Attend the five-day Microsoft Access 2010: Create a Database workshop July 29- August 3, 2013 at a cost of $500, at RIT/NTID in Rochester, NY. The workshop will be held daily from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM.

Microsoft Access is a powerful computer application tool that helps to reliably and securely organize and maintain your data at work or for personal use. This workshop will begin with the basics and gradually work up to a point of proficiency in Access 2010. Upon completion of this workshop, participants will have sufficient knowledge to take the MCAS (Microsoft Certified Application Specialist) certification test.

Instructors who teach Windows client or Windows server will want to attend this session to revitalize their Microsoft Windows teaching skills. Hands on labs and in class demonstrations will teach what's new and what to share with students. Participants will learn how to navigate in the new Windows Users Interface, how to use Windows to Go in the classroom, Hyper-V (in client and Server), SkyDrive, Microsoft's Private and Public Cloud, Secure Boot, Bitlocker, the new Server Manager, Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT), WinRM, PowerShell, IPv6, transiting technologies, Resilient File System (ReFS), mounting of ISOs and VHDs and SMB3, and changes in Active Directory to name a few. Learn why Microsoft is discontinuing utilities such as DCPROMO, Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC), Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and why RAID should not be used.

Prerequisites: Participants should be familiar with Windows client, server, and Active Directory.

For travel assistance information, please visit: http://batec.org/summer_institute_2013/classesdisplay.php

The third annual FLATE Engineering Technology Summer Institute has the following goals:

-Provide professional development to teachers and faculty of all engineering technologies
-Introduce participants to emerging technologies
-Train educators in the fundamentals of the new technologies
-Share resources that support classroom teaching
-Provide networking and community building opportunities for educators

Full time faculty in secondary or post-secondary public institutions who teach courses in a variety of engineering technology programs that support manufacturing in Florida are eligible. Some participants may receive stipends.

This interactive, hands-on course provides instructors with experiences and tools to support their use of problem based learning in the delivery of information technology applications and concepts. IT Problem Solving is an introductory course that has been implemented at the high school, community college, and university levels in the Boston area. The course makes use of industry-relevant problems to engage students and help them develop 21st-century skills and computational thinking attributes. This session will introduce the methodologies that form the foundation of the course. Attendees will participate in problem scenarios and identify opportunities to integrate them into their institutions.

Travel assistance is available. More information at http://batec.org/summer_institute_2013/classesdisplay.php

The Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL) course focuses on both the database design, which covers the process of analyzing complex business scenarios and creation of a data model, and the programming in SQL, which introduces the concepts of implementing a database design by creating a physical database, and covers such topics as subqueries, combining multiple queries into a single query using SET operators, and reporting aggregated data using group functions. The Oracle Programming in Procedural Language/Structured Query Language (PL/SQL) course is designed to extend the database programming knowledge in the Intro to SQL course and covers implementing database functionalities that cannot not be achieved in standard SQL, such as stored procedures, functions, packages, and more. These two courses prepare students for certification as an Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate.

Prerequisites: Because this is a combined course, faculty will need to have some familiarity with database concepts and participate in a total of 5-6 webinars - 3 prior to and 2-3 after the in-class training.

For travel assistance information, please visit: http://batec.org/summer_institute_2013/classesdisplay.php

In coordination with The Art of Science Policy art exhibit, you're invited to join the AAAS S&T Policy Fellowships on Friday, September 20 for Visualizing Science Policy in 20x20 and Gallery Open House.

S&T Policy Fellows will join some of the artists from the show to explore the complexities of today’s science policy issues through projects from academia, government, industry, non-profits and the arts arena. Participants have challenged themselves to think visually; each will present 20 slides for 20 seconds. Join us in this fast paced evening of compelling issues, exciting projects, and engaging art.

P.A.S.S. is a math refresher course designed to improve upon students’ math skills and provide a greater opportunity for success on the math portion of the Accuplacer/ALEKS test. This refresher may also help students bypass one or more levels of developmental math, accelerating completion of their remedial requirements. Seating is limited.

Participants must attend all scheduled days.

