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Connecting Industry to Education

KITE Launch February 2012


KITE Connecting Khronos

members and the educational community

KITE - Connecting Industry to Education

• Khronos is launching the new KITE

initiative to support Educators

- To ensure an even quality of graduates

• Catalyst for cooperation with the

educational community

- Per educators’ request

• Together we are training the engineers of

tomorrow, today!

- To be part of the global workforce


Khronos Members

Enhancing Educator Efforts

Educators

Students

Courseware Reviews

Khronos-related courseware and exams

Skilled Employees

Khronos does not teach courses directly… … Khronos assists Educators in teaching Khronos APIs

Educational guidelines feedback


KITE Levels of Engagement

KITE Community

KITE Chapters KITE

Colleagues KITE

Certification

Certification options for Educators, companies

and institutes

Communication to Khronos working groups

Local engagement Active discussion Action on regional issues

Global collaboration Ecosystem Hub Forums Educator Guidelines Courseware

Meet-ups

Working Group review of courseware

Accredited Educators

Contribute to Educational Guidelines

Use of Khronos and KITE trademarks

and logos


KITE Community Website • Access to free educational materials and resources

- Open Courseware using Creative Commons and Moodle framework

- Khronos reference and presentation materials

- Khronos streaming presentations

• Ecosystem Hub

- Links to SDKs and tools

- Sample and example code

• Community

- Notice Boards: internships, projects, competitions

- Shared demos, coursework

- Newsletters, reports and interviews

• Books and paid courseware


Courseware Using Moodle • Moodle is an Open Source Course Management System

- Very popular among educators globally – 57M users

- Platform for educational web sites – 5.8M courses

• Familiar features

- Discussion forums

- File downloads

- Online news and

announcements

- Wiki


KITE Colleague Benefits • Accredited Educators can sign up for the KITE Colleague email list

- No fee

• Working group members provide review of courseware

- Educators interact with industry-leading experts who created the specifications

- Input to Khronos Educator Guidelines

• Direct networking with Khronos members for industry placements

- Internships and other Khronos/member-funded student projects

Khronos Working Groups

KITE Colleagues

Input to Educator Guidelines

Courseware feedback


KITE Chapters • Network of country and regional local chapters

- Focused local collaboration and activities with geographical focus

- Organize informal ‘meetup’ meetings

• Khronos supports Chapter activities

- Sponsorship and logistical support

• First Chapter Chairs signed up

- Kite chapter chair mailing list for coordination

Oregon Dr. Mike Bailey Oregon State

Benelux Vincent

Hindriksen

Scotland Daniel

Livingstone

California Tony Parisi

Australia Dr. Derek

Gertsmann

Texas Dr. Yeshwant Muthusamy


Korea: KITE Chapter Example

• Many Korean Schools

are waiting for KITE !

• Why? - Research: SNU, GIST,

KAIST, KNU

- App Center Program

- Training of College student

- Employees in industry

• KNU - Made KITE site proposal to

government of Korea and was

awarded significant funding!

- Will be “heart” of KITE Korea

activity


Asia Chapter Updates • Korea taking early initiative

- KITE Korean Chapter Preparation Meeting - June 27-29 2012 - Jeju Island

- Co-location event with Korea Computer Congress (KIISE)

• Japan Tokyo and Osaka Chapters forming

• New Chapter Chair for Taiwan

- Jenq-Kuen Lee, Ph. D

Korea Well under

way

Taiwan Now forming

Tokyo In process

Osaka Forming


KITE Certification • Khronos will offer Educator Certification

- Available to individuals, institutes and companies offering training

- Execute KITE Certification Agreement with small fee

• Submit examples of course material and training experience

- Reviewed by industry experts in Khronos Working Groups

- Khronos issues KITE Certification to qualified educators

• Certified Educators can use the KITE, Khronos and API logos

- Under terms defined in KITE Certification Agreement


KITE - Connecting Industry to Education • Khronos Members assisting Educators

- Strong community-based collaboration

• Find and foster great talent with Khronos API skills

- Help create the workforce of tomorrow

• Get involved!

- Contribute to the KITE Community website

- Volunteer as a KITE Chapter Chair

- Sign-up as a KITE Colleague

- Become KITE Certified

http://www.khronos.org/kite

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