Successfully Managing Your Social Media FootPrint Online
I hope you have a great Spring semester! Below is the presentation I gave this morning to some awesome Rock Valley College students! My Social Footprint: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckkonkol/ https://twitter.com/professorgeek https://facebook.com/chuckkonkol Click here to View Presentation
#TechByte: Secure Your Digital Life From Cyber Criminals
No one is immune to being a victim of cyber criminals using their identity to attempt to buy a phone, apply for a credit card, or even buy a house. However, there are some steps you can take to make your digital like much more secure. Use Strong Passwords The…
New Mobile Application Developer Certificate at Rock Valley College!
Rock Valley College is excited to announce the new "Mobile Application Development Certificate" program! Starting Spring 2018 current and future RVC students can begin the exciting journey of becoming an mobile application developer. The need for mobile app developers are in high demand and will continue to be in high…
Welcome New RVC Students
Welcome new RVC Students!I had the privilege of being the keynote speaker for the Fall 2017 "Welcome New RVC Student" event.The title of the keynote was "👂 to 🔑 emoji’s speak to RVC 👨🎓 👩🎓" . 69 new emoji's were chosen by the emoji consortium and RVC students received some…
War Driving Event Coming Soon to RVC!
War driving, also called access point mapping, is the act of locating and possibly exploiting connections to wireless local area networks while driving around a city or elsewhere. Below are the results of wardrive event in March 2014. The date for the WarDriving event…
Register for Summer I: iOS BootCamp and receive a FREE Phone Stand!
Register for Summer I: iOS BootCamp (CIS-290) and receive a newly printed RVC Phone Stand! The phone stand was designed by Prof Konkol and takes 3 hours to print each phone stand on the XYZ 3D Printer. Course Description: We will meet for four Saturdays and create some popular mobile apps. The…
New App: Caught Doing Good!
We are bombarded on a daily basis with news of folks caught doing bad things. Where is the news of folks being caught doing good? With that concept in mind, Professor Chuck Konkol of Rock Valley College, created the app simply named "Caught Doing Good". The app is designed to capture…
iOS BootCamp: Summer Session 1 (CIS-290)
Summer Session 1 for 4 Weeks: iOS Boot Camp Course Name: iOS Boot Camp (CIS-290) Required Prerequisites: NONE Credit Hours: 3 Registration Opens: March 28, 2017 at 9 p.m click here Course Duration: May 13-June03, 2017 click here; 4 Saturdays 8:30am-1:30pm Course Description: Whether you want to create iOS apps as a hobby…
Save the Dates: CIS Events for Spring 2017
Upcoming Events for CIS Division You are invited to upcoming events! Wednesday, January 25th 6pm-7pm Hack Nights. Room 2620. RSVP @ https://www.meetup.com/HackNights/ Saturday, January 28th 10am-Noon Limited Seating: “Learn Coding with Robots”. RVC Students get $20 off ticket price! https://t.co/Y06udH27qF Wednesday, February 1st 5pm-6pm RSVP for FREE "Hour of Code" workshop @…
College Life Hacks Every RVC Student Should Know
Greetings! My name is Professor Chuck Konkol and I teach all the geeky courses at Rock Valley College. I will be speaking at the NEW STUDENT WELCOME SPRING 2017 January 5th 2017 10:15am - 10:45am I will share my personal story as well as some helpful tips and tricks to make your…