Objectives: Computer Technology Class is all about...
Fluency, Design, & Ethics! The objectives you'll actually be graded on this year (listed below) fall into these three broad categories. If you really care to make life more simple, productive, and beautiful through the application of technology, you'll need to learn more about Fluency, Design, & Ethics!
Fluency
Life is essentially one project after another. The literate can complete a project when told what to do and when to do it. The fluent can plan and execute the "what to do and when to do it" because they understand why they're doing it and how the pieces fit together. Computer Information Technology is a great environment for practicing advanced project management. In this class you will never have a "Photoshop" or "Power Point" project. Instead you will manage large projects that require you to leverage resources from a host of installed software, online applications, web databases, and more. Remember, Literacy makes you a better follower. Fluency makes you a better leader! Fluency Objectives include:
Design People don't communicate in writing anymore... Now we communicate with design. Design is visual! Designers, through training and experience, develop a different lens through which to see the world. They move through spaces, environments, and systems, making observations and developing insights about what works well and what doesn't. They then use those observations and insights to create innovative solutions for everyday problems.
Ethics & Communication Even if Fair Use applied to every instance where you used an image you found online, if you graduate today without an understanding of where to go to find and use Creative Commons images you've been done a a disservice.
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