The IBM Z Educator Hub monthly lecture series continues with a session about how to Bring IBM Z to the Classroom. This session in the lecture series was a follow up from the first ever Academic Symposium at IBM Z Day on Oct 1st.
So, what was the Academic Symposium?
A track carefully curated to immerse yourself in the latest innovation and IBM research in emerging technology from Gen AI to Quantum computing in action, current and future tech trends, with an opportunity to discover new peer collaborations & foster meaningful connections with a global academic community.
As I reflect on the day, I have to say here are my top 4 from the amazing sessions at the Symposium:
• Computing Futures with Donna Dillenberger
• The Future is Now with Deanna Berger & Manish Sharma
• How Mainframes Really Work with Marcel Mitran & William Zhang
• Sustainable Computing with Martin Kennedy & Dustin Demetriou
That's of course not to say that all of the sessions were not amazing!
You can catch all the session replays here
Looking ahead, here’s an exciting NEW Announcement - Mainframe Fluency Badge. Coming Soon!
This badge will be structured around the White paper coming out soon focused on what is a mainframe, what businesses are using these machines and more. Below are the learning outcomes that we want the students or anyone to walk away with.
Mainframe Fluency Badge:
• Differentiate between the different kinds of compute
• x86 vs Mainframes vs LinuxONE vs Power
• What is a mainframe?
• What businesses are using these machines
• Look inside the belly of the beasts
• How are these machines so secure
• Mainframe use cases
• How is AI being used on these machines
• How do general transactions work
• How do people interact with the mainframe
Additional Resources to support our amazing IBM Z Educator community!
· IBM SkillsBuild Software Download
IBM SkillsBuild Software Downloads has curriculum for IBM Z, LinuxONE Community cloud and more. It is an element within the IBM SkillsBuild program designed to provide learners and educators at degree-granting accredited academic institutions with access to select IBM assets at no-charge for classroom (teaching and learning) and non-commercial research purposes at the academic institution.
Login and register with your .edu email address
https://academic.ibm.com/a2mt/downloads/ibm_z#/
· A two-part Mainframe Assembler course:
z/Architecture Assembler Language Part 1 - The Basics
z/Architecture Assembler language Part 2 - Machine Instructions
· IBM Z Xplore Learning Platform
· Virtual Career Fair – Connecting badged talent with prospective employers Global Virtual IBM Z Career Fairs
If you missed the session, catch the replay here and presentation here.
To learn more about the latest in technology, learn about when the Mainframe Fluency Badge is ready for you to use, share best practices, be spotlighted in the monthly z/Education! Podcast and more….
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