Standards - Career & Technical Education

Incorporate safety procedures in handling, operating, and maintaining tools and machinery; handling materials; utilizing personal protective equipment; maintaining a safe work area; and handling hazardous materials and forces.

Demonstrate effective workplace and employability skills, including communication, awareness of diversity, positive work ethic, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.

Explore the range of careers available in the field and investigate their educational requirements, and demonstrate job-seeking skills including resume-writing and interviewing.

Advocate and practice safe, legal, responsible, and ethical use of information and technology tools specific to the industry pathway.

Participate in a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) to increase knowledge and skills and to enhance leadership and teamwork.

Use technology to collaborate with peers and/or experts to create digital artifacts that can be published online for a target audience.

Formulate new ideas, solve problems, or create products through the design and engineering process by utilizing testing, prototypes, and user feedback.

Explain the purposes of operating systems, including interfaces between applications and hardware, process management and scheduling, access control protection, and management of applications, memory, disks, and devices.

Describe different types of operating systems and explain the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Compare and contrast components of operating systems, including file systems, features, file management, services, processes, drivers, utilities, and interfaces.

Select and use productivity software for real-world applications.

Describe various types of applications and delivery models.

Configure and manage web browsers, including caching, clearing a cache, deactivating client-side scripting, utilizing browser add-ons and extensions, private browsing, proxy settings, certificates, popup blockers, script blockers, and compatible browsers for various applications.

Compare and contrast common data storage units of measurement used for computing.

Compare the purposes of common devices used for networking and peripheral input and output interfaces.

Distinguish between input and output devices, including monitor, keyboard, mouse, and printer.

Set up and install common peripheral devices to a laptop or desktop PC.

Explain the purposes and functions of common internal computing components.

Compare and contrast the characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of common Internet service infrastructure, including fiber optic, cable, wireless, and DSL.

Compare and contrast cloud computing and traditional computing, including how data elements are organized and where data is stored.

Explain why businesses regard critical data and information as assets.

Explain the importance of promoting and protecting the intellectual property of a business.

Compare and contrast common computing devices and their purposes.

Explain and illustrate basic networking concepts.

Summarize and explain the troubleshooting methodology.

Install, configure, and secure a basic wireless network.

Explain the concept of a database and how its use may increase productivity.

Compare and contrast various database management systems, including structured, semi-structured, and non-structured, and relational and non-relational types.

Design, create, and manage a database structure using various systems.

Summarize methods used to interface with databases, including relational, access, and import/export methods.

Research and share information on the importance of data confidentiality and security.

Explain methods to secure various electronic devices in a network environment.

Summarize end-user behavioral security practices.

Compare and contrast methods of applying authentication, authorization, accounting, and non-repudiation procedures in a network environment.

Explain why an employer may require employees to change passwords regularly.