Generation GIT - Technology Skills Taught

Gen GIT

A comprehensive set of technology competencies are embedded in the units of study that comprise this course.

Electronic information management

  • organizing folders and files
  • saving to a file server
  • retrieving information
  • creating electronic portfolios of student work

Electronic research skills

  • copyright issues
  • search techniques
  • citing electronic sources
  • ethical issues of the use of the Internet

E-mail

  • creating address books
  • sending and receiving e-mail
  • sending and receiving attached files
  • organizing messages
  • appropriate use of e-mail (netiquette)
  • subscribing to listserves
  • e-mail as a tool for social change
  • using chat rooms

Digital imagery

  • digital cameras
  • scanners
  • photo editing software
  • digital design techniques
  • graphics design software

Presentation skills

  • preparing effective multi-media presentations
  • delivering effective multi-media presentations

Web page development

  • basic web page terminology
  • web page design and construction
  • standards for evaluating effective web pages

Digital video productions

  • using video editing software
  • embedding video in web pages and presentation software