For the past five years, the Texas Community College Technology Forum has allowed attendees to network and learn about the latest in administrative and instructional technology. This event explores trends and innovations throughout the state.
A special partnership between the North Texas Regional Community College Consortium, the Center for Digital Education and the Convergence Technology Center, this can’t miss event will focus on technology integration, increasing efficiencies, the impact of Green IT and more!
Running concurrently, with the Texas Community College Technology Forum will be the Third Annual Green IT Summit, hosted by Convergence Technology Center, a regional center of excellence funded by the National Science Foundation. This can’t miss event will be held as a special professional development track throughout the day.
The focus of the day’s events is on:
• Technology integration in the classroom
• Impact of Green IT on businesses, college curriculum and faculty development
• Enhancing a college's ability to service its students
• Increasing efficiencies in administrative use of technology
This day-long forum will feature inspirational speakers, workshops and an exhibit area. The conference is being offered at no charge to educators, school administrators or non-profit entities interested in technology in higher education.
Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D., CFPIM, CIRM
Karl Kapp is a consultant, scholar and expert on the convergence of learning, technology and business operations. His background teaching e-learning classes, knowledge of adult learning theory and experience training CEOs and front-line staff provides him with a unique perspective on organizational learning. His experience with technology companies and high-tech initiatives provides him with insights into the future of technology. He shares those insights and perspectives through writing, consulting and coaching with clients in the field of e-learning.Gadgets, Games and Gizmos: Community Colleges of the Future
Glenn Wintrich has more than 38 years of international delivery, marketing and service line management experience. In early 2006, Wintrich joined Perot systems as the Enterprise Network Service Line Manager and progressed to the Global Director of Information Systems Product Management. Currently, he leads numerous innovation initiatives within Dell Services Chief Innovation Office.
Previously, Wintrich developed and launched EDS’ converged network solutions and led all market-facing activities for its Communications Service Line. As an Air Force leader for 24 years, he led the development of standardized communications architecture and business practices in the Asia-Pacific region and was a delivery leader in both Germany and the United Kingdom for over 8 years. Additionally, he taught Systems Engineering/Evaluation for three years. His global business experience, systematic approach and leadership in system architecture allow clients to take full advantage of current and emerging opportunities in their IT environments.
Wintrich chairs the Collin College Business Advisory Council for technology curriculum and is a business council advisor for the National Science Foundation.
8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area
9:00 a.m. Welcome
9:15 a.m. Keynote: Gadgets, Games and Gizmos: Community Colleges of the Future
Is your community college prepared for the new breed of learner – a learner raised on a steady diet of video games, electronic gadgets and Smartphones? Wondering how to integrate new technologies to break out of the traditional classroom paradigm? Can’t imagine how anyone would integrate video games and Twitter to teach, recruit and enroll students? In this keynote, Karl Kapp, a noted author, speaker and technologist focusing on the convergence of learning, technology and education, explores how consumer-based gadgets, games and web widgets are impacting educational strategies, recruitment efforts and content delivery at the community college level. Explore the influence of games, virtual worlds and Web 2.0 on learning preferences, expectations and collaboration. Discover how technological influences are profoundly impacting community colleges. Learn to leverage technology for educational and administrative excellence.
Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D., CFPIM, CIRM
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
GREEN IT SUMMIT PRESENTATION – The Best of Two Worlds: EMC Academic Alliance and VMware IT Academy
This presentation covers the technologies and curriculum materials created by the IT industry leaders – VMware and EMC. Today, IT boundaries are being overwhelmed by storage and virtualization innovations such as EMC’s VPLEX and VMware’s vSphere 4.1. It is possible to teach these cutting-edge technologies in classrooms since both companies allow educational institutions to become EMC Academic Alliances and/or VMware IT Academies free of charge. All benefits and challenges of academic partnerships with EMC and VMware will be discussed and analyzed along with demonstrations of working classroom operating environments.
Dr. Timur Mirzoev, Professor, Georgia Southern University
Desktop Management Simplified With Desktop Virtualization
The benefits of technology to educational institutions are wide reaching and profound. This session provides insight into how to increase access while reducing costs, simplify desktop management, securely deliver course- and semester-based instructional apps to students and faculty, extend the lifecycles of computers and other devices and enable lab virtualization.
