High School Students Design Website for Who Shot Rock and Roll Exhibit at Columbia Museum of Art
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
The Columbia Museum of Art was in need of an exhibition website. Five Lexington High students were in need of real world IT experience. IT-oLogy had the answer.
The five students were paired with five seasoned IT professionals to create the website from beginning to end for the major exhibition, Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present.
Participating students include Project Manager Sydney Spangler, Business Analyst Andy Moyer, Web Designer Jenny Clark, Web Developer Jared Beaudrot and Quality Assurance Aaron Reeser.
“Students are playing the role of real IT professionals with the guidance of their mentors in real world experiences to produce a real result for the Museum,” Lonnie Emard, IT-oLogy Executive Director, said. “It is a win for everyone involved.”
This partnership between the students and professionals accomplished what it set out to do.
“This project gave me great insight to what actually happens in real world situations and consequently made me more interested in this field of work,” student Web Designer Jenny Clark said.
Check out the Who Shot Rock & Roll exhibition site at www.columbiamuseum.org/exhibitions/whoshotrock.