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ISECON “ Why I am here”

ISECON “ Why I am here”. Bruce White ISECON 2003 Chair. Why am I here?. I am an educator I am an Information Systems Educator I teach students I need to keep up with technology, with curriculum, with trends … and help students get that first job!!!. What else I do:.

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ISECON “ Why I am here”

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  1. ISECON “Why I am here” Bruce White ISECON 2003 Chair

  2. Why am I here? • I am an educator • I am an Information Systems Educator • I teach students • I need to keep up with technology, with curriculum, with trends … and help students get that first job!!!

  3. What else I do: • I help students reach their goals • I help them to work towards the “American Dream” … • That is – a house mortgage, car payments, student loan payments, braces on kids teeth, credit card debt … 

  4. I am excited about: • The Information Systems academic field • The IS 2002 model curriculum • Solid advances in attempts at IS assessment • IS accreditation • The curriculum development effort as a CMM process – defined, repeatable, managed and optimized!!!

  5. I am anxious about: • Keeping up with this rapidly changing field • Finding jobs for my students (in a sluggish economy and global outsourcing) Pretending to keep up with this rapidly changing field (that is one of the reasons I need ISECON!!!)

  6. More on ISECON • I need to hear from my peers and colleagues – I need to hear what they are doing to be EFFECTIVE and EXCELLENT teachers in the college IS classroom • …and I need to get away for a couple of days to get excited and refreshed!!!

  7. I want to be: • An excellent teacher • An enthusiastic teacher • A caring individual • Somebody that “makes a difference” • I want to be “all that I can be”

  8. Attitude I don’t go to work – I go to PLAY

  9. I believe in: • Giving back to: • My students • My campus • My community • My profession (like ISECON, JISE, ISEDJ, assessment and more)

  10. My ISECON history • My first ISECON was 1990 in Chicago. • I knew nobody … and felt out-of-place • I decided I needed to get involved!!! (… and I did – now chairing my third ISECON conference, served on EDSIG board and more)

  11. I’m still a little lost – do I go left or right?

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