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  Advancing IT Education and the Workforce in Washington State
   
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  2008 IT Futures Education Summit
  "Inspiring Faculty for Tomorrow"
Next Generation Technology for Next Generation Students
  Friday, May 2, 2008
Microsoft Conference Center, Redmond, Washington
   
  Join your fellow technical and workforce development instructors across our state to discover new and innovative ways to improve information technology (IT) education, including science and technology areas where IT intersects with other disciplines. This one-day event features several industry and education speakers in various disciplines of IT, technology and business to share the impacts, challenges, growth and demands of technology in today's workplaces and classrooms.

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  Watch videos from the 2008 IT Education Futures Summit:
  Martin Bean's Keynote Address
Industry Panel
   
  Educational Technology for Instruction: Everything a Dean Needs to Know, presented at WEC, April 30, 2008 by Michele Royer, PhD. (PowerPoint file)
   
  Careers in IT: The Real Story (April 24, 2008)
  IT careers graphicAre your students curious about Information Technology (IT) or do they think IT is only for geeks? Do they think offshore outsourcing has eliminated all high paying technology jobs in the United States? Do your students believe they don't have the computer skills, technical competence or aptitude to do well in the information technology sector? Tell them to think again!!!

Technology touches every job, career, and industry in today's society. Technology literacy is essential to succeed in today's employment marketplace. Find out about, and discover how to get started in a variety of careers including: web design, video and film production, gaming, mobile and wireless, computer forensics, and health informatics. Understanding Information Technology doesn't necessarily mean just programming! It involves leadership skills, communication abilities, teamwork and a love for constant challenges!

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  Watch videos from the 2008 'IT Careers in IT: The Real Story':
  Sam Gazitt 's Keynote Address
Industry Panel
   
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