The purpose of the Community College Computer Consortium of New Jersey (4C) is to provide a forum to foster professional development among NJ computer science, information systems, and information technology faculty and others interested in computer education.
Saturday, March 3, 2012 – 8:00am – 1:30pm
400 Paramus Road, Paramus, NJ 07652 – Technology Education Center – Room 128
Agenda
| 8:00 AM | Registration & Coffee / Explore the Vendor Displays |
| 8:30 AM | Welcome to Bergen Community College Evan Kobolakis, Chief Information Officer, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ |
| 8:45 AM | Cryptology and the CIA Triad (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability) Ray Touma, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ Description: Cryptology has come a long way in 4000 years. Our national security and defense, and our digital world in general, rely heavily on the concept of substitution and transposition. Find out how these concepts, invented thousands of years ago, are being used today to help keep us safe. |
| 9:30 AM | Computing Curricula ACM’s CSTA National Standards for K-12 Computer Science Anita Verno, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ Brian Fuschetto, Lyndhurst High School, Lyndhurst, NJ Description: The Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), a membership organization that supports and promotes the teaching of computer science and other computing disciplines, recently revised the Model Curriculum for K-12 Computer Science with a focus on establishing National K-12 Computer Science Education Standards. The intent of the document is to provide teachers, schools, districts, states, and governing bodies with a framework upon which to enhance and facilitate computer education in K-12 schools. ACM Computing Curriculum for Community Colleges Anita Verno, substitute for Dr. Elizabeth Hawthorne, Union County College, Cranford, NJ Description: Associate-level computer science curricular guidelines and other initiatives by the ACM CCECC will be presented. These guidelines and other resources are freely available from the committee's site, acmccecc.org . |
| 10:15 AM | Break / Explore the Vendor Displays |
| 10:30 AM | The Max/MSP/Jitter Visual Programming Language for IT Multimedia Applications Michael Halper, NJIT, Newark, NJ V. J. Manzo, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Description: Programming is one of the core competencies required of any Information Technology student. Max/MSP/Jitter is a visual programming language for the development of multimedia (e.g., music, digital audio, and video) applications, and it is well suited to foster fundamental programming skills. The core constructs of Max/MSP/Jitter are discussed and a thorough demonstration of the language's capabilities in creating applications is presented. |
| 11:15 AM | I'm Game: Let's Use GameMaker Bill Madden, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ Description:Game development involves skill sets from many disciplines. So how does one get started? GameMaker gets you going quickly, learning game design and development fundamentals. This demo shows where to find GameMaker, how to install it and how to get going with the tutorials. Price? Free, of course! Suitable for any first course in game development for middle school, high school and/or first-year college students. |
| 12:00 PM | Closing Remarks Anita Verno, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ Bill Madden, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ |
| 12:15 PM | Lunch / Explore the Vendor Displays CSTA Northern NJ Chapter General Membership meeting, Brian Fuschetto, President Community College Computer Consortium (CCCC) Meeting, Nancy Binowski, President |
Please RSVP by 02/22 to inf@bergen.edu with the subject “Compute@BCC”