Prerequisites: Must have taken the Acculplacer or a math course within the last two years

This course covers the basics and principles of major joining and cutting processes. Advantages, disadvantages, equipment, consumables, techniques and variables for each process are discussed. Applications, criteria for consumable selection and how to establish process parameters are emphasized. Laboratory work involves equipment set up and operating of the welding and cutting equipment for specific applications.

This course covers the of concepts and fundamentals,of the weld quality and inspection methods, welding codes, specifications and safety. Laboratory work consists of setting up and operating the instruments and equipment for identification and characterization of weld discontinuities and defects.

Workshop participants will utilize cutting-edge science tools in hands-on laboratories and bioinformatics investigations, and deepen awareness of rewarding careers for their students. Participants will update their pedagogy while networking with biotech leaders and colleagues. A continuum of faculty from secondary education, 2-year colleges, and universities are invited to apply. The National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education’s Advanced Technological Education (NSF-ATE) program is funding all instruction, workshop materials, meals/refreshments, and providing stipends of $300. Further support for travel or other related expenses is not available.

The Genomic Approaches in BioSciences workshops will focus on four key technologies - PCR, DNA Sequencing, RNA interference, and Bioinformatics - that will prepare students for specialized life science elective courses, independent research projects, and biotechnology careers.

Genomic Approaches in BioSciences will integrate theoretical, laboratory, and computer technology with practical advice on classroom management and career exploration. Time will be included for independent work, lesson planning, and preparation for classroom projects.

These workshops will be taught by Bluegrass College faculty.

This conference is a professional development activity for Oklahoma CareerTech teachers, counselors, administrators, and state staff. Participants will learn innovative technical and instructional skills. They will also have the opportunity to network with and learn from their counterparts throughout the state.

The 2013 AAEA & CAES Joint Annual Meeting in Washington, DC will offer AAEA members, CAES members, and other applied economists a chance to interact and learn over the course of the three day meeting on August 4-6. This year's meeting features a large amount of educational content including:

- more than 150 educational sessions
- 100 posters on display, with opportunities to interact with their authors
- multiple plenary sessions each day, featuring high-profile speakers

Common research topics include:

- international development
- climate change
- biofuels
- linkages between food and health
- the Farm Bill
- land use and water resource issues
- regional economics
- business economics
- behavioral economics

The meeting will also feature a number of chances for attendees to connect and network at the welcome and closing receptions, receptions for specific Sections of AAEA, and evening gatherings organized by universities and government agencies.

This is a distance-learning 5 day training from 9 am - 5 pm CST.

This “train the trainer” track for teachers/faculty will prepare faculty to teach the technology-based Information Storage and Management (ISM) course offered through participating in the EMC Academic Alliance program and provide the hands-on experience to do the online ISM labs available through Network Development Group (NDG). Further, it prepares faculty to become EMC Proven Professional Information Storage Associates.

This class enables ICT faculty to achieve a comprehensive introduction to storage technology. Faculty will learn about the architectures, features, and benefits of intelligent storage systems; networked storage technologies and long-term archiving solutions, information security, and the emerging field of storage virtualization technologies.

This course provides practical foundation level training that enables immediate and effective participation in big data and other analytics projects. It includes an introduction to big data and the Data Analytics Lifecycle to address business challenges that leverage big data. The course provides grounding in basic and advanced analytic methods and an introduction to big data analytics technology and tools, including MapReduce and Hadoop. The extensive labs throughout provide many opportunities for students to apply these methods and tools to real-world business challenges as a practicing Data Scientist. The course takes an "Open," or technology-neutral approach, and includes a final lab in which students address a big data analytics challenge by applying the concepts taught in the course in the context of the Data Analytics Lifecycle. The course prepares the student for the Proven Professional Data Scientist Associate (EMCDSA) certification exam, and establishes
a baseline of Data Science skills that can be enhanced with additional training and further real-world experience.

Prerequisites: Familiarity with statistics; experience with a scripting language; experience with SQL.

