Information Technology, or IT (pronounced “eye tea”), has transformed the way the world does business, has boosted workers’ ability to produce, and even changed the forms of global art and culture. Computers are vitally important to America’s present and future prosperity, and the key to our continued leadership in this field is the talented IT specialists who make the “thinking machines” think. If you’ve got top-notch math skills, a mind that locks onto details, and the creativity to devise solutions to any problem, you could have a future in IT.
The
Information Technology cluster includes courses and/or programs related
to designing, developing, managing, and operating communication and
information technology networks and related hardware and software for
the recording, storage, transformation, transmission, and distribution
of voice, video, images, and data including both telecommunications and
computing services.
Information Technology Education in South Carolina
Information
Technology careers involves the design, development, support and
management of hardware, software, multimedia and systems integration
services.
Technological
advances and global competition have transformed the nature of work.
Tomorrow's jobs will require more knowledge, better skills, and more
flexible workers than ever before. Tomorrow's workers must be prepared
to change jobs and careers several times, continually updating their
knowledge and skills.
To prepare today's student for
tomorrow, schools are working to help students achieve in these
challenging subjects. In order to provide a way for schools to organize
instruction and student experiences around broad categories of
occupations from entry through professional levels we must link to what
is described as a career cluster. The current definition of a career
cluster consists of a grouping of occupations and broad industries
based on commonalities.
Actually,
career clusters connect what students learn in school
with the
knowledge and skills they need for success in college and careers. Each
career cluster identifies different pathways from secondary school to
two- and four-year colleges, graduate school, and the workplace.
The final reward would be that employers would gain workers prepared to
learn new skills, adjust to technological change, and advance current
and future employees into their ultimate career choice.
Available Courses
Advanced Computer Repair & Service
Computer Repair & Service
Foundations of Animation
Internet and Web Design
Certifications Available
A+ (CompTIA)
IC3 Internet & Computing
Cisco CCENT
Skills Certification
Network+ (CompTIA)
ACA (Adobe)
Microsoft Imagine Academy