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Electronic Modules for STEM students to Become Fluent in Information Technology (FITness) |
These modules were developed to assist students in becoming fluent in information technology (FITness).
The skills, concepts, and capabilities to be developed or strengthened in STEM students through the modules are:
Information Technology Skills (ITS):
Setting up a personal computer (ITS-1)
Using basic operating system features (ITS-2)
Using a word processor to create a text document (ITS-3)
Using a graphic and/or artwork package to create illustrations, slides or other image-based expressions of ideas (ITS-4)
Connecting a computer to a network (ITS-5)
Using the Internet to find information and resources (ITS-6)
Using a computer to communicate with others (ITS-7)
Using a spreadsheet to model simple processes of financial tables (ITS-8)
Using a database system to set up and access useful information (ITS-9)
Using instructional materials to learn how to use new applications or features (ITS-10)
Information Technology Concepts (ITC)
Computers (ITC-1)
Information systems (ITC-2)
Networks (ITC-3)
Digital representation of information (ITC-4)
Information organization (ITC-5)
Modeling and abstraction (ITC-6)
Algorithmic thinking and programming (ITC-7)
University (ITC-8)
Limitations of information technology (ITC-9)
Societal impact of information and information technology (ITC-10)
Intellectual Capabilities (IC)
Engage in sustained reasoning (IC-1)
Manage complexity (IC-2)
Manage problems in faculty solutions (IC-3)
Organize and navigate information structures and evaluate information (IC-4)
Collaborate (IC-5)
Communicate to other audiences (IC-6)
Expect the unexpected (IC-7)
Anticipate changing technologies (IC-8)
Thirty seven (37) modules have been produced in Spanish, eight (8) of which have been translated into English. Thirty three (33) have been published in the Web at: http://lms.bc.inter.edu. Although most of the modules cover the three components (skills, concepts and capabilities) to develop fluency in information technology, a specific objective was assigned to each one.
Modules developed in Spanish are:
Recording Digital Sound
Types of Microscopes
Virtual Botany
Working with Story Board
Safety in the Lab
Assessing research articles in databases
Searching the Infotrack Data Bank
Knowing Windows XP Tools
Knowing the Personal Computer
Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
Transformation of Functions
Configuring the Components of a Personal Computer
Planning a Multimedia Presentation
How to Develop a Web Portal
How to Write an Essay
Nomenclature
Limits of Functions
Using Boolean Operators to Find Information on Databases and Internet
Citing Electronic Sources using APA Style
Volcanoes
Historic Facts in Engineering
Microsoft Equation 3.0
Data Base Design
Searching for Measuring Tools
Programming Operators
Programming a Calculator Using a High Level Language
Physics in Biology
The Cell in Genetic Engineering
Distance Calculation between Countries Using Calculus
Riemman Areas
Using Excel Graphics
Variance Analysis
Photosynthesis
Earthquakes
Selection Structures
Effective Presentations
Digital Photography
