More than 70 secondary Career and Technical Education (CTE) educators from across Northeast Ohio gathered at 黑料网 in fall 2024 to learn how their programs connect with majors in the College of Communication and Information (CCI).
Educators who teach in Ohio鈥檚 Art and Communication, Marketing and Information Technology pathways attended faculty-led sessions on topics such as using AI to create visual design; teaching Adobe Express for photo and video editing and presentation; and integrating AI in public relations, marketing and advertising. They also had the opportunity to tour the Design and Innovation Hub.
Educators also met with College leadership to discuss articulation agreements between their programs and CCI. High school students who attend programs with articulation agreements can get Kent State credit for the CTE courses they complete.
This outreach was part of a movement across the country to better integrate journalism education with CTE. CTE students have the opportunity to learn many skills that multimedia journalists use today, including photography, video and audio production, graphic design, coding, and social media promotion.
About a quarter of all high school students in Ohio, or more than 130,000 students annually, take at least one CTE course, . Nationally, the Arts, A/V Technology and Communication pathway, where most journalism-adjacent courses reside in the curriculum, is the second-most popular CTE pathway after Business, .