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IWCC's Tech Daze Becomes More Popular Each Year – Iowa
Western Community College's two-day summer event drew 65 fifth-,
sixth-, and seventh-grade students from throughout southwestern Iowa to
build a computer, create a web page, and program a robot. See News Story...
Computer Camps Just for Girls – Now girls may
explore fun software tools and information technology careers at
camps designed just for them. MCIT partners offering girls camps
include:
- Central
Community College – High school girls are targeted at the annual Cyber Camp 4 Girls at
Central's Columbus, Grand Island and Hastings, Nebraska campuses.
Activities include digital photo manipulation, programming, flash
animation, security basics, and careers in IT. See the Cyber Camp website...
- Southeast Technical Institute – Middle school girls in the Sioux
Falls area can get hands-on experience using animation, moviemaking,
programming and web development software. They also learn how to stay safe
in cyber communities. See Brochure...
TANN Robotics Competition – The Technology Academies of
Northeast Nebraska (TANN), a unique partnership of area high
schools and two colleges —
including MCIT partner Northeast Community College, has wrapped up
this
year's TANN Robotics Competitions. Designed to maximize
fun while helping students learn about science and technology, the two-tiered competition drew 11 high school and 5
college
teams to test their robots in four increasingly difficult relay races from February through May. See the TANN Robotics website...
Middle School Students Pumped by Exploration Day at NDSCS
– Twenty-four middle school students learned about computer programming
from "Alice" as they participated in Exploration Day at North Dakota
State College of
Science. Learn More...
4th Annual Security Summit – The Mid-Plains Community College in North Platte, NE hosted the 4th
Annual Security Summit on April 21, focusing on information technology
security awareness. See Summit Highlights...
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