16 chosen as next generation of Journeys bloggers

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio – 16 students were selected to represent Ohio Hi-Point Career Center in the award-winning Hi-Point Journeys social media campaign for the 2010-2011 school year.  Students applied to be part of the innovative campaign, which follows the students experiences at Ohio Hi-Point during the course of their school year through blogging, video and photographs and on various social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr.  The website for the campaign is hipointjourneys.com.

            “After the success of last year’s Hi-Point Journeys project, we wanted to expand it in terms of the number of students we follow and how we integrate technology with the website and through social media to give prospective students and parents, as well as the community, open access into the life of a student while at Ohio Hi-Point,” said Shane Haggerty, marketing and communications coordinator.  “We are excited about next year’s crop of student bloggers and look forward to following each one of their journeys.”

            Students selected to be student bloggers include:

·       Dylan Booth, a Health Technology student from Mechanicsburg High School

·       Jessica Frazier, a Health Technology student from Benjamin Logan High School

·       Cody Good, an Electronics Engineering Technology student from Waynesfield-Goshen High School

·       Brooke Hughes, a Printing & Graphic Arts student from Ridgemont High School

·       Jason Kish, an Architectural & Mechanical Design student from Marysville High School

·       Katie Kunkle, an Information Technology student from Marysville High School

·       Emily Lawrence, an Early Childhood Education student from Kenton High School

·       Austin Legge, an Electronics Engineering Technology student from Bellefontaine High School

·       Megan Markley, a Health Technology student from Bellefontaine High School

·       Alana Neeley, a Cosmetology student from Waynesfield-Goshen High School

·       Karissa Pletcher, a Printing & Graphic Arts student from Waynesfield-Goshen High School

·       Michael Prater, an Electronics Engineering Technology student from Bellefontaine High School

·       Shelby Shafer, an Information Technology student from West Liberty-Salem High School

·       Mercedes Watkins, a Health Technology student from West Liberty-Salem

·       Olivia Westfall, a Cosmetology student from Marysville High School

·       Spencer Williams, a Teaching Professions student from Upper Scioto Valley High School

          Students will blog throughout the school year and be equipped with Flip Cams and digital cameras to capture video footage and photographs of their classroom and lab experiences, as well as student life within the school.

          Last year’s Hi-Point Journeys website and campaign was recognized at both the state and national levels for its unique use of social media, technology and high school students in a marketing outreach campaign.  The site was named and “Official Honoree” in the School/University category of The Webby Awards, the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, and was named best non-profit social media campaign by the Central Ohio Public Relations Society of America Chapter’s PRism Awards.

          This year’s Hi-Point Journeys bloggers will begin on September 1, 2010. For more on Hi-Point Journeys visit hipointjourneys.com.