High School

Impact on Society: Assess the impact of information technology in a global society.

Hardware: Describe current and emerging hardware; configure, install, and upgrade hardware; diagnose problems; and repair hardware.

Operating Systems and Utilities: Identify, evaluate, select, install, use, upgrade, customize, and diagnose and solve problems with various types of operating systems and utilities.

Input Technologies: Use various input technologies to enter and manipulate information appropriately.

Productivity Software: Identify, evaluate, select, install, use, upgrade, and customize productivity software; diagnose and solve software problems.

Interactive Media: Use multimedia software to create media rich projects.

Web Development and Design: Design, develop, test, implement, update, and evaluate web solutions.

Information Retrieval and Synthesis: Gather, evaluate, use, cite, and disseminate information from technology sources.

Database Management Systems: Use, plan, develop, and maintain database management systems.

Systems Analysis and Design: Analyze and design information systems using appropriate development tools.

Programming and Application Development: Design, develop, test, and implement programs.

Telecommunications and Networking Infrastructures: Develop the skills to design, deploy, and administer networks and telecommunications systems.  

Information Technology Planning and Acquisition: Plan the selection and acquisition of information technologies.

 Security, Privacy, and Risk Management: Design and implement security, privacy, and risk management policies and procedures for information technology.

Ethical and Legal Issues: Describe, analyze, develop, and follow policies for managing ethical and legal issues in organizations and in a technology-based society.

Technical Support and Training: Develop the technical and interpersonal skills and knowledge to train and support the user community. 

Information Technology and Business Functions: Describe the information technology components of business functions and explain their interrelationships.  

Information Technology Careers: Explore positions and career paths in information technology.