Technology Competencies
Introduction to Technology (8481) 9 weeks
Demonstrating Personal Qualities and Abilities
1 Required Demonstrate creativity and innovation.
2 Required Demonstrate critical thinking and problem solving.
3 Required Demonstrate initiative and self-direction.
4 Required Demonstrate integrity.
5 Required Demonstrate work ethic.
Demonstrating Interpersonal Skills
6 Required Demonstrate conflict-resolution skills.
7 Required Demonstrate listening and speaking skills.
8 Required Demonstrate respect for diversity.
9 Required Demonstrate customer service skills.
10 Required Collaborate with team members.
Demonstrating Professional Competencies
11 Required Demonstrate big-picture thinking.
12 Required Demonstrate career- and life-management skills.
13 Required Demonstrate continuous learning and adaptability.
14 Required Manage time and resources.
15 Required Demonstrate information-literacy skills.
16 Required Demonstrate an understanding of information security.
17 Required Maintain working knowledge of current information-technology (IT) systems.
18 Required Demonstrate proficiency with technologies, tools, and machines common to a specific occupation.
19 Required Apply mathematical skills to job-specific tasks.
20 Required Demonstrate professionalism.
21 Required Demonstrate reading and writing skills.
22 Required Demonstrate workplace safety.
Addressing Elements of Student Life
23 Required Identify the purposes and goals of the student organization.
24 Required Explain the benefits and responsibilities of membership in the student organization as a student and in professional/civic organizations as an adult.
25 Required Demonstrate leadership skills through participation in student organization activities, such as meetings, programs, and projects.
26 Optional Identify Internet safety issues and procedures for complying with acceptable use standards.
Exploring Work-Based Learning
27 Required Identify the types of work-based learning (WBL) opportunities.
28 Optional Reflect on lessons learned during the WBL experience.
29 Required Explore career opportunities related to the WBL experience.
30 Optional Participate in a WBL experience, when appropriate.
Introducing Technology
31 Required Define technology.
32 Required Identify historical examples of technology.
33 Required Identify how technologies have emerged through the use of engineering.
34 Optional Research careers and the technologies used in them.
Investigating the Effects of Technology
35 Required Describe how society affects technology and technology affects society.
36 Optional Analyze how an invention or innovation was influenced by its historical context and future need.
37 Optional Identify emerging technologies.
38 Required Predict future technological changes.
Examining Resources of Technology
39 Required Identify resources used in technology and engineering.
40 Optional Identify the six simple machines that make mechanical technology work.
41 Optional Differentiate between types of materials.
42 Optional Select materials based on their properties when designing a technology.
43 Required Demonstrate the safe use of a minimum of three tools and/or pieces of equipment as part of the design process.
44 Required Explain the ethical and moral use of technologies.
45 Required Demonstrate types of measuring.
46 Required Create sketches and drawings.
Designing Solutions
47 Required Describe the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) engineering design process.
48 Required Demonstrate the use of an engineering design process.
Using the Engineering Design Process
49 Required Define the goal of a challenge.
50 Required Design a device using criteria and constraints.
51 Required Evaluate viable solutions.
52 Required Select a solution.
53 Required Plan the model or prototype.
54 Required Produce a model or prototype.
55 Required Assess the design.
56 Required Describe how the solution could be improved.
57 Required Communicate the results.
58 Required Use the engineering design process as part of a team.
Examining Systems
59 Optional Illustrate how processes change inputs to outputs in any system.
60 Optional Identify the parts of a system within a device.
Identifying the Contexts of Technology and Engineering
61 Required Identify contexts of technology and engineering.
62 Optional Describe the energy and power context of technology and engineering.
63 Optional Describe the medical and health-related technologies contexts of technology and engineering.
64 Optional Describe the agricultural and biological technologies contexts of technology and engineering.
65 Optional Describe the information and communication contexts of technology and engineering.
66 Optional Describe the built environment contexts of technology and engineering.
67 Optional Describe the transportation and logistics contexts of technology and engineering.
68 Optional Describe the material conversion and processing contexts of technology and engineering.
69 Optional Describe the computation, automation, AI, and robotics contexts of technology and engineering.