2. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU? Information Technology

3. Education Skills Math Science Computer Technology Specialization Engineering Computer Science Telecommunications

4. IT Certifications MCITP (Microsoft Certified IT Professional) MCTS (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist) VCP (VMware Certified Professional) CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) CCSA (Certified SonicWALL Security Administrator PMP (Project Management Professional) CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) ACSP (Apple Certified Support Professional) CompTIA Heathcare IT Technician Network+/A+ RHCSA (Red Hat Certified System Administrator)

6. Jobs Technical Software Developers Programmers Web Developers Architects Software Engineers Systems Analysts Systems Engineers Business Analysts Quality Assurance Systems Programmers Technical Support Technical Liaison Network Support Help Desk Computer Operators Account Executives Solutions / Services - Technical Sales Reps Sales Support Engineers Solution Engineers Account Managers Systems Administrators Network Administrators Network Engineers Web Masters LAN Administrators WAN Administrators Storage - SAN Administrators Infrastructure Analysts Technical Consultants NOC Specialists Disaster Recovery Specialists Wireless Communications Telecommunications Datacommunications Security Specialists Database Administrators (DBA's) Database Analysts Data Modelers Datawarehouse Architects Management CIO's CTO's VP's Directors Project Managers Project Leaders Sales Managers Software Development Managers Quality Assurance Managers Database Managers Network Directors Network Managers Systems Managers LAN Managers Desktop Support Managers Help Desk Managers Telecommunications Managers Datacommunications Managers Computer Operations Managers NOC Team Leaders

7. Video Game Careers Game Developer / Project Manager In charge of the complete process Art Director Designer that knows how to write system design documents Concept Artist Works with computer paint and drawing programs. Photoshop, etc. Levels Artist Creates, organizes, and implements layouts and walkthroughs for each level 3-D Artist Adds characters, buildings, landscapes, and objects Animator Like computer aided drafting Scriptwriter Programmer QA / Game Testing

8. Technology training resources www.W3schools.com Web Development Site www.KhanAcademy.org YouTube-based video classes www.Ted.com Talks, Speakers, Conferences www.cs50.net Harvard Computer Science class http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/ MIT Open to all courses https://www.coursera.org/ Courses from the worlds best colleges

9. Programming Tools Scratch – http://scratch.mit.edu/http://scratch.mit.edu/ Visual Programming Language Alice - http://www.alice.org/http://www.alice.org/ Free and open source 3D programming environment Hackety Hack - http://hackety.com/http://hackety.com/ Teaches the basics of pr0gramming in Ruby Arduino - http://www.arduino.cc/http://www.arduino.cc/ Electronics Prototyping Platform. Hardware and Software Kodu - http://www.kodugamelab.com/http://www.kodugamelab.com/ http://fuse.microsoft.com/page/kodu Create games on PC and XBOX using simple visual programming