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Sara A. Mazak was the Information Technology Curriculum Consultant at the Ohio Department of Education for approximately ten years before her life was cut short by cancer in 2010. The Sara A. Mazak Information Technology Scholarship was established to memorialize Ms. Mazak’s commitment to Ohio’s IT students. .
The scholarship is funded by contributions from the Mazak family, and by Sara’s friends and colleagues. Contributions to the scholarship fund should be made payable to Business Professionals of America, Ohio Association and mailed to:
Business Professionals of America, Ohio Association
25 South Front Street, MS 604
Columbus, OH 43215
Please indicate that the contribution check is for the Mazak scholarship. Contributions are tax deductible, and an acknowledgement will be sent to the Ms. Mazak’s parents.
Place: Ohio State University/Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE)
1900 Kenny Road
Columbus, OH 43210
When: August 20, 2010, 9:30AM to 3:00 PM.
| 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | IntroductionWelcome and Overview |
Nenna Davis |
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| 9:45 a.m. – 10:30a.m. | ODE Updates
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Bridgette Sloan Rick Mangini Nenna Davis |
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| 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Break |
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| 10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Collaborating Initiatives |
Patti Ross |
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| 11:30 1.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Lunch – Thank you goes to Donatos Pizza, they graciously donated our lunch.
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| 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | How to Engage Business/Industry as Sponsors |
Business Representative |
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1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Plans for the November 19 We are IT Day
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itWORKS.OHIO Conference Materials
Welcome to the
itWORKS.OHIO Conference 2010
IT Education: Meeting Ohio’s Future Workforce Development Needs
During today’s event, you will have the opportunity to learn about the current state of IT in Ohio, best practices and new technology for the classroom, ways to increase student matriculation to career and/or college and to “rub elbows” with fellow secondary and post secondary teachers.
We hope that at the conclusion of this day, you will be energized to go back to your classrooms ready to inspire and motivate your students to be the best prepared IT professionals in the state!
Dedicated to
Sara A. Mazak
August 19, 1955- February 16, 2010
Information Technology Consultant
Office of Career Technical Education
Ohio Department of Education
Her contributions inspired many Information Technology
Students and Teachers across the State of Ohio.
“A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam and for a
Brief moment its glory and beauty belong to the world
But then it flies away again and though we wish it could
Have stayed…we feel lucky to have seen it.”
- Unknown
Conference Agenda
April 13, 2010
Columbus State Community College
Center for Community Education and Workforce Development
Columbus, Ohio
itWORKS.OHIO Conference 2010
8:00 a.m. Registration and Exhibits Open/Networking
9:00 a.m. Opening Session: Hugh Cathey, Columbus Partners, LLC Room 435-Ballroom
10:00 a.m. Concurrent Sessions I and Morning Workshop
11:00 a.m. Networking Sessions (ISS, NS, PSD, IM, IT Basics)
12:00 p.m. General Session and Lunch Room 435-Ballroom
1:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions II and Afternoon Workshop
2:15 p.m. Concurrent Session III
3:15 p.m. Concurrent Session IV
4:00 p.m. Exhibit Area Closes
Conference Sponsors
itWORKS.OHIO Business IT Advisory Council
Ohio ACTE, Business Information Technology Division
CISCO Networking Academy
IT@ Sinclair Community College
CTAE, Ohio Department of Education
Corporate Conference Sponsors
Heart of Ohio Tech Prep
PEQ Services and Solutions, Inc.
itWORKS 2010 CONFERENCE MATERIALS Available for Download
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 is a statewide meeting for host sites.
We will be meeting from 9:30 to 3:00 in Room 010 at the Ohio University-Pickerington Center, 12933 Stonecreek Drive, Pickerington, Ohio 43147, phone, (614) 367-9371.
Directions
From Columbus:
I-70 E to exit 112 – Pickerington (St. Rt. 256). Go South on St. Rt. 256 approximately 1 mile. At the 3rd traffic light turn left (Stonecreek Drive). The Ohio University Pickerington Center is ¼ mile on your right.
From Lancaster:
St. Rt. 33 North to Hill Road (right). Take Hill Road through Pickerington, past Refugee Road. The 3rd traffic light North of Refugee is Stonecreek Drive. Turn right on Stonecreek Drive. The Ohio University Pickerington Center is ¼ mile on your right.
From Zanesville:
I-70 W to exit 112 (St. Rt. 256). Turn left (south) on St. Rt. 256. At the 3rd traffic light turn left (Stonecreek Drive). The Ohio University Pickerington Center is ¼ mile on your right.
Lunch will not be provided, but there are several eating establishments in close proximity to our meeting place.
The tentative agenda:
- Review of the November 2009 activities.
- What are some the “best practices” to replicate for the future?
