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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement between 183 governments. Its aim is to "ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival." There is a species data base,...

Collection Description This collection of flyers is provided by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) and was created to provide information about the CTC and the Convergence College Network (CCN). "The Convergence College Network (CCN) is a select cohort of community colleges and...

This video is part of the 2020 SciTech Lecture Series from Forsyth Technical Community College. This series of lectures is held every year and covers an array of science and technology topics. This lecture features Daniel J.C. Herr, the chair of the Nanoscience Department at the Joint School of...

This webpage is provided by the National Convergence Technology Center and provides information and resources about the job forecast for convergence information technology. This webpage is divided into the following sections: Career Outlook, Salary Outlook, Job Titles (Income Range), Salary Range...

This 3-page learning activity module from the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) provides information on technologies that have been used in the telecommunications industry. The activity consists of four short answer questions. Learning outcomes include: Describe the various...

This 8-page document, made available by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), is an activity on the fundamental concepts of voice over IP. During the activity students will use both a "POTS or plain old telephone system dial peer" and a VoIP dial peer. The learning objective for this...

This presentation, made available by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), provides detailed information on voice telephony and how telephones work. The learning objective for the presentation is to "describe signaling and its importance to telecommunications and differentiate various...

The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) has made convergence technology curriculum available online, which includes related topics like telecom history, voice, transmission, LANs and WANs, wireless networks and podcasts/webcasts. The site includes a syllabus, learning activities and...

This presentation, provided by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), was delivered as a 30-minute webinar at the 2021 High Impact Technology Exchange Conference (HITEC). The presentation served as a virtual version of the "student poster" sessions that typically happen in person at...

During this lecture, published by Columbia Gorge Community College, the instructor discusses converting between engineering prefixes. Engineering prefixes include kilo, mega, giga, and tera, which represent powers of 10. The video emphasizes maintaining equivalency when converting between different...