For travel assistance information, please visit http://batec.org/summer_institute_2013/classesdisplay.php

The ACE Five-day Experiential Learning Institute (FELI) is five-day professional development experience designed for community college faculty, staff, and administrators.

ACE uses many different pedagogical techniques to allow for learning and growth in unexpected ways, as well as, to keep participants fully engaged throughout the day. We ask that participants attend each day in full as each exercise builds on the previous one and rapport is built within the group as the days unfold. Each FELI group is capped at 25 participants to ensure time for each participant to be heard.

The FELI can be offered as a stand-alone professional development activity or as a part of the process of bringing an ACE program to a college.

This “Design for Welding, Fabrication, Assembly and Robotic Welding” course covers the concepts and fundamentals of the design for welding, fabrication, assembly and robotic welding. Laboratory work consists of case studies using standard design equations to determine the behavior of welded materials, part processing and optimization of fabrication, design considerations for work holding and manipulating equipment, and the programming and operating robots for GMAW welding.

This "Welding Metallurgy and Weldability of Commercial Alloys" course covers the concepts and fundamentals of atomic structure, grain structure, heat flow, phase transformations, welding metallurgy, and the weldability of ferrous and non-ferrous commercial alloys. Laboratory work consists of welding metallurgy investigation on the welded samples and weldability testing for specific applications.

The CAR Management Briefing Seminars is an annual gathering of more than 900 auto industry, academic and government leaders addressing critical issues and emerging trends in an inviting atmosphere designed to build relationships.

Workshop participants will utilize cutting-edge science tools in hands-on laboratories and bioinformatics investigations, and deepen awareness of rewarding careers for their students. Participants will update their pedagogy while networking with biotech leaders and colleagues. A continuum of faculty from secondary education, 2-year colleges, and universities are invited to apply. The National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education’s Advanced Technological Education (NSF-ATE) program is funding all instruction, workshop materials, meals/refreshments, and providing stipends of $300. Further support for travel or other related expenses is not available.

The Genomic Approaches in BioSciences workshops will focus on four key technologies - PCR, DNA Sequencing, RNA interference, and Bioinformatics - that will prepare students for specialized life science elective courses, independent research projects, and biotechnology careers.

Genomic Approaches in BioSciences will integrate theoretical, laboratory, and computer technology with practical advice on classroom management and career exploration. Time will be included for independent work, lesson planning, and preparation for classroom projects. Most of the workshops are led by DNALC staff members and college faculty who collaborated in the development of the course modules.

These workshops result from a collaboration between DNALC and 12 community colleges in the Bio-Link network.

Teachers of mathematics, science and technology are invited to receive and learn to use a Math Machines Function Plane and an RGB Color Mixer with a Vernier SensorDAQ interface and all necessary software.

Applicants should be secondary school or introductory college teachers of Math, Science, Engineering or Technology who want to use authentic, real-world activities in their classrooms. Preference will be given to teams of teachers who can continue to collaborate during the school year. No prior experience with programming or electronics is required.

Participants must bring a Windows laptop computer (XP or later) on which they can install the programs necessary to operate the Math Machines. Participants wishing to control the Function Plane with a calculator must also bring a TI-83 or TI-84 (any version) and either a CBL2 or a LabPro interface.

The National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) presents a lecture with guest speaker Story Landis. Landis has been Director of NINDS since 2003 and has made fundamental contributions to the understanding of nervous system development.

Join Hillsborough Coomunity College and the Florida Advanced Technical Education Center (FLATE) in a Robotics symposium. The day includes robotics activities, career presentations, mentoring, and information about different educational pathways. THe guest speaker is Sylvia Thomas, an electrical engineer at the University of South Florida.

This workshop explains the principles of the ACE behavior system and how it is effectively implemented. Participants will also learn how to integrate courses and coordinate assignments for a more successful semester.

All instructors teaching in the ACE program are required to attend this workshop prior to teaching in ACE for the first time. Experienced ACE instructors are also welcome.

Robo Storm Summer Camp is a two day robotics camp for students completing grades 6, 7, and 8 in the current school year. Participants build and program Lego Mindstorm robots and compete in skills competitions. A tour of a local manufacturing facility is also included. Cost of camp includes t-shirt, meals, and transportation to manufacturing facility.

