Instructor: Jamie Scott
Program Overview:       

• Apply creative problem solving, critical thinking, teamwork, leadership, acceptance of personal responsibility, and other skills using a variety of resources (including information, tools, and materials) to identify/define/solve problems
• Design, build, test, and modify products and solutions to problems
• Develop a conceptual understanding of technological contexts (medical, agricultural, communication, transportation, power and energy, manufacturing, and construction) and engineering contexts (mechanical, structural, fluid, electrical, electronics, optical, thermal, biotechnical, and materials)
• Understand the interrelationship between the resource/input, process, output, and feedback elements of technological systems
• Use contemporary technologies to communicate, process, manipulate, collect, and apply information to solve technical problems
• Integrate and apply concepts from Kentucky Core Content to contemporary technology
• Develop competencies in the safe and efficient use of tools, machines, materials, and processes
• Identify opportunities, characteristics, and preparation requirements for current and emerging technological occupations
• Explore entrepreneurship and its place within the free enterprise system as a means to becoming a self-sufficient individual
• Understand and appreciate both the importance and the dynamic nature of technology
• Prepare for the challenges of a dynamic world through gaining skills in technological literacy, leadership, and problem-solving, resulting in personal growth and opportunity