News
BATEC's 4th Annual Outreach Summit held on June 11th at BHCC.
The Commonwealth Alliance for IT Education (CAITE) has launched a new student IT website. Click here to visit it!
- Tech Apprentice Program Launched for 2008
- BATEC Industry Summit at Raytheon, October 2007
- BATEC is a partner in the new NSF Broadening Participation in Computing Grant with University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Events
Spotlight
Upcoming Events
BATEC Summer Institutes: July 7-August 8
The BATEC Summer Institutes will be held from July 7-10 at Middlesex Community College in Bedford, from July 14-18 at Bunker Hill Community College in Charlestown and from July 21-24 at Bristol Community College in Fall River.
Our partner, CAITE, will be holding two workshops in Amherst and Waltham during the week of July 7th. These workshop are free of charge.
For more information and to register for the Waltham workshop on "Media Computational Computing" (July 7-9), click here.
For more information and to register for the Amherst workshop on "Innovative Approaches for First Courses in Computing" (July 10-11), click here.
Tech Apprentice Summer Internship Program
BATEC is once again collaborating with the Boston Private Industry Council and TechBoston/Boston Public Schools to run the Tech Apprentice program for 2008 to place 75 students in high-level technology positions. This program pairs highly-qualified students with local technology or technology-enabled companies to gain valuable workplace experience. In its pilot of summer 2006, 18 companies participated and 26 high school students were successfully placed. During the summer of 2007, the number of apprentices increased to 50 with 19 companies participating. Past apprentices have worked in desktop support and helpdesk teams; on web development and on graphic design projects for Internet Safety. One company even challenged a student with a project to create an Apache web service front end with a MySQL backend database - which he did with great success!
We are still looking for companies to participate for the summer 2008 program! If your company is interested in participating or you are a student who would like to apply for one of these internships, please click here.
To speak with Felicia Vargas, TechBoston Co-Director, please call 617-635-8882 x411 or email at fvargas@techboston.org. You may also contact Joe Chard, TechBoston Employer Organizer, at 617-488-1328 or via email at Joe.Chard@bostonpic.org.
Synergy 2008 - July 23-26 in Phoenix, AZ
Synergy 2008 is the third in a sequence of biannual conferences focused on technological education reform from the perspective of community colleges. It will be held in Phoenix, Arizona beginning the evening of July 23, 2008, and concluding midday on July 26, 2008. Previous events were held in Nashville, Tennessee in 2004 and Boston, Massachusetts in 2006. These conferences bring together participants from across the country who are related to initiatives focused on addressing key aspects of technological education reform. Participants come in anticipation of achieving synergy from their collective experiences and working together at the event. The conference themes have progressed from Problem Definition to Sharing of Innovations and ultimately to Achieving Scale in Technological Innovation and Transformation; the theme of Synergy 2008.
For more information and to register, please visit www.synergy2008.org.
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SAME-TEC is a unique event that provides national networking and collaboration between education and industry partners, to promote the
viability of our high tech industries, through the development of a highly
skilled and knowledgeable workforce. Conference participants are given
an up-close look at the ever-advancing tools, training demands, and
recent developments in emerging and converging technology fields.
SAME-TEC 2008: Seamless Connections
With this year's conference theme, we call attention to how different technologies are seamlessly converging into new all-encompassing technologies. High tech gadgets such as the Apple iPhone force us to
fine-tune our focus as we endeavor to bring new technologies to our
students and future employees. At SAME-TEC, faculty will connect with
each other to share practices, knowledge, and new approaches to help students succeed. Industry members will connect with educators to
ultimately help ensure students emerge into the workforce with the
knowledge and skills desired by themselves and employers. Exhibitors
will connect with existing and potential clients to help determine current
and future needs. SAME-TEC 2008 provides the venue for learning about seamless technologies and the forum for creating seamless connections.
Increase the value of your participation in SAME-TEC 2008 by taking advantage of the Discounted Early Bird Registration Rate. Register on or before April 1 and save $175!
SAME-TEC is a joint conference produced by:
MATEC NetWorks - Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Resource Center
http://www.matec.org/
NCTT - National Center for Telecommunications Technologies
http://www.nctt.org
OP-TEC - National Center for Optics and Photonics Education
http://www.op-tec.org/
BATEC Publications
BATEC Releases "The Gap Guide"
BATEC has just released "The Gap Guide: A Resource for Educators Working with Industry" by BATEC Curriculum Director, Joyce LaTulippe. The guide was developed by LaTulippe with the input of several of BATEC's partners in education and industry. The guide outlines specific steps educators can take to partner with industry in their community.
Questions about the guide can be directed to Ms. LaTulippe at joyce@batec.org.
A copy of "The Gap Guide" is available for download by clicking here.
