{"id":13398,"date":"2019-04-12T11:06:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T15:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=13398"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:29","slug":"women-in-it-cop-reaches-out-to-local-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/12\/women-in-it-cop-reaches-out-to-local-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in IT CoP reaches out to local students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Monica Hickson<\/strong> of ITS Infrastructure presented on behalf of the <a href=\"https:\/\/it.umich.edu\/community\/communities-of-practice\/directory\/women-it\">Women in IT Community of Practice<\/a> as part of the Career Exploration Speaker Series at Pioneer High School on Friday, April 5. &nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hickson, who is an instructional designer, spoke to a group of 23 students about Instructional Design as a career path. She described what it takes to be a successful designer and discussed the skills, training, and tools needed to have a career in this industry. \u00a0\u201cThe students had interesting questions and seemed curious to learn what it takes to pursue this career,\u201d said Hickson \u201cWhile there were aspiring mechanical engineers, computer science, and business hopefuls in the room, I think I was able to open their eyes to other possible tech careers,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christopher Kasper, Pioneer counselor, said the school will hold additional career exploration sessions throughout the school year. Michigan IT staff who are interested in participating as a Career Exploration Speaker should contact Christopher Kasper at <a href=\"mailto:kasperc@aaps.k12.mi.us\">kasperc@aaps.k12.mi.us<\/a> or 734-994-8229, or Jacob McLouth  at <a href=\"mailto:mclouthj@aaps.k12.mi.us\">mclouthj@aaps.k12.mi.us<\/a> or 734-994-2116. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/A2Pioneer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@A2Pioneer<\/a>\u2069 students learn what it means to be an Instructional Designer from \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/umichTECH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@umichTECH<\/a>\u2069 ID Monica H.  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She described what it takes\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/12\/women-in-it-cop-reaches-out-to-local-students\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[414,45,487],"class_list":["post-13398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-community-engagement","tag-education","tag-outreach"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/women-in-IT-cop-logo.png",410,288,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/women-in-IT-cop-logo-400x266.png",400,266,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/women-in-IT-cop-logo-300x211.png",300,211,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/women-in-IT-cop-logo.png",410,288,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/women-in-IT-cop-logo.png",410,288,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/women-in-IT-cop-logo.png",410,288,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/women-in-IT-cop-logo.png",410,288,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/women-in-IT-cop-logo-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/women-in-IT-cop-logo-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/women-in-IT-cop-logo.png",410,288,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/women-in-IT-cop-logo.png",410,288,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/women-in-IT-cop-logo-400x266.png",376,250,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Rita Girardi, ITS Communications","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/girardi\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Monica Hickson of ITS Infrastructure presented on behalf of the Women in IT Community of Practice as part of the Career Exploration Speaker Series at Pioneer High School on Friday, April 5. &nbsp; Hickson, who is an instructional designer, spoke to a group of 23 students about Instructional Design as a career path. 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