PI:  Doug Jacobson

Summary: IT-Adventures is a partnership forged between Iowa State University, the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI), the Iowa chapter of InfraGard, IT industries and Iowa businesses. The program is dedicated to inspiring interest about information technology among high school students across the state. Using three content areas, including cyber defense, robotics and game design programming, students are given the opportunity to exploring the world of IT. This cultivation of interest raises the number of high school students who are interested in IT, which in turn increases the number of undergraduates enrolling to study IT in community colleges and four-year institutions, and builds the number of IT graduates who enter the work force in our state.