Ohio Women in IT

The OHIO IT BUSINESS ADVISORY NETWORK provides expertise and planning assistance to the Office of Career Technical and Adult Education (CTAE) of the Ohio Department of Education. Comprised of members of the private and public sectors, the Business Advisory Network has helped shepherd two versions of the itWORKS program of study through the adoption process, and has lent invaluable aid in expanding the role of the TechPrep program in IT to broaden the curriculum for IT students.

home | EMAIL

OHIO IT BUSINESS ADVISORY NETWORK promotes ...

Ohio Women in IT

Supporting women in the IT and computer sciences:

Careers and Industry Information
Statistics, perspective and more
Educational & Program Opportunities
Special programs for girls and young women in IT and computer science related fields, and general curriculum materials
What the Experts Are Saying
Clips of panel discussions, interviews, radio programs and articles with Ohio experts and others about women in the field
Additional Resources for Women in Computing
Variety of organizations, Web sites, books and history

Upcoming itWORKS.OHIO Events:

We Are IT: State-wide Conference Events for Girls in IT - November 16, 2007

We Are IT Day 2006 - Great success!

Governor Taft Proclaims November 17, 2006 "We Are IT Day" in Ohio
Statistics: Females succeed in college well beyond males - but lag drastically behind males in IT degrees
State-wide simultaneous regional conferences introducing girls primarily in 8-10th grades to careers in IT-related fields
Pilot program: We Are IT - Edison Community College - October 6, 2006
185 girls from 3 Ohio counties, 100 faculty, community and business people - a full day's agenda - an inspiring experience!
Blog entry and Podcast about the event

Participating Sites - November 17, 2006:

Columbus State Community College (Columbus)
Edison Community College (Piqua)(October 6 Pilot)
Hocking College (Nelsonville)
Lakeland Community College (Kirtland)
North Central State College (Mansfield)
Owens Community College (Toledo) - Blog report of the day
Sinclair Community College (Dayton)
University of Akron
University of Cincinnati, Clermont (Batavia)
Youngstown State University (Youngstown)

Yahoo! News Current news about women in IT professions

The itWORKS.OHIO Career Field Technical Content Standards are now available in the second edition (as of Winter 2006).

This Web site focused on "Ohio Women in IT" is produced under a grant from the Ohio Dept of Education/CTAE, by the Ohio IT Clearinghouse, a project of the Ohio Learning Network, funded by the Ohio Board of Regents.