National and Mid-Pacific ICT Centers

Winter 2009 ICT Educator Conference Update
San Francisco, CA
January 8-9, 2009

It's not too late to register to attend the January 8-9, 2009 ICT Educator Conference in San Francisco!

Click here to register for this event!

Click here to see the conference agenda. Take a look!

Click here for printable (.pdf) directions to/from the airport, hotels, and more.

In response to changing marketplace conditions, and as part of new grant funding by the National Science Foundation, the National Center for Telecommunications Technologies (NCTT) is changing its name to the National Center for Information and Communications Technologies (The ICT Center), an exciting transition.

The National Science Foundation has also funded the Mid-Pacific Information and Communications Technologies (MPICT) Regional Center, which will bring industry relationships and education innovations of the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley to improve ICT education.

Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) is an umbrella term, widely used in the rest of the world and the United Nations, to encompass all rapidly converging computer, software, networking, telecommunications, Internet, programming and information systems technologies.

The conference this year features fantastic events, including:

• Industry is showcasing great ICT educator resources (Apple, Adobe, Cisco, Juniper, IBM, EMC, VMware, Microsoft, Oracle, and Cengage).
• The National and Mid-Pacific ICT Centers will present their good work and how you can benefit from it.
• There are outstanding presentations of valuable work by other NSF-funded Centers (BATEC, CTC, CyberWATCH, CREATE, KitCenter).
• There are excellent presentations from ICT educators showcasing great educational practices.
• There are strong presentations on how to diversify educational and workforce populations.
  
  • IWITTS' excellent full-day workshop requires a separate registration (click here to open a .pdf with registration information and links to register online for this event).
• Don't miss the raffle, including great industry donated items, like an iPod and a Zune.

We hope to see you January 8-9, 2009 at the new $70m City College of San Francisco Mission Campus (opened 2/08 in a ceremony featuring U.S. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi).

Invitation

The focus of the Winter 2009 Educator Conference will be on promoting, advancing and improving the quality and availability of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) education in the U.S. ICT is a term encompassing and identifying all rapidly converging computer, software, networking, telecommunications, Internet, programming and information systems technologies.
Click here to view the tentative agenda!

Academic presentations so far include:

• Ethical Hacking: Hacking into Wireless Networks and Using USB Flash Drives as Hacking Tools
• Cyberwatch Center: on NSF Funded Information Assurance (Cybersecurity) Successes
• Successful Tech Support Internships and Computer Recycling Programs
• Scenario-Based Learning
• Remote Labs for Online IT Courses
• MPICT on its mission and efforts
• Green IT
• BS in Telecommunications Education Anytime, Anywhere
• The Gender Equity Collaborative: Mentoring and Mythbusting
• The Sustainable and Green GIS Machine
• High School Articulation and Pathways
• 4-Year College/University Articulation
• Using ICT Technology to Improve ICT Education

So far, the industry track includes excellent presentations from professionals at:

• Cisco Systems on the Cisco Academy
• Juniper Networks on the Academic Alliance
• Apple Computer on its academic resources
• CompTIA on its programs and certifications
• EMC on its Academic Alliance
• VMware on the VMware Academy
• Microsoft on its IT Academy

Registration

Register for free at ictcenter.org! if you are an ICT technical educator in the U.S., but please let us know if things change and you will not be able to attend.

Location and Transportation:

Click here for printable .pdf directions to/from the airport, hotels, and more.

The conference will be at the new $70 million Mission Campus of City College of San Francisco in San Francisco's Mission District. Attendees will be responsible for their own transportation arrangements and expenses. Free bus service between the hotels and campus will be provided.

Hotel

We recommend 2 boutique hotels by popular Union Square, convenient to shopping, tourist activities and public transportation. (The group block is no longer being held, but the group rate is still available, including for early arrivals and late departures on a space available basis.) Request the group rate for the Winter 2009 ICT Educator Conference at (800) 553-1900.

Hotel Union Square is a convenient two blocks from BART and MUNI trains on the Powell Street cable car line. The group rate is $155 per night for a regular room, $185 a night for an upgraded room, if available. You may also reserve at the group rate on the Hotel Union Square online reservation system.

Hotel Diva is in theater country, only a few blocks from the Hotel Union Square. The group rate is $145 per night for a regular room, $175 a night for an upgraded room, if available. You may call the Hotel Diva registration desk at (800) 553-1900 and mention the 2009 ICT Educator Conference. You may also reserve at the group rate online at the Hotel Diva online reservation system.

Macworld Conference & Expo Discounts for Educators:

Take advantage of the discounts IDG World Expo is offering educators for the Macworld Conference & Expo taking place January 5 - 9, 2009. Conference sessions will be held Monday, January 5 - Friday, January 9. The Expo will be held Tuesday, January 6 - Friday, January 9.

Conference package discount: receive a 15% discount off the following conference packages through the end of the show, January 9, 2009: Hands-on MacLabs (January 5-9), Market Symposium (January 9), Users Conference Program (January 7-8).

Exhibit Hall Only pass: Free through the end of the show, January 9, 2009

To receive your special discount you may pre-register with Priority Code: RDM11000 via the Macworld Conference & Expo Web site at: www.macworldexpo.com/register

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