- What does the data say?
- Discussion of business partners and potential business partners.
- Discussion of Funding for the future.
- Operations
- Completion of the FY2010 Grant process.
- Launch the FY2011 Grant Process.
- The We are IT website
- Demonstration
- What do we want the website to do for us?
- How do we maintain it?
Here’s hoping many of you can make the meeting as we will be discussing how to make this wonderful event continue in the years to come.
Examples of Available Materials for Dowload
DropBox of Conference Materials
Girls now surpass boys in nearly every measure of academic success.Yet, even as girls open new gender gaps by outpacing their male peers in most subjects, men still receive roughly 77 percent of the bachelor’s degrees awarded in engineering and 85 percent of those in computer science.
What a WONDERFUL day! We Are IT 2009 is history, yet it’s just the beginning for over 2700 Ohio girls. There are many more opportunities for young women to get involved in workshops, competitions and projects that engage them in technology. Thanks to the support of ODE, business and industry and participating Ohio colleges, all who appreciate the talents that our girls bring to IT and STEM careers, many more opportunities are on the horizon.
How did it all begin? Sara Mazak, consultant to ODE for the IT Pathways, and Patti Ross, Dean of IT and Engineering at Edison College, discussed the possibilities while traveling back from a conference. The seed was planted. At itWORKS in the spring of 2006 the first meeting of the We Are IT Steering Committee was held over lunch – the vision was set in motion.
Sara Mazak developed the framework and presented her ideas to the State Business Advisory Council, who supported the ideas. The very first We Are IT conference was launched later that year when a preliminary event was held at Edison College. It was a huge success and the following month the first statewide We Are IT day was held at campuses all over Ohio.
With Sara’s unending support and guidance We Are IT has not only grown to be a hugely successful professional conference for girls interested in technology, but has succeeded in attracting quality young women to some of the best and most lucrative careers Ohio has to offer. This year the 2009 We Are It was the fourth annual event with 2700 girls registered to participate statewide at over 20 college campuses.
Thanks to everyone for another year of exposing one of Ohio’s finest resources, our young ladies, to hands-on workshops, keynote speakers and professional women from our colleges and local business. And thank you Sara for having the vision to create this opportunity for Ohio girls.
An estimated 2,700 girls from Ohio school Grades 7-10 are expected to converge on 19 state college and university campuses for Ohio’s annual We Are IT day on Friday, Nov. 13. The objective of the day is to increase middle-to-early high school girls’ interest in traditionally male-dominated programs in Information Technology (IT) and other Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers.
The Ohio Department of Education, Office of Career-Technical Education, is the sponsoring the activity in collaboration with the Ohio IT Business Advisory Network. Campuses are participating with tours, displays, speakers and hands-on activities.
We Are IT Day is supported through federal Carl. D. Perkins funds. Governor Ted Strickland issued a resolution, declaring Nov. 13 We Are IT Day in Ohio.
Are you interested in participating in We Are IT, a wonderful opportunity to bring young women – potential bright and enthusiastic students – to your campus?
- We Are IT motivates our young ladies to investigate a future in STEM careers. Today’s labor market is comprised of nearly fifty percent women, yet the percentage of CS bachelor’s degrees granted to women is lower than ever. Many top departments are reporting female enrollments of fewer than 10 percent in their CS major programs. It’s time for a change.
Find out how you can join campuses all over Ohio as we try to reverse the trend and tap this valuable resource. Visit the link below. Join us in 2010.
http://www.governor.ohio.gov/WeareIT/tabid/1196/Default.aspx
Welcome to my first scary adventure in the world of BLOG. If I teach it, it only makes sense that I should try it, right?
It’s natural to have a fear of the unknown, so my plan is to make Social Media and Social Marketing my friend. No one cares what I’ve done in the past, it’s all about the future; and Social Networking IS the future. Whether I’m ready or not! So I better get ready; witness my first baby step.
What has given me the courage to venture into this world of tomorrow? In just one month, all around the state of Ohio – on November 13, 2009 to be exact – young girls will converge on 19 college campuses to see why Technology is no longer a man’s world. Why it’s more than heads-down coding in a cubicle. Why it is actually FUN!
Governor Strickland will again this year proclaim this very special day as We Are IT Day in Ohio. An exciting day when young women “get their hands dirty” so to speak, attend workshops, and actually participate in the wonderful world of technology: Graphic Arts, Video Production, Animation, Social Media (I should take that workshop) Gaming, Forensics … And the list goes on.
If you know a young lady in grades 8 through 10, share the good news! Tell her to visit www.weareit.org to find the nearest campus hosting the conference. And if the enrollment is full, continue following the event for other opportunities throughout the year.
After all, it’s not just for boys anymore!
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