Ohio Tech Day

#OhioTechDay was Friday, September 27th, 2024!

The #OhioTechday launch event was on Wednesday 9/25: Be Pro Be Proud mobile workshop at C-TEC of Licking County
The Capitol Square POWER UP Career Tech Expo was hosted by Senator Michele Reynolds (free for employers & job seekers)
MAGNET hosted John Marshall School of Information Technology for a tour, featuring talks by tech founders from pigybak & Daisy Makes along with tech support presentations from Bounce Innovation Hub & NASA Glenn Research Center
Students did a tech energizer activity led by Googlers and presented their summer technology camp projects at TECH CORPS (Columbus), broadcast live on YouTube
OhioTechDayTV 2024 videos debuted: A World of Tech Possibilities, Exploring Tech Careers with Ohio FBLA & INTERalliance students

At Elementary & Middle Schools

Activities in the new Shenandoah Elementary STEM makerspace
Medina City Schools, Buckeye Local School District, and others, explored Hour of Code
Integrating technology into a music class at Alfred A. Benesch School
Benjamin Logan Middle School: Handed out stickers, checked out videos & online resources, talked about careers
Various schools did STEM activities from the DriveOhio Educator Toolkit
CoolTechGirls did a STEM activity (Columbus)
Tech Week at Bolton Middle School
Ridgeview Middle School: micro:bit projects
Coldwater High School FIRST Tech Challenge Team 12802 handed out stickers to students in grades 1-4 and did a sustainability group challenge (Facebook event)
Columbus City Schools students learned about multi-cultural influences of technology
Aiken HS (Cincinnati Public Schools) computer science students taught elementary students in the Girls Who Code club about how to build apps
Hour of Code, Sphero robots, and more at the Elgin Local Schools Digital Media Center
Montgomery County Educational Service Center - MCESC celebrated district wide
Licking Heights Elementary School students created bots and went on a technology hunt
Bio-Med Science Academy (Rootstown) learned how to create 3D games
Laurel School (Shaker Heights) students dropped into the Collaboratory to test MR headsets and make robots dance

At High Schools

North Olmsted High School did AI activities in coding class
Hands-on activities like programming an app, PC assembly/disassembly, and cracking a cybersecurity code at Vinton County High School
The Wood County Board of Developmental Disabilities visited several schools and did a show and tell about how technologies help people with disabilities gain independence
Cincinnati Public Schools highlighted the technology in the building, such as a podcast studio and creative lab
Sycamore Junior High: a STEAM activity
Tech advancement education at East Liverpool City Schools
Columbus Downtown High School students learned some of the history of the field
Mini lessons on tech careers and resources at Thurgood Marshall STEM High School
The Educational Service Center of Central Ohio visited Nationwide Children’s Hospital (to talk about tech internships) and Canal Winchester HS (flying drones and coding bots)
Stow-Munroe Falls High School students ate tech day cookies
Canton City Schools computer science students learned Python
Hudson City Schools had in-class discussions about tech
Status Solutions visited Westerville North High School to talk about wearable technology

Field Trips

Hands-on activities, hearing from professionals at the Ohio Aerospace Institute in Cleveland
Visits to the Ohio Supercomputer Center (Columbus) by Canal Winchester High School and others
Students from local career centers heard about IT programs at Marion Technical College
Computer Science & I.T. Preview Day at Lorain County Community College: Faculty led hands-on breakout sessions, tours, and demonstrations
Hilliard City School District students created a take-home project at augustwenty
Valley View High School had a tour and job shadow day at Beta Technologies, an aerospace manufacturer in Springfield
Learning about robots and drones at DigitalC (Cleveland)
Students made a field trip to iSPACE (Cincinnati)
Shawnee State University hosted an open house of the Kricker Innovation Hub (in partnership with Verizon): middle school students interacted with a variety of devices (VR goggles, robots, Merge Cubes)

Online Events

The AI Effect: Evolving Roles and Skills in Technology Careers by the Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing
Thrive in '365 by TiER1 Performance and MAX Technical Training
TIES: Educators learned about the free credentials, activities, and courses in IBM SkillsBuild (Register, Zoom)
IT Career Conversations, Humanoid Robotics & Discover IT Awards Ceremony (Zoom) by the Greater Cleveland Partnership
Kent State University webinar (Zoom) on “Navigating Politics, Misinformation, and Media Literacy in the Digital Age” (register)
TruCare Provider Services went live on Facebook from the Clark County Tech Expo
Educational Service Center of Central Ohio: live interviews on Facebook

Other Activities

University of Findlay Digital Literacy classes: Discussed the Silicon Heartland
Building Up Seniors In Tech got the word out about closing the digital divide (Toledo)

Online Resources & Activities

Follow-up Activities after September 27th

For Professionals

Web3 Education Forum Featuring U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty (register)
Interactive Tech Expo on assistive technology by Summit County Developmental Disabilities Board, Medina County Board of Developmental Disabilities, and We Thrive Together (full program)
Community resource and technology fair by Clark County Board of Developmental Disabilities
Direct Support Professionals (DSP) Appreciation by Ashtabula County Board of Developmental Disabilities
#OhioTechDay awareness at the Ohio Association of Pupil Services Administrators Fall conference in Columbus