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This 20-page document and supplemental video was developed by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) to provide a detailed, step-by-step guide to using free Google tools to streamline the job skills voting process with business councils. Rather than hand-counting raised hands and entering...

This short video, developed by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), outlines the seven essential elements of a successful Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) model. A BILT is intended to energize traditional advisory councils with frequent meetings and an annual in-depth...

This slide deck, provided by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), is from a workshop held at the summer 2023 Hight Impact Technology Exchange Conference (HITEC) in Atlanta. This workshop provided a detailed overview of best practices to disseminate content via newsletters, websites, and...

In this webinar from the Convergence Technology Center (CTC) at Collin College, Kyle Jones explores an introductory information technology (IT) course at Sinclair Community College. A former grant that was centered around a spiral curriculum to reduce redundancies in IT education, the different...

This set of presentation slides, from the Applied Information Management Institute, describes the Midwest Center for Information Technology and outlines the Careerlink online job database before describing a research project undertaken using Careerlink. The study used the job postings on Careerlink...

This presentation was provided by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) to attendees of the July 2023 Summer Working Connections professional development event. The event showcased Splunk, a data collection and analytics platform, along with its capabilities and uses for IT faculty....

This presentation from the National Convergence Technology Center provides guidance to programs on implementing employer-led information technology (IT) skill standards. The relevance of IT skill standards for educators and employers is highlighted. The 2020 IT Skill Standards (ITSS) program is also...

This 11-page .pdf provides an overview of the National Convergence Technology Center's 2019-2021 pilot program to determine whether applicants that go into a job interview with an e-portfolio of their work stand a better chance of getting hired than those without an e-portfolio. Eight colleges...

This presentation, provided by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), was part of a special webinar session at the 2020 High Impact Technology Exchange Conference (HITEC ). The presentation explains best practices of scaling innovation using two different frameworks - one from Edutopia...

This presentation, provided by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), was part of a special webinar at the National Career Pathways Network (NCPN) conference. The purpose of the presentation was to explain best practices of scaling innovation using two different frameworks, one from...