32. Vienna University of Technology
Players operate track switches and adjusting the speed of virtual
trains to prevent virtual trains from colliding. Researchers Daniel
Wagner, Thomas Pintaric and Dieter Schmalstieg
57. Yang Cai, Ingo Snel, Betty Chenga, Suman
Bharathi, Clementine Klein d, Judith Klein-
Seetharaman; Carnegie Mellon
University, University of
Frankfurt, Research Institute, University of
Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
www.andrew.cmu.edu/~ycai/biogam
58. Yang Cai, Ingo Snel, Betty Chenga, Suman
Bharathi, Clementine Klein d, Judith Klein-
Seetharaman; Carnegie Mellon
University, University of
Frankfurt, Research Institute, University of
Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
www.andrew.cmu.edu/~ycai/biogam
59. $7.5 million project that immerses students in the hectic environment of a
hospital's intensive care unit and places them in a first-person role as a health-
care professional. Funded by the U.S. Office of Naval Research, Pulse!! is being
developed by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, which in turn hired Hunt Valley (Md.)-
based BreakAway to produce and design the platform. –Business Week
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/apr2006/id20060410_051875.h
Pulse!!
60. USC ISI and Tactical Language Training
(ITSEC 2005)
61.
62.
63. Mass Casualty Triage
Rapid physical assessment of key physiologic conditions
Provides objective & systematic method for determining patient acuity
Simulation-Based Triage Training, Games for Health:
Mass Casualty Care Panel , RTI International
70. Case 4: Disaster Configurator
for the Rotterdam Port Authority
Case study: Emergency Response
Training, Pjotr van Schothorst
VSTEP BV, Rotterdam, The
Netherlands
78. One Game Can Reach as Many People as the Entire U.S.
Higher Education System Graduates in a Year Across all
Science & Engineering Disciplines
Woodcock, Bruce Sterling (2005). An Analysis of MMOG Subscription Growth. MMOGCHART.COM 17.0.
14 June 2005. http://www.mmogchart.com in Ender's Game for Science and Engineering: Games for
Real, For Now, or We Lose the Brain War, Merrilea J. Mayo Director, GUIRR (Govt-Univ-Ind Research
Roundtable) The National Academies
390,000
U.S. B.S.
S&E’s/year
60,000
U.S. B.S.
Engineers/year
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
400,000
450,000
500,000
550,000
600,000
650,000
700,000
Jan-97 Jan-98 Jan-99 Jan-00 Jan-01 Jan-02 Jan-03 Jan-04 Jan-05
TotalCurrentSubscribers
Ultima Online
EverQuest
Asheron's Call
Dark Age of Camelot
RuneScape
Final Fantasy XI
The Sims Online
Ragnarok Online (JP)
Star Wars Galaxies
City of Heroes
EverQuest II
79. “…transfer of
the art and
technologies
of video
games to
education
and learning
systems.”
84. Enlight Software, the Jackson Hole Higher Education Group, and the Institute
for Research on Higher Education at the University of Pennsylvania (data), with
support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Spencer Foundation.
www.virtual-u.org
85. food-force.com
Produced by the
United Nations'
World Food
Programme, Kids
join a team of
emergency aid
workers to save the
fictitious island of
Sheylan from
starvation caused by
drought and civil
war.
The team goes on
six missions to help
save the island. The
additional missions
cleverly use games
to demonstrate how
emergency aid
teams acquire
food, make food
packs, deliver food
and establish long-
term food supplies.
91. Martin Cooper’s Law - the no. of conversations (voice and data)
conducted over a given area, in all of the useful radio spectrum has
doubled every 2.5 years for the last 113 years since Marconi, 1895.
From 1-to-100 trillion.
Martin Cooper’s Law
100. MIT Tech Review, 2005
Sensors
Physical
Chemical
Biological
http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/bbl/03102801.pdf , page 16
Actuators
Physical
Chemical
Biological
PhiloMetron™
101. By routing signals from helmet-mounted
cameras, sonar and other equipment
through the tongue to the brain, they hope to
give elite soldiers superhuman senses
similar to owls, snakes and fish….
Researchers at the Florida Institute for
Human and Machine Cognition envision their
work giving Army Rangers 360-degree
unobstructed vision at night and allowing
Navy SEALs to sense sonar in their heads
while maintaining normal vision underwater -
- turning sci-fi into reality.
Brain Port: Warriors of the future will
'taste' battlefield
CNN - Tuesday, April 25, 2006; Posted: 11:23 a.m. EDT (15:23 GMT)
New Relation of Humans and Machines
113. Samuel Palmisano (CEO, IBM): Business Week: 10.11.2004
100 million jobs are going to
be created in a lot of these
cross-disciplinary fields
Council on Competitiveness:
National Innovation Initiative
114. Nanotechnology Fuel Cells Homeland Security
ADM, Hybrid, MEMS,
Computer Forensics Wireless: M2M Mechatronics
Home Technology
IntegrationBiotechnology
Digital Games
Demand for Multi-Disciplinary Learners & Workers
119. “In West Texas, McDonalds gets 40 applicants for
every job and I get one applicant for every 40 jobs.
Aviation technicians start at $30,000 per year at
American Eagle.” –Harley Hall, American Eagle, Abilene
120.
121. The number of jobs
requiring technical
training is growing at
five times the rate of
other occupations.
Innovate America, U.S. Council on Competitiveness
122. Unskilled
60%
Skilled
20%
Prof.
20%
122
Where Are The Jobs?
