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Which Computing Field is Right For Me?

Here’s a nice piece by NCWIT on the differences among the computing disciplines (computer engineering, computer science, information systems, information technology, software engineering). http://www.ncwit.org/pdf/WhichComputingMajorsRightMe_WEB.pdf

Watson Researcher to Keynote SIGITE 2011!

Col. Bryan Goda, a co-chair of the conference, has informed me that he has secured a member of the IBM Research team who created the Watson; computer (famous for its appearance on Jeopardy) to be the keynote speaker at the conference.  If you were on the fence about submitting a paper for the conference, I hope this will be a factor in your deciding to do so.

IT Discipline/Accreditation Summary Documents

If you have not combed through the new website you may have missed a few additions.  The SIGITE Executive Committee has created summary documents on the IT Discipline/Model Curriculum as well as on IT ABET Accreditation.  These are great to present to administration to understand IT as well as faculty and staff supporting IT programs.  Of course the full documentation on these can be found linked within the site on pages devoted to those subjects.

Computing in High School/IT Research

This is a good article talking about the state of computing classes available for high school students.  Unfortunately in elementary and high schools, computing coursework is referred to singularly as “computer science” rather than computing or information technology.  This primarily is due to the fact that school boards are hard pressed to give credit for something they do not recognize as a science, even a “psuedo-science” as they attribute to computer science.

Welcome sigite.org

Hello and welcome to the newest iteration of the ACM-SIGITE website. We hope this is a more accurate representation of the community that has been fostered around IT education and research built over the past ten years.

This site will be the jumping off point for a more interactive communication with SIGITE members and others interested in the information technology discipline within higher education. That starts with this blog that we intend to keep relatively active with musings from members of the SIGITE community around issues that affect us all. Let me know if you are interested in contributing to this forum.