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This page presents the YouTube channel of the National Center for Information and Communications Technologies (ICT Center). There is a growing collection of videos - focusing on information and communication technologies - on topics such as Second Life, the oscilloscope, digital media production,...

This competency model for Information Technology was developed by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) in partnership with the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), and several industry experts, including the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC). The pyramid model...

In this video adapted from Pathways to Technology, learn how exploring an interest in computers can lead to a new career. After taking, and enjoying, an online course, Hilda Villavicencio decided to study computer programming and information technology (IT) at community college. Students who attend...

In this video adapted from Pathways to Technology, you’ll learn about the wide range of jobs that are available to someone with a degree in information technology, or IT. Kennedy Symekher is studying technical and networking support in community college. He attends interviews at Microsoft and...

In this video adapted from Pathways to Technology, learn what drove Choice Jennings—someone who had never owned a computer of his own—to become interested in computer graphics, attend community college, earn an associate's degree in computer systems engineering (CSE), and start his own information...

In this video excerpted from Pathways to Technology, you'll learn about the wide range of jobs that an information technology (IT) degree can make possible. From PCs to smartphones to cars, almost every tool we use today has computer technology embedded in it. The IT specialist is the person who...

The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) has compiled this list of KSAs (knowledge, skills, and abilities) for entry-level IT infrastructure workers in 2023. These KSAs are essential for workers to acquire over a 12-36 month period. Annually, the...

This presentation, from the National Convergence Technology Center, was given to attendees of the July 2023 Summer Working Connections professional development event. The presentation explains how Sinclair Community College developed a new Bachelor of Applied Sciences program. The presenter was Eric...

In this video from the National Convergence Technology Center, Carlos Contreras from Intel discusses an artificial intelligence (AI) readiness program. Contreras highlights Intel's RISE strategy for digital readiness, the role that AI can play in providing students with digital readiness, the role...

This presentation, made available by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), provides an introduction to Asterisk with TrixBox. TrixBox is an Asterisk distribution pre-packaged with several additions (CentOs, which is a free distribution of RedHat Linux, FreePBX, a web-based configuration...