Source: Career Pathways: Education with a
Purpose, p. 35
Unskilled
15%
Skilled
65%
Profession
al
20%
Source: Achieve Texas: Lifelong Success for All
Students, p. 3
1950 2004
123. Unskilled
60%
Skilled
20%
Prof.
20%
123
Where Are The Jobs?
Source: Career Pathways: Education with a
Purpose, p. 35
Unskilled
15%
Skilled
65%
Prof.
20%
Source: Achieve Texas: Lifelong Success for All
Students, p. 3
1950 2004
124. Highest Paying Majors 1 Year Post-Graduation:
Bachelors & Associates Degrees Only
College Major Exit Level Annual Pay
1. Health Professions/Clinical Sciences BA $47,306
2. Engineering BA $45,278
3. Health Professions/Clinical Sciences AAS $44,230
4. Construction Trades AAS $40,120
5. Engineering Technologies/Technicians BA $39,677
6. Science Technologies/ Technicians AAS $37,968
7. Architectural & Related Services AAS $36,737
8. Precision Production AAS $34,167
9. Computer & Information Sciences BA $33,276
10. Business, Mgmt. & Marketing BA $30,851
**Avg. earnings for entire graduating cohort, not for individual graduates
126. “TSTC grads’ entry-
level pay is $32K-to-
$44K per year. They
make a lot more
because they get
double-time after 9
hours of OT. My
lowest paid tech
made ~$69K, the
average was ~$85K
and the highest paid
was ~$120K.”
–Nat Lopez, AT&T
Network Services
127. “In 2006, demand was off the
charts. Every graduate had a job 6
months before graduation.
Chemical Technology Graduates
typically start at $35K and it is not
uncommon for them to make $60K-
to-$70K per year.” –Robert Hernandez, TSTC
128. Auto Collision
$30K - $40K in
the Valley
$42K plus
home, auto,
health and life
insurance plus
a car
132. If you have an automobile made in the past 10
years, your car has more computing power than
rockets used to put man on the moon.
TSTC West TX, Sweetwater, 10.31.2006
133. “Every system
on a car is
monitored or
controlled by a
computer.
Technicians
have to be more
analytical and
process
oriented.”
--Russell Carrigan, TSTC
West, TX, Sweetwater, 2006
134. “It used to be the
sledgehammer
mechanic. These days,
the technology has
advanced so much that
our most important
tool is our brain. It is
more of a thinking
man’s game now.”
Jeff Nelson
Service Manager
CAT
Skill Mergers
135. The number of jobs
requiring technical
training is growing at
five times the rate of
other occupations.
Innovate America, U.S. Council on Competitiveness
137. Wind Turbine Tech
11.1.2006, TSTC West TX, Sweetwater
“In most industries you
have electricians
mechanics and IT, in
wind, you are expected to
do everything.”
-- Bryan Gregory, Jr.
139. “We are looking for
someone who can look at
the mechanical, the
electrical and the control
and understand these
systems. We need people
who are capable of
crossing over between
these various areas.”
--Don Sheffield
Senior Recruiter
GlobalSantaFe
TSTC West TX, Sweetwater
140. “We need
people who
have integrated
skills related to
mechanical, ele
ctronic, hydraul
ics and
pneumatics.”
Bill
Biffinger, HR, Superior
Essex
TSTC West TX
141. “….we had to upgrade our basic
mechanic skills to include
programmable logic controllers and
electrical systems.”
--Dr. Ron Lentsch, Allergan
4/2007, TSTC Waco
147. Tolerances are getting tighter and tighter, we need
people who can work with their heads and their hands.
148. “In this plant, in
the next three
years we will need
nine
Instrumentation
and Numerical
Control (INC)
technicians.”
Edward C. Trump
Plant Manager
Entergy
4/2007, TSTC Marshall
163. K-12
CTC – Workforce &
Technical Programs
University
Employers
Industry, Government, Military
and Civil Society
Environmental System of Forces
Globalization, Demography, Science & Technology
173. “Understanding
systems is the
core. Today’s
technicians have
to play different
roles. They have
to know
electronics, com-
puters and
mechanical
systems and
how they
interact.”
--Diego Villarreal
181. Educational environment which
facilitates student pursuit of :
• Licensures/Certifications
• College Credits through Dual Credit
• Academic Excellence and CTE Relevance
• Knowledge/skills that will increase earning
potential and better prepare students for
post-secondary college and career goals
182.
183.
184.
185.
186.
187. Lower Rio Grande Valley
o College transition rates,
all students: 56.7%
o College transition rates,
Tech Prep (2005
cohort): 65.7%
State of Texas
o College transition rates,
all students: 55.3%
o College transition rates
(2005 cohort): Tech
Prep: 55.6%
Source: High School College Linkages, THECB Fall 2006 Preliminary
Enrollment, (2005-2006 Data), in Patricia G. (Pat) Bubb
18% Increase in College Attendance
188. Focus on CTE
medium-high
skill and
professional
vocations
CTE perception
low skill or no
skill -- Blue Collar
CTE Position &
Perception
Shifting
232. Future Farmers of America
• Embrace history and culture of agriculture and
project into the future BIO, ENGINEERING,
LAW, ENTREPRENEURSHIP and FUTURE
STUDIES.
• Resource K-12 region wide (~80 counties)
through curriculum development, evaluation,
support, kits, online learning and DISTRIBUTED
ATCs.
• Move to transdisciplinary model Link theory,
application and problems/opportunities from the
region/world.