BATEC Releases Comprehensive Study
on IT Workforce Skills
This year-long study presents data on current and future IT workforce skills requirements gathered from IT workers, hiring managers, and strategic planners from companies such as Raytheon, Staples, Partners Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Molecular, Whaleback Systems and many more. The study focuses on technician and technologist jobs in IT and will help community colleges, 4-year universities, and secondary schools provide an adequate supply of properly skilled IT professionals to domestic and trans-national enterprises whose operations are increasingly IT-enabled and more IT-dependent. This study was conducted by Peter Saflund of The Saflund Institute in Kent, WA and benchmarked our region's needs against several other areas across the country. For more information about the study, please contact, Deborah Boisvert, BATEC Director, at deborah.boisvert@umb.edu or 617.287.7295.
This report is available for free download here (please note this is a 5.5Mb file!) or in hard copy for $20 to include printing and mailing costs. For more information about copies, please contact Dawn Zapata, BATEC Project Manager, at dzapata@bhcc.mass.edu or 617.228.2388.
BATEC Releases Outreach Toolkit
BATEC has released a Community Outreach Toolkit, a manual that has been designed to assist community colleges in their outreach planning efforts. A hard copy of this toolkit has been sent to the directors of the IT and Enrollment Divisions of each community college in the area in hopes that it will help them outline effective strategies for successful outreach events.
If you have any questions about the toolkit, please contact Jibril Salaam, BATEC Higher Education Consultant, at 617-590-4908, jsalaam@techboston.org.
A copy of the toolkit is available for download here.
(Please note: the pagination of the printed copy differs from that of the electronic version that appears here. Blank pages necessary for printing have been removed here for the convenience of the reader).
Recent Programs & Events
College Fair - Friday, April 4, 2008
The 2008 College Fair was held on Friday, April 4th, 2008 at the Reggie Lewis Track and Field Center in Roxbury Crossing. Over 40 colleges and educational support service organizations were in attendance as well as over 850 high school students from the Boston-area.
Financial aid and admissions staff were on hand to talk about the process of applying for college. Students also learned about pathways to technology jobs after college. Advisors were on hand to counsel students about the pathways to higher education. With the generous donation of Microsoft, one lucky student received a Zune MP3 player. Other students were awarded video game packages, digital cameras, USB drives and other prizes.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Conference - Wednesday, March 19th
Middlesex Community hosted a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Conference on Wednesday, March 19, at the Bedford Campus Center. Joseph Leone, President and CEO of RFID Global Solution and Dr. John Halamka, CIO of CareGroup and CIO of Harvard Medical School, were the keynote speakers.
Representatives from retail, health care, manufacturing and government shared their experiences and best practices for implementing RFID in the workplace in a panel discussion moderated by Neil Sheer, MCC Assistant Dean, Computer, Engineering and Technology. Of special interest to participants was the RFID Boot Camp offered at the conference, which included a lecture and hands-on instructions and demonstrations in MCC’s fully equipped RFID laboratory.
BATEC'S IT Futures Forum - February 29, 2008
BATEC held it's 2008 IT Futures Forum on Friday, February 29th at Staples Corporate Headquarters in Framingham. Lukas Ruecker, VP of Emerging Markets at Staples Inc., presented "Think Global, Act Local: Lessons for building a global workforce".
Breakout session topics included: RFID, The Future of Entreprise Resource Planning, Oracle Academy, Collaboration Tools and Social Networks and others.
Presenters attended from Athenium, Inc., Chadwick Martin Bailey, Cisco, eDialog, EMC Corporation, nTag Interactive, Oracle, Punchbowl Software, Raytheon and Verizon.
To view a video of the keynote speaker, please click here.
Information & Communications Information (ICT) Transfer Summit - February 20, 2008
The Boston-area Advanced Technological Education Connections (BATEC), along with the Commonwealth Alliance for IT Education (CAITE), CPATH, and the Board of Higher Education collaborated to hold an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Transfer Summit for all public institutions of higher education in eastern Massachusetts on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 from 8:30-3:00. This day focused on regional cooperation between 2 and 4 year schools for the articulation and transfer of technology-related courses. While there have been smaller regional efforts or single course agreements, this was the first large-scale effort of its kind in the state.
AGENDA
8:30 Breakfast and Registration - Cafe East, Campus Center, Building #8
9:00 Welcome – Deborah Boisvert, Director of the BATEC Center for IT
9:10 David Gray, CIO, University of Massachusetts President’s Office
9:30 Introduction of Attendees
9:50 Jane Souza, Director, CONNECT
10:15 Break
10:30 Breakout 1:
Workgroups – Program Mapping Exercise
12:00 Lunch
12:45 Breakout 2:
Workgroups – Identifying Relevant Courses for Next Steps
2:30 Report out
The Boston Community College Fair - February 15, 2008
BATEC one again joined with the Boston Public Schools, Bunker Hill Community College, Roxbury Community College and the Greater Boston Tech Prep Consortium to host the Boston Community College Fair on Friday, February 15th at the Reggie Lewis Track and Field Center in Roxbury. This event brought together five area community colleges to meet with over 225 Boston area high school students to discuss their college plans. Students also had the opportunity to learn more about the Accuplacer, Access, City Year, Year Up, and the NStar program.
