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CUE Annual Conference

Last Updated on 02 February 2010 02 February 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

Computer-Using Educators, Inc (CUE) will hold its annual conference in Palm Springs, California from March 4-6, 2010. This year’s conference emphasizes online learning, while going easy on the pocketbook. CUE is sponsoring other annual educational summits, such as the Alliance for Distance Education in California (ADEC), and it is offering bundles to fit everyone’s budget.

Scholarships Available For The SecureIT 2010 Conference

Last Updated on 05 February 2010 25 January 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office has announced the availability of $5250 in scholarships for attending the SecureIT 2010 Conference. The scholarships are available to California Community Colleges faculty and staff.

The conference will be held March 4-5, 2010 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Los Angeles. The scholarship funding amounts to approximately 19 one-day or 15 two-day scholarships depending on the types of application received.

tech grants: National Science Foundation

Last Updated on 26 January 2010 25 January 2010 in Opinion by Juri Brilts

I was thinking recently about a grant that Butte-Glenn Community College District (BGCCD) submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF) two years ago. This prompted me to look at grants targeted to community colleges. The NSF Advanced Technology Education (ATE) is specifically designed for community colleges.

eTranscript California Honored As Network Innovator

Last Updated on 26 January 2010 26 January 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

The eTranscript California project has received a 2010 Innovations in Networking Award in the category Educational Applications from the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC). Awardees are recognized for new network uses that hold the potential to change the way California delivers and manages education.

Tech>ology: Want To Get That Project Done? Burn It Down

Last Updated on 26 January 2010 25 January 2010 in Opinion by Tim Calhoon

I don't see many folks using burndown reports to manage their projects. Maybe because it is not a standard Microsoft Project (MS Project ) report and it is a pain to generate from raw MS Project data using a spreadsheet. More on this in a moment.

In general, a burndown report shows the trend for how much work is left to do by adding the estimated effort left for each of the tasks and showing how the estimated effort is changing over time. The ideal burn down trends at a gentle slope down to your promise date as remaining work on the project dwindles.

Web Principles: MSNBot Behaving Badly

Last Updated on 26 January 2010 25 January 2010 in Opinion by David Hammond

As a server administrator, I have to fight a never-ending battle against the likes of exploit bots, spam bots and crackers. But one recurring issue I have experienced has come from an unlikely source: search engine spiders or, more specifically, Microsoft's MSNBot.

CENIC 2010 Conference: FULL SPEED AHEAD

Last Updated on 26 January 2010 25 January 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) will hold its 14th annual conference, FULL SPEED AHEAD, March 8-10, 2010, at the Hyatt Monterey, in Monterey.

Online Teaching Conference 2010 Call For Proposals: Deadline Jan 31

Last Updated on 26 January 2010 25 January 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

There are only five days left to submit a proposal for presentation to the 2010 Online Teaching Conference. Accepted presenters will have their conference registration fees waived for the conference occurring June 16-18 at San Diego City College.

ePortfolio California Moves To Phase Two

Last Updated on 21 January 2010 21 January 2010 in News by Patty Donohue, Vicki Suter and Kathleen Willbanks

The ePortfolio California Project, with the commitment and high level of participation from 23 pilot sites, has successfully completed its first phase. The pilot’s next phase will focus on evaluation and research.

CCCTran Becomes eTranscript California

Last Updated on 21 January 2010 21 January 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

A technology project offering electronic transcript exchange to colleges statewide has expanded its service to include all California postsecondary schools, both public and private. The transcript exchange service will also be extended to high schools in 2010.

Faces Of Technology: Dr. John Haas

Last Updated on 26 January 2010 21 January 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

Individuals with creative insight willing to dedicate their time and life to champion an effort for global change at a grassroots level are rare. Dr. John Haas, professor of U.S., British and Global History at Cerritos College, is one of those individuals.

California Virtual Campus Welcomes New Director

Last Updated on 21 January 2010 21 January 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

The newest California Virtual Campus team member, Wendy Widget, comes to us from Malibu Island in Second Life. Actually, Wendy Widget is the online avatar of Dr. Vicki Suter, the new director of the California Virtual Campus (CVC).

tech grants: Chasing Obama Buck$

Last Updated on 21 January 2010 21 January 2010 in Opinion by Juri Brilts

I have noticed that the current grants our community college district has received from the state of California have already been halved in this current fiscal year, with many not even seeing the light of day next fiscal year 2010-2011. Our state, along with at least forty others, is suffering from the prolonged recession.

New Collaboration Explores Expanded Statewide Health Education Delivery

Last Updated on 21 January 2010 21 January 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

A new collaborative partnership has recently formed to help facilitate the development of a strong telehealth effort between CVC and CENIC and to provide enhanced telehealth infrastructure and technology resources to support health teaching and learning for California’s colleges and the communities they serve.

CISOA Seeks Nominees For Technology Innovator Awards

Last Updated on 21 January 2010 21 January 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

The California Community Colleges (CCC) Chief Information Systems Officers Association (CISOA) is seeking nomination of distinguished technology innovators for its 2010 awards. The nomination period ends January 31, 2010.

Statewide Effort To Explore Benefits Of Centralized Assessment

Last Updated on 21 January 2010 21 January 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

The Online Common Assessment Project, currently known as CCCAssess, is a new statewide effort to address the concept of centralized assessment for the California Community Colleges (CCC) system.

Tech>ology: A Good Plan Today Is Better Than A Perfect Plan Tomorrow

Last Updated on 21 January 2010 21 January 2010 in Opinion by Tim Calhoon

I don’t know about you, but for years I’ve struggled with the complexity and frustration of project scheduling. I’ve found Microsoft Project to be all powerful, yet all consuming in time and effort, and unrealistic in predicting outcome.

Web Principles: Major Office 2003 Access Control Glitch

Last Updated on 21 January 2010 14 December 2009 in Opinion by David Hammond

There was recently a glitch in the document Rights Management Service (RMS) used in Microsoft Office 2003 which is preventing users from accessing any RMS-enabled documents. This problem was caused by Microsoft accidentally letting a security certificate expire, thus preventing the RMS authentication from completing.

CISOA Announces 2010 Conference Lineup

Last Updated on 21 January 2010 21 January 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

Representatives from community colleges throughout the state of California will come together at the California Community Colleges Chief Information Systems Officers Association (CISOA) 2010 Conference--Collaboration Today for Solutions Tomorrow.

Web Principles: Coding Horror Site And Stack Overflow Blog Deleted

Last Updated on 21 January 2010 11 December 2009 in Opinion by David Hammond

A couple hours ago, CrystalTech, the company that hosts the Coding Horror Web site and the Stack Overflow blog, had a technical problem that resulted in their virtual machines (VMs) being 100 per cent deleted with apparently no usable backups.

CAHSEE: Stepping into Your Future WOW Award

Last Updated on 21 January 2010 21 January 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

In October, the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications (WCET) announced the CAHSEE: Stepping into Your Future program as a recipient of the 2009 WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award.

New Communication Strategy For @ONE

Last Updated on 21 January 2010 21 January 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

A statewide technology-training project has enacted a new communication strategy in order to more effectively reach those it serves. The strategy includes a new Web site, use of social media and Web communication tools, and a platform that will allow development of an online community.

Web Principles: ECMAScript, Fifth Edition Now A Standard

Last Updated on 25 January 2010 06 December 2009 in Opinion by David Hammond

The fifth version of ECMAScript has now been finalized and published as an Ecma International standard. ECMAScript, which is more commonly known as "JavaScript", is the programming language that provides for much of the interactivity in modern web applications. This is the first major new version of the language since the third edition, which was published in December 1999.