The Hummingbird Robotics Kit is a spin-off product of Carnegie Mellon’s CREATE lab. Hummingbird is designed to enable engineering and robotics activities for ages 13 and up (10 with adult supervision) that involve the making of robots, kinetic sculptures, and animatronics built out of a combination of kit parts and crafting materials….
COLUMBIA, SC, JUNE 24, 2014 – IT-oLogy has been selected by Code.org as the South Carolina Affiliate for the national code.org affiliate program. IT-oLogy is among approximately 100 Affiliates nationwide. IT-oLogy will attend a summit this summer to prepare for local workshops as part of a 2014-2015 pilot program. The program is a nation-wide…
The following is a post by IT-oLogy Columbia Executive Director Todd Lewis. As we at IT-oLogy continue our college roadshow to promote Coursepower and the 18 hour Applied Computing minor one thing is becoming clear – student and parent interest is extremely high. While the sheer level of interest has…
The following message was written by IT-oLogy President, Lonnie Emard. IT-oLogy in Business Terms Recently, I had the wonderful opportunity to share the IT-oLogy mission, strategy and operational results with a number of national foundations and private sector funders during a “speed dating” like activity in New York at Chase…
The first annual Summit on Information Technology kicked off with a rousing start with remarks from Governor Haley to the more than 280 business leaders gathered from across the state. Hosted by IT-oLogy, in partnership with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina Department of Commerce, the…
The following was written by Shelby Switzer, Social Media Manager at Voterheads. When I tell people what I do, and then answer the inevitable “What was your major in college?” I’m usually faced with exclamations of surprise, bewilderment, or just plain confusion.[1] My answer to the latter question usually garners…
The following blog post was written by IT-oLogy Columbia Executive Director Todd Lewis. As Executive director of the Columbia IT-oLogy office I regularly meet people in the Information Technology field from all over the Midlands as well as the State of SC, and I am constantly amazed at the world-class…
The following guest post was written by Dan Wright of Unitrends. My name is Dan Wright and I have an IT story to tell. My journey into the IT world has been full of great memories, hardships, and risks. All of these worked together for my good and landed me…
The following article was written by IT-oLogy President, Lonnie Emard. January marks five years of official history for this collaborative venture we now call IT-oLogy. A few of us (special thanks to Kristine Hooker, Bob Brookshire, Cindy Kellet and Sheryl Kline) had been thinking about it for another year before…
The following article was written by Bethany Ferrall. South Carolina students participate in national Hour of Code Code.org’s nationwide effort paid off in a big way, exceeding expectations IT-oLogy led the way during the week-long Hour of Code by providing daily workshops at IT-oLogy and 24 instructors and volunteers at…
