Technology

You demonstrate this competency when you:
  • Use technologies responsibly and ethically.
  • Adapt tools to meet changing needs.
  • Create projects and express ideas through digital tools. For example: Design a website, create a brochure, use spreadsheets, write a blog, create an app or game, or write an algorithm.
  • Maintain confidentiality of data and information.
  • Streamline processes and/or improve efficiency by using technology.
  • Use media channels and tools to engage with specific audiences, e.g., MyEmma, SLACK, SEO, Social Pilot, etc.
  • Use general and/or specific technology skills to troubleshoot and solve problems.
  • Manage technology to integrate information to support relevant, effective, and timely decision-making.
  • Ability to identify training resources to learn new or unfamiliar technologies.
  • Manipulate information, construct ideas, and use technology to achieve strategic goals.

Related Skills

  • Social Media
  • Presentation Skills
  • Word Processing
  • Spreadsheet Skills
  • Data Analysis
  • Website Navigation
  • Digital Design Skills
  • Internet/Data Security
  • Email Management

 


Employers/Graduate programs may seek demonstration of this competency through behavioral interview questions like:

  • You have just been assigned to a project involving new technology. How would you get started?
  • Tell me about a time when you had to explain a technical concept to someone who was unfamiliar with it.
  • Tell me about a time when you used technology to streamline and improve a process.
What are some ideas of ways you can continue to develop your competency in technology?
  • Take a computer class at CC.
  • Get a campus job where you will use technology.
  • Volunteer through the CCE to help a non-profit organization that needs help with technology.
  • Learn a computer language through a free class like CodeAcademy.
  • Complete a micro project through an organization like ParagonOne.
  • Get involved in a data science competition platform like Kaggle.
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