well, it's an accredited public university, so it's not a degree mill, but the website is wordpress and doesn't seem to be updated too often. Hmm. Seems odd for a program that claims to teach cutting-edge technology. Tell you what, someone was talking to me about a project in this field, and *they* were using Rails, Lua, JavaScript and Objective C. Does that answer your question? If he is bound and determined, try to get him to at least make sure the program has at least heard of mobile development, at a minimum.
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Ras Tafari <rastaf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > zackly what i keep saying to him. and he doesnt have THAT much, if any > technical experience, so how could they POSSIBLY teach him that much in a > year > to be effective at doing this. this all makes me think its a damn sham. > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Scott Stewart > <webmas...@sstwebworks.com> wrote: > > > > I don't think he'll be out installing "instructional technology". He'll > be > > doing a lot of technical writing (read writing training materials), using > > Adobe Captivate to create interactive training aids, and some Power > Point. > > > > If he's got a knack for teaching then it may not be a bad idea, but if > he's > > the "get yer hands dirty" type, then networking or hardware/help desk may > > be a better solution. > > > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Tony <tonyw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> *but they use a lot of programmers. > >> > >> whatcha mean? would someone who is NOT a programmer-type make sense > >> in this field?! > >> > >> my fear is that my boy is just doing this to "Get something" and with > >> the placement they say > >> they have (98%), have a job at the end. sure, great... but at the end > >> of the day is he going to like > >> this, im not so sure... nor am i sure that there is many companies in > >> our area that will need this. > >> > >> idk, just seems ITT tech to me, and not REAL. > >> > >> (pardon me if anyone has an ITT degree, i mean no harm, it just idk, > >> it doesnt seem too prestigious) > >> > >> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > ISD is viable, the government in this area, especially the military > >> > uses it a lot. There is a specific education related degree to ISD, > >> > but they use a lot of programmers. > >> > > >> > I did some ISD development years ago before getting into Coldfusion, > >> > so most of my experience is very out of date. > >> > > >> > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Ras Tafari <rastaf...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> is the field of Instructional Technology a viable one? is it worth > his > >> time. > >> >> he's a hands-on kinda dude, not an instruction powerpoint creating > >> kinda person. > >> >> > >> >> im asking, has anyone heard of this field, worked in this field (or > >> >> friends that have/do), etc? > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> not sure what you are asking. CCNA is a Cisco certification. Usually > >> people > >> >>> want the next one up, CCNP, but that material is not difficult once > >> you've > >> >>> grasped the CCNA stuff. He might consider looking at Juniper > Fast-track > >> >>> instead if he already understands a lot of the what-is-the-OSI-model > >> stuff. > >> >>> > >> >>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Ras Tafari <rastaf...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> anyone have any insight into this, or related programs at other > >> >>>> institutions?! > >> >>>> > >> >>>> i have a friend who is looking to make himself more marketable, > gain a > >> >>>> masters > >> >>>> degree and maybe get into this field... im a bit amiss by this, > and i > >> >>>> think he'd be better > >> >>>> served in this market with a CCNA or a Cisco certification or > >> >>>> something and get his > >> >>>> hands dirty on that layer of the stack. he's a hands-on fix-it > kinda > >> >>>> dude, loves working > >> >>>> on cars, but is thrilled with technology. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> http://iit.bloomu.edu/ > >> >>>> > >> >>>> thanks > >> >>>> cf-ras > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346608 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