Dave Podwojski, Director, Government, Education and Health, Citrix Systems, Inc.
Jennifer N. Swift, Assistant Professor, Geographic Information Science and Technology Graduate Programs, University of Southern California, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
SESSION CANCELLED: Online Professional Development Curriculum Available to Texas Educators
Lone Star College-Online presents a look into the Faculty Development Modules Project, which is a grant awarded to the Lone Star College System from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in 2009. The presenter will provide insight into the team approach used for curriculum development and an overview of the strategies utilized for dissemination and marketing of the project. Attendees will receive a digital copy of the curriculum developed from this grant funded project.
Nita Schiro, Director of Communications, LSC-Online, Academic Affairs & Student Success, Lone Star College System
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What is the Texas Virtual School Network (TxVSN)?
The 81st Texas Legislature created a "state virtual school allotment" in HB 3646 that provides funding if students successfully complete TxVSN courses. Learn more about TxVSN and participate in an in-depth overview of the course design elements required for TxVSN course catalog approval. Course design, interaction and variety of learning are some of the vital elements of effective online courses.
Brent Bakken, Course Review Project Manager, TxVSN Course Review
Sara Baltunis, TxVSN Course Review Consultant, Region 10 ESC
Barbara Smith, TxVSN Project Director, Texas Virtual School Network
11:30 a.m. Lunch
Noon Luncheon Keynote Presentation: Courtesy of the Convergence Technology Center
IT/Mobility – Looking to the Future
This session will provide a view into the next four years – Enterprise Mobility 2.0. We have reached an inflection point in enterprise mobility. Available bandwidth and coverage are moving from the limiting factors to the enabling tools. Seamless connectivity to applications will change the way we operate in the coming years.
Glenn C. Wintrich Jr., Chief Innovation Office, Dell Services
12:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
GREEN IT SUMMIT PRESENTATION – Introduction to IPv6 Fundamentals
This session will:
Julian Carranza, Professor, El Centro College
Utilizing Cloud Technology for an Effective Online Learning Environment
Higher learning institutions of all types must ensure they establish a strong technological foundation capable of growing seamlessly alongside their online programs. In this session, attendees will learn about the inherent advantage of a cloud-based, SaaS architecture which ensures the long-term growth and evolution of institutions’ online learning environments, while helping to cut costs associated with hardware installations, software licenses, system maintenance, storage and upgrades.
Bill Angrove, Associate Vice President, Sam Houston State University
Andy Gates, Executive Director, Integrated Solutions, Pearson Learning Solutions
Learn How Classroom Display Solutions Can Enhance the Learning Experience
The integration of technology into the learning experience has become more important than ever. Come to this session to hear from Panasonic’s Frank Covelli and Sue Sanders, Director of Media Services at Tarrant County College, about the latest projector technology trends. Whether you are looking for display solutions for classrooms, lecture halls, athletic departments, media departments, medical schools or student centers, there are key features you should consider before making your decision.
Frank Covelli, Area Sales Manager, Panasonic Solutions Company
Sue Sanders, Director of Media Services, Tarrant County College
Improving eLearning and Collaboration in the Classroom
Learn how to meet the ever-changing needs of the eLearning and online classrooms and meetings. We will illustrate how to deliver a rich, engaging online classroom experience complete with video, interactivity, chat, polling questions, audience feedback, white boards, breakout rooms and more. Rather than just slides posted to the web, your online class or meeting can actually be more engaging than a face-to-face session. Attendees will be very engaged and will, therefore, retain more information. Most important, the technology is easy to use and accessible to anyone; all you need is a web browser. You will also be able to ask current customers to share their real-world uses of the technology during the Q&A.
William Rainey, Associate Professor, Austin Community College
Scott Trudeau, Senior Solutions Engineer, North American Educational Sales, Adobe Systems Inc.
1:45 p.m. Break
2:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
GREEN IT SUMMIT PRESENTATION – IT Education for a Mobile Society
As our society becomes increasingly reliant on mobile devices for communicating and accessing information content, new challenges are created for educators in general and IT educators in particular. This session will discuss some approaches to incorporating mobile devices in the classroom, and educating students in the creation of mobile device applications and the management of mobile devices in the larger context of the IT enterprise.
