by-step handouts.

From the Center for Information Technology Education (CITE):

Problem-based Case Studies: Model Cases

http://www.thecasefiles.org/PBCS-ModelCases3.htm

These model cases, by The Case Files project of Nashville State Community College, represent the problem-based learning strategy the program has worked to further. Here, visitors will find examples of the strategy applied to many different fields, including HVAC, business analysis, team dynamics, and building design. Many of the modules have videos and interactive resources attached, as well as questions for students to investigate and answer. Visitors can also find documents which explain the pedagogical reasoning behind using this method of teaching and how each module helps students construct meaning.