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?
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Take a computer class at CC.
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Get a campus job where you will use technology.
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Volunteer through the CCE to help a non-profit organization that needs help with technology.
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Learn a computer language through a free class like CodeAcademy.
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Complete a micro project through an organization like ParagonOne.
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Get involved in a data science competition platform like Kaggle.
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Last updated: 10/12/2023