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Education Resources for the Future

ICT devices The National Center for Telecommunications Technologies (NCTT) was established in 1997 as a division of Springfield Technical Community College (STCC), in Springfield, Massachusetts. NCTT is one of 14 National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education Resource Centers of Excellence, each one organized around a specific technology focus. NCTT is charged with leading a national collaborative of business and education partners to develop and disseminate an always relevant, industry-driven curriculum to teach and train tomorrow?s ICT technicians and technologists.

The Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) industry - driven by demand for instantly accessible information - is profoundly transforming the world. Voice, data, and video communications across a worldwide network are creating challenges and opportunities that did not exist even a few years ago.

The major challenge today for the ICT industry and increasingly for ICT-dependent industries is to secure an appropriately-skilled workforce that will insure their companies can compete effectively in the global marketplace. With even more rapid breakthroughs in technology anticipated in the coming years, education is the key to their success.

ICT - Information and Communications Technology

ICT describes a truly convergent communications system used by traditional and emerging industries to conduct their core business and mission critical applications.

ICT is the technology used to handle information and aid communication. It is an umbrella term used to include:

Network-attached devices - hardware from routers and switches to cell phones, tablet PCs and PDAs
Transmission media - infrastructure components including core services and protocols
Applications for the wide area sharing of data and communications - interface software including video conferencing, security solutions and distance learning environments

Quick Links

NCTT Delmar Learning Series of textbooks
sample chapters and purchasing information

New Presentations from the
National Tech Prep Network
NCTT - N. Laurie
ICONS - P. Thiry

NCTT Open Content Portal

AACC IT Leaders Collaboration Site

Learn about the TECHwize Assessment Tool!

Download the ICT Technician Skill Standards!

Winter Conference Information and Registration
Jan. 12 - 13, 2007 in San Francisco

Submit a Presentation Proposal
Submission Deadline extended to Dec. 1, 2006

See the latest announcements!
Updated September 21, 2006.

9th Annual ICT Workshop
Session Materials

See Pictures from the Workshop!

Spring 2006 Newsletter!

Gordon's Blog
ICT perspectives from the Executive Director

Gordon & Mike's PodCast
Gordon and Mike's Info & Comm Technology Podcast

Gordon's & Mike's PodCast Show Notes

Questions about being an NCTT partner?

Read TECHcitement: Advances in Technological Education (1.5MB PDF), a detailed newsletter about the ATE program from the AACC.

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Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those
of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation.

This material is based on work
supported by the
National Science Foundation
under Grant Number DUE 0302548.

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