Creating your own “What’s in IT for me?” I want you to explore how information technology influences what you will do when you finish college. You might research new hardware, software, or how IT enables business processes. You could look at the impact various IT has no decision making, collaboration, or customer relationship management within your field. Regardless of which angle you pursue, you’ll produce an essay detailing what’s in I.T. for you. Your essay should include the following information:

• Describe your chosen field of study and the work you expect or would like to do within that field.

• Introduce the technology angle that is of interest to you. It could be hardware, software, systems, the impact of some new cutting edge technology, implications from the web and social networking…pretty much anything that interests you, as long as you can tie it to IT.

• Provide a detailed description of the IT. This may require a bit of research on your part. Watch some videos, look for recent articles, and maybe even look at some academic research.

• Describe how this IT impacts your chosen field. How does it benefit? Are there any disadvantages? What are people currently using? Would/does this IT change the way business is done? Does it create new opportunities? Is there some huge problem this addresses? You don’t have to answer all of these questions – they’re just to get you thinking about the impact of a technology.

• Why is this interesting and/or important? Think about presenting this information to a high school senior who is considering majoring in your field. You want to get them excited about the opportunities IT affords.

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