JANUARY 2007 - Volume One

 

Five Disruptive Technologies to Watch in 2007

by David Storm, Information Week

David Storm’s article looks at five of the most significant technologies, including RFID, advanced graphics and virtualization, and touch on how they'll affect your ability to deploy applications and manage your infrastructures in 2007. http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196800208

 

A Robot in Every Home

by Bill Gates in Scientific American/January 2007

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates predicts that the next hot field will be robots and intelligent mobile devices will soon become ubiquitous as the robotics industry explodes on the heels of breakthrough advances. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=9312A198-E7F2-99DF-31DA639D6C4BA567

Low Cost Laptops Could Transform Learning

by Brian Bergstein, AP Technology Writer, Yahoo News

The XO, the computer developed by the One Laptop per Child project, is a unique take on personal computing that its creators hope will prove the merits of its minimalist design. The $150 computer is not based on folders, as nearly all created since 1984 have been; instead, "journals" let users look at a log of the work they have done rather than forcing them to remember where an item is stored. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061231/ap_on_hi_te/hundred_dollar_laptop

 

Privacy, patents on agenda for new Congress

by Grant Gross, IDG News Service, InfoWorld

The Democrats, who are in control of the House, will be pressing on issues regarding personal privacy, data-breach notification, patent reforms, and limits on government surveillance. http://www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThis&A=/article/07/01/01/01NNcongressit_1.html
 

Ada enhances embedded-systems development

by Ben Brosgol and Jose Ruiz, EE Times

For computer program and software faculty, check this article on embedded software, multiplexing and programming language engineered by Ada to make the embedded-system developer’s job more manageable, a better choice than C, C++ or Java. http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196701748&printable=true

 

 

The 2007 IT Salary Guide

by James Maguire, Datamation
The 2007 Guide lists the average salaries for many tech jobs, including Database Manager, Senior Web Developer, Business Systems Analyst, and others. The Guide provides data about pay levels for cities and regions across the U.S., as well as information about the value of various tech skills. The 2007 Guide also lists salary levels going back to 2005, allowing IT professionals to see the rate of increase among various job titles. Current trends suggest 2007 will see a continuation of 2006’s healthy IT job environment.  Some analysts point to an increase in tech start-ups, fueled by venture capital firms moving back to technology from a cooling real estate market.  http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/3638321

 

2007: Where the Tech Jobs Are

by James Maguire, Datamation
Discover where the attractive positions and markets are for the IT Industry.  Analysts say that the market is much better now than in past years. http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/3649436

 

Game Industry Leaders Ask ETC to take Their Improv Acting Course on the Road

Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center (ETC)

Get a peek inside the Game Industry from the Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center.  Article shares a meeting with top game industry executives who have come to recreate its “Improvisational Acting” course to explore “social status” totally through their body language, posture and movements alone. http://www.etc.cmu.edu/Global/news/news.php?newsID=1179930

Prototypes on Display for Nationwide Health Information Network
Insurance Networking News
Article discusses Insurance companies that are stakeholders in the nationwide health information network (NHIN) and the need to support a common set of standards for the NHIN network.   http://www.insurancenetworking.com/protected/article.cfm?articleId=4463&pb=ros

 

FLASHBACK: CoStar's Top News Headlines from 2006
CoStar Realty Information
Information from the Real Estate Industry from Cap Rates Headed for the 'Red Zone,' to REIT Merger Mania, 2006 Likely to Go Down as One of the Most Frenzied Markets Ever for Commercial Real Estate.  CoStar News chronicled the frenzy Real Estate market and combed through the top headlines and most read articles they published in 2006.
http://www.costar.com/NewsPublic/Article.aspx?id=3E40ADCC06E702AFE986D0668669F10D

 

CONFERENCES & GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

 

7th Biennial International Business Institute for Community College Faculty from May 29-June 3, 2007

Deadline: March 1, 2007

Sponsored by the Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBERs)

Apply online: http://ciber.msu.edu/events/2007/ibi/

 

Free Course Evaluations from the Monterey Institute for Technology

Deadline, Feb. 1, 2007 - http://www.montereyinstitute.org/ocep

The Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE) is offering free course evaluations to organizations committed to quality online course development.  Through an RFP process, 10 courses will be selected to receive a complete evaluation through the Online Course Evaluation Process (OCEP).  This process involves using a team of evaluators to look at the scope, scholarship, and instructional design, as well as pedagogical and production values of each course.  The results of these evaluations will be posted at WCET’s Edutools website (http://www.edutools.info).

 

If you have created a high-quality online course and are committed to continuous course improvement, you won’t want to miss this opportunity.  Your course will be evaluated by impartial professionals who will provide you with an objective overview of over 52 elements of your course.  To obtain the full RFP, as well as the objective criteria used to evaluate the courses, please visit http://www.montereyinstitute.org/ocep, and look for “2006-07 OCEP RFP” in the upper right corner.

 

OCEP is funded through a grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.  For more information contact Terri Rowenhorst, Director of Partner Development, Monterey Institute for Technology and Education, 719-783-0804, trowenhorst@montereyinstitute.org

 

NEA Learning and Leadership Grants

Deadline: February 1, 2007

Educators can receive up to $5,000 for professional development from the NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education.  Eligible applicants include Public school teachers, public education support professionals, and/or faculty and staff in public institutions of higher education.  The grant awards range from $2,000-$5,000.

 

Grants support public school teachers, public education support professionals, and/or faculty and staff in public institutions of higher education for one of the following two purposes. Grants to individuals fund participation in high-quality professional development experiences, such as summer institutes or action research, and grants to groups fund collegial study, including study groups, action research, lesson study, or mentoring experiences for faculty or staff new to an assignment. All professional development must improve practice, curriculum, and student achievement.

Contact:  http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/Learning&Leaders

 

 

 

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