The Boston Metro North & Merrimack Valley Technology Career and College Fair - February 8, 2008
BATEC co-sponsored the Boston Metro North & Merrimack Valley Technology Career and College Fair on Friday, February 8th from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm at Northern Essex Community College's Haverhill Campus. This hands-on, interactive program exposed high school juniors and seniors to the various technology program offerings at Middlesex and Northern Essex Community Colleges. Students also received career, admissions and financial-aid orientation.
This event was also sponsored by Middlesex Community College, MVOTEC and Northern Essex Community College.
ICT Careers Day - December 7, 2007 at UMass Boston
BATEC, in conjunction with CAITE (Commonwealth Alliance for IT Education), held the ICT Careers Day on December 7, 2007 at UMass Boston in the Campus Center Ballroom. 470 students, teachers, and invited guests spent the day learning from industry experts about the careers that exist in Information Technology today. Mary Finlay, Deputy Chief Information Office of Partners HealthCare System, Inc. joined the event as the keynote speaker.
Students were given the opportunity to attend two workshops, which included: Wireless Technology, Computer Forensics, Database Technologies, The Future of Communications, Research Fitness Technology, Gaming, Home Entertainment, Medical Digital Imaging, Nanotechnology, Second Life, Social Media Networking, Technology Trends, Radio Frequency Identification and Sensor Networks. In these workshops, experts shared information with students on today’s market demand for employees with technology and computing skills and about the specific business expertise and technology skills that new employees of tomorrow will need to make them competitive. Most importantly, students learned from the experts about where they can go to acquire these skills.
Other sponsors included: UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Lowell, Partners HealthCare, Microsoft, AT&T, Bunker Hill Community College, Communispace, Go Kids Boston, Linden Labs, NTAG, Recombinant and Verizon.
Seminar Agenda:
8:45 Registration
9:00 Welcome
9:15 Keynote Speaker: Marie Finlay, Partners Healthcare
10:15 Breakout Session 1 (choice of one): Wireless Technology, Computer Forensics, Database Technologies, The Future of Communications, Research Fitness Technology, Gaming, Home Entertainment, Medical Digital Imaging, Nanotechnology, Second Life, Social Media Networking, Technology Trends, Radio Frequency Identification and Sensor Networks
11:00 Breakout Session 2 (choice of one): repeat of areas listed above
11:45 Lunch and Raffle with Microsoft
1:00 Adjourn
BATEC Holds Successful Industry Summit
Click here to view the keynote presentation by Kevin Whiteside of Raytheon.
As part of its stated goal of developing curriculum that is regionally connected, advanced in content and pedagogy, and industry-linked, BATEC convened an Industry Summit on Thursday, October 25th at the Raytheon's Global Headquarters in Waltham, MA.
This day brought together educators and industry professionals to collaborate; identify common ground and definitions for BATEC student achievement and success; establish a continuum of IT curricula among institutions in order to further program pathways and articulations (high school, CC, 4-year institutions); and identify further professional development opportunities.
The day was designed as two sessions:
(1) The morning session focused on defining the experience and elements of a BATEC Student/Scholar/Specialist, including: (1) How can we measure and validate student attainment of Technical Ability, Technical Agility, Interpersonal Soft Skills, and Business Intelligence? (2) How can we work together to create Case Studies and Capstone Experiences to infuse critical thinking and problem-solving? (3) How we we structure and promote internships to provide students with relevant work-based learning experiences?
(2) The afternoon session engaged educators in a process of establishing and mapping IT curricular content across the community college and 4-year institutions.
BATEC holds its 3rd Annual Outreach Summit at the University of Massachusetts Boston
On June 13th at the University of Massachusetts Boston, BATEC brought together teams of Academic Leaders, Admissions Officers, Guidance Counselors, College Advisors, Career Offices, Student Support services, and Community-Based organizations from across the region. The day's discussions focused on ways that they could work together as a network to enhance and expand the recruitment and retention strategies for high tech programs, to share information on best practices, to learn more about the IT job and career landscape, and to analyze their needs, identify solutions and build implementation plans. To see the agenda for the day, please click here.
The 2008 Outreach Summit is scheduled for June 11th at Bunker Hill Community College. More information about the 2008 Summit will be made available here soon.
Synergy 2006
Synergy 2006, held at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, was sponsored by BATEC as well as The Center for IT Education, Nashville, TN; IT @ Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH; Convergence Technology Center, Plano, TX, and National Center for Telecommunications Technology in Springfield, MA, and the National Science Foundation. This conference amassed some of the nationís leading thinkers in areas of workforce development and teaching innovation to work with teams of educators from across the country seeking to achieve productive education reform through the use of information technologies. Read More.
Synergy 2008 is being scheduled for July 23-25 in Phoenix, Arizona.
