Abstract

Information Systems (IS) among other Information Technology (IT) disciplines has been concerned with student recruitment, while high school students have little knowledge of what the field can offer. We piloted an IS oriented entrepreneurship course in a Finnish high school, with 24 students and their teacher. The purpose was to examine how we can change the students’ understanding of the IT field. The course consisted of information about the IT field and tasks that helped students develop a business idea and plan. During the course, we gathered data through observation, questionnaires and essays, and teacher interviews. We show what kind of value was created to the stakeholders and an example of resemiotisation of the image of IT, as students drew on their everyday experiences when making sense of the course and the IT field. Moreover, we present a concept of a university-high school collaboration course.