This one-day workshop is open to mainstream science teachers who currently or may in the future work with students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Classroom access, science instruction strategies and communication will be addressed.

This is a 5-day distance-learning training that takes place 9 am - 5 pm CST.

This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphereTM, which consists of ESXi and vCenter Server. The course is based on ESXi 5 and vCenter Server 5. Completion of this course satisfies as a prerequisite to take the VMware Certified Professional 5 exam. Faculty participants who complete this course may enroll in any of several more-advanced vSphere courses. See www.vmware.com/education for advanced course options.

By instituting this program, VMware seeks to create a collaborative relationship with academic institutions whereby their students may obtain the VMware Certified Professional (VCP) status and other VMware certifications. Participation in VMware vSphere will make participants eligible for VMware vouchers for exams.

*Note: This training opportunity is for Teachers/Faculty. Verification of teaching status and institution will be requested. Participatints also will be assisted in the enrollment of their institution into VMWare IT Academy program during or prior to the course as needed.

A series of two workshops, the Nanotechnology Course Resource Workshops (formerly known as "Train the Trainer" Workshops) were created to provide faculty with: Resources (labs, presentations, and more) and Guidance needed to effectively teach undergraduate nanotechnology courses.

Please note: it does not matter which workshop is attended first. These workshops are designed for: post-secondary faculty and administrators.

Nanotechnology Course Resources I: Safety, Processing, and Materials. This workshop focuses on: Materials, Safety, and Equipment Overview, Basic Nanotechnology Processes, and Materials in Nanotechnology. Applicants who are accepted for the curriculum delivery workshops will be granted a fellowship to attend. The fellowship is valued at $1,700 and includes: workshop registration fee, breakfast/lunch, travel (airfare up to $750), and lodging. Space is limited, register early!

The ACE Five-day Experiential Learning Institute (FELI) is five-day professional development experience designed for community college faculty, staff, and administrators.

ACE uses many different pedagogical techniques to allow for learning and growth in unexpected ways, as well as, to keep participants fully engaged throughout the day. We ask that participants attend each day in full as each exercise builds on the previous one and rapport is built within the group as the days unfold. Each FELI group is capped at 25 participants to ensure time for each participant to be heard.

The FELI can be offered as a stand-alone professional development activity or as a part of the process of bringing an ACE program to a college.

The ACE Five-day Experiential Learning Institute (FELI) is five-day professional development experience designed for community college faculty, staff, and administrators.

ACE uses many different pedagogical techniques to allow for learning and growth in unexpected ways, as well as, to keep participants fully engaged throughout the day. We ask that participants attend each day in full as each exercise builds on the previous one and rapport is built within the group as the days unfold. Each FELI group is capped at 25 participants to ensure time for each participant to be heard.

The FELI can be offered as a stand-alone professional development activity or as a part of the process of bringing an ACE program to a college.

Workshop participants will utilize cutting-edge science tools in hands-on laboratories and bioinformatics investigations, and deepen awareness of rewarding careers for their students. Participants will update their pedagogy while networking with biotech leaders and colleagues. A continuum of faculty from secondary education, 2-year colleges, and universities are invited to apply. The National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education’s Advanced Technological Education (NSF-ATE) program is funding all instruction, workshop materials, meals/refreshments, and providing stipends of $300. Further support for travel or other related expenses is not available.

The Genomic Approaches in BioSciences workshops will focus on four key technologies - PCR, DNA Sequencing, RNA interference, and Bioinformatics - that will prepare students for specialized life science elective courses, independent research projects, and biotechnology careers.

Genomic Approaches in BioSciences will integrate theoretical, laboratory, and computer technology with practical advice on classroom management and career exploration. Time will be included for independent work, lesson planning, and preparation for classroom projects. Most of the workshops are led by DNALC staff members and college faculty who collaborated in the development of the course modules.

These workshops result from a collaboration between DNALC and 12 community colleges in the Bio-Link network.