November 2020

Iv√°n Rodr√≠guez-Conde, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science U.A. Little Rock “ALEXA, TELL ME about the Internet of Things.” That’s probably an interview for the future, but for now we prefer to hear about IoT from an expert in the field. As a researcher, Iv√°n Rodr√≠guez-Conde specializes in the connection between humans and machines, […]

LESSONS THE PANDEMIC TAUGHT MEIf you’re responsible for technology in Arkansas schools,the past eight months have been a mixed message DON BENTON,Assistant Commissioner, Research and Technology,Arkansas Department of Education MY WHOLE CAREER has been about educational technology. Of course, as I embarked on this journey 27 years ago, neither I nor anyone else had any

IF YOU’RE READING this, you’re likely in an IT occupation. If so, I’m asking you to recommend to two others who aren’t that they should consider pursuing a career in IT. There are some 60,000 IT jobs in the state of Arkansas, and right now approximately 5,000 are going unfilled. This isn’t static data—the number

Lonnie Emard,Apprenticeship Director WE ARE NEARLY a year into this apprenticeship rollout in the state of Arkansas, and over that time a couple of things have proven to be true. One is that employers have begun to grasp the full impact of this non-traditional hiring strategy, in which a broader pool of diverse candidates—maybe those