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Welcome to the 2007 Illinois Working Connections IT Faculty Development Institute

Institute Information:

Date: May 21 - 25, 2007 (registration begins 7:00 a.m.)
Place: Capital City Center, Springfield (130 W. Mason) - (217) 782-7436
Hotel: Quality Inn & Suites - State House (101 E. Adams) - (217) 528-4353

The cost to attend the Institute is $700 for a double occupancy room or $800 for a single occupancy room. Cost increases to $750 for double occupancy rooms and $850 for single occupancy rooms after May 1, 2007. The cost includes hotel, breakfast (at the hotel), lunch and five days of training.

Attendees will be responsible for full payment after May 10 (hotel rooms are limited). Cancellations after May 10 will be charged the full conference fee. Community college members are encouraged to register prior to February 12, 2007. Afterwards, registration will be open to K-12 teachers and staff and faculty from other states.

Illinois Working Connections Tracks

• AJAX & Rich Internet Applications
• CISCO Boot Camp
• CyberSecurity - Ethical Hacking/Penetration Testing
• Digital Forensics II - Data Mining
• Emerging Educational Technologies (blogs, wikis, RSS, podcasting, streaming, etc.)
• Using Engaging Technologies for Student Recruitment (Alice, Lego Mindstrom Robots, Microworld, etc.)
• Windows Vista & Office 2007

Graduate Credit from the University of Illinois-Springfield

• Graduate credit is being offered again for all curriculum tracks through UIS.
• You will need to register (and complete all paper work) with Ted Mims before the beginning of the Institute (May 21, 2007).
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