upcoming opportunity- Cyber Saturday


Join us for High School Cyber Saturday on September 13th. We are leveraging some of the Blend Conference ‘best of the best’ tech talent and have a cool hands-on session planned for you.

Date:               Saturday, September 13

Time:              12:30 pm  – 4:30 pm   Note new starting time.

Location:        Charlotte Sheraton Conference Center,  555 S. McDowell Street.

Map: http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/area/map.html?propertyID=3986

Parking:         Hotel parking lot or garage.

 To Register: https://hscharlotteseptcybersaturday2014.eventbrite.com

 
 Session A: Persistence of Vision (PoV) Rocket Badge! Build a PoV display in the shape of a rocket. You will earn how to solder electrical components to a circuit board. After the session, go to a website to customize the displayed message.

  Session B:     Code for America (Charlotte Team) Learn how you can become a part of the solution. The Code for America team in the City of Charlotte is working to increase citizen engagement with access to relevant and accurate information.

 College Panel:  Hear from college students in the field of technology.  What’s cool? Why did they choose it?   What do they plan on doing after school?   Do you have to have a 4 year degree?  And more.

 About Cyber Saturday.  Cyber Saturday is a free monthly program run by IT-oLogy partners where students can learn more about IT. These creative sessions cover a variety of IT topics including hands-on activities as well as presentations from IT professionals.

 About Blend Conference.   A generalist conference featuring 60+ diverse speakers sharing ideas and conversations about user experience, design, front-end and back-end development.

 

For information, contact Kay Read, kay.read@it-ology.org

 

 

 

Kay Read

Executive Director

Charlotte

704-516-3633

 

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