khronos group kite overview
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Connecting Industry to Education
KITE Launch February 2012
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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