Welcome Parents and Students

to the 2008 -2009 school year at Northeast Career Center

IT- Information Technology is an exciting field

• Build your own robot- a guy who actually did it! http://blogs.spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/2008/08/12/robot_builder_profile_aiko.html
• Get your own personal robot to program by enrolling in college http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3224/28-colleges-and-high-schools-%20%20to-use-personal-robots-in-classhttp://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3224/28-colleges-and-high-schools-%20%20to-use-personal-robots-in-class
• If your virtual character gets hurt they can now go to a virtual hospital http://dailyheadlines.uark.edu/13232.htm
• A rat-brained robot- Gordon is a robot controlled by rat brain neurons http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iwbn17K0AiHiNNkSi7i1P-GS80Vg
• Claytronics- generate solid images out of a sandbox- http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~claytronics/
• Games with a purpose http://www.gwap.com/gwap/
• Create and edit music http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~music/nyquist/

IT Essentials is a start into this field

• CISCO IT Essentials Curriculum
• Hands-on Hardware Practice
• Virtual PCs for Operating System Lab
• A+ Certification tests
• Lab Fee- $50.00

Columbus City Schools and Class Paperwork

• CCS Guide to Positive Student Behavior
• NECC- Student Handbook
• Internet Permission Slip – Learn more about Cybersecurity- http://www.carnegiecyberacademy.com/
• Emergency Medical Card – 2 copies
• Personal Information