Dr. Ryan Garlick, Principal Lecturer, UNT Computer Science and Engineering
David Keathly, Senior Lecturer, UNT Computer Science and Engineering / Co-PI, Convergence Technology Center
View Presentation Slides - Deck # 1 and Deck #2
Teaching Problem-solving Concepts Using Alice
Alice allows students to easily create animations and games without worrying about clumsy syntax errors. Alice is a three-dimensional programming environment that gives students the opportunity to drag and drop code segments onto an editing area and to test the results. Students are given the opportunity to experiment with objects, classes, inheritance, expressions, conditions, loops, variables, arrays, events, recursion and data structures. The purpose of this session is to introduce participants to the Alice environment.
Tebring Daly, Professor, Collin College
Rockin' with the Repository: Capture Student Attention with Video and Activities
Does your learning management system look like a textbook or your discussion boards use the same five questions with different chapter numbers? Spark student conversations with two-to-seven-minute video clips vetted by instructional designers and insert practice exercises that give immediate feedback to students in a safe learning environment. Come find out how the Digital Resource Repository can help you incorporate these resources into your courses today.
Alishia Nelson, Manager, Academic Partnerships, LeCroy Center
Cyber Attacks, Internet Security and the Campus Landscape
With the continual increase in cyber attacks, malware, viruses and other malicious network attacks, it is vitally important that administrators, instructors and students become informed of ways to defend against these threats. Join Symantec for an informative session on the current threat landscape and what solutions Symantec has developed to ensure continual protection of critical computer infrastructure.
Travis V. Krischke, Senior Territory Account Manager, Symantec Corporation
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Teaching the Future of Digital Home Technology Integration
This session will look at the future of the various Digital Home Technology sub-systems, such as those associated with home networking, home distributed audio, home lighting controls and the home theater design. The speaker will also look at new trends in sensor technology and new Digital Home Technology sub-systems, such as those associated with home healthcare and sustainable living.
Mike Harsh, Instructor, Collin College
Unifying Your Campus with Software-based Communications
As a mission-critical application in any unified communications environment, software-based communications have moved into the data center for operational savings and reduced energy consumption. Software based tools improve productivity with presence, instant messaging, mobility, unified messaging, web and video collaboration for faculty, staff and students. This session will offer examples of how campuses can benefit from web-enabled applications and an architecture that brings uniformity to disparate campus networks.
Bob Ronk, Senior Engineer, Advanced Technologies Group, NEC Corporation of America
The Five Inter-related Technology Trends That are Impacting Higher Education
This presentation will describe five technology trends that are affecting higher education - the speed of change, pervasiveness of technology, digital mindset, evolution of the Web and open education resources. It is not a technology discussion; rather, it is a look at the impact that rapidly-changing technologies are having in our communities and, in turn, on how faculty members teach and students learn.
Don Sutton, Director of Academic Services, Managed Services, SunGard Higher Education
4:15 p.m. Adjourn
Maps
Area and campus maps.
Accommodations
There is not a room block set up for this event. The campus is located in Plano, TX, but hotels in Plano and Allen are three to five miles away.
PLANO, TX
Best Western Park Suites Hotel
640 Park Boulevard East
Plano, TX 75074
972.578.2243
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites
700 Central Parkway East
Plano, TX 75074
972.881.1881
La Quinta Inn
1820 North Central Expressway
Plano, TX 75074
972.423.1300
Ramada Limited
621 Central Parkway East
Plano, TX 75074
972.424.5568
Red Roof Inn
301 Ruisseau Drive
Plano, TX 75023
972.881.8191
ALLEN, TX
Hampton Inn & Suites-Dallas
830 West Stacy Road
Allen, TX 75013
214.495.7667
Hilton Garden Inn Dallas/Allen
705 Central Expressway South
Allen, TX 75013
214.547.1700
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites
Allen Twin Creeks
205 Central Expressway North
Allen, TX 75013
972.727.2000
Pyramids Hotel
407 South Central Expressway
Allen, TX 75013
972.396.9494
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