The Gen Did Curriculum consists of 4 modules. Depending upon the
delivery system and amount of time allocated for the Gen Did course, any
combination of these modules can be used to tailor the course to a
school's specific needs.
Module 1: Leadership in the 21st Century
The class will use electronic research techniques to explore leadership
qualities and styles on the Internet. The information found will be
used to begin to form a definition of leadership. Pairs of students
will then research the leadership qualities and styles of a specific
world leader. The next activity will be to form teams and research the
organizational styles of selected technology companies. This team
research will allow the students to start to model the technology
industry's team approach to product development.
Module 2: Personal Leadership Styles and Presentation Skills
The emphasis of this module will be to personalize student's knowledge
of leadership and for students to develop their own unique leadership
style. Students will informally assess themselves to identify their
personal leadership styles. This module will also cover the multimedia
presentation and design skills necessary to effectively use presentation
software in a group setting.
Module 3: Community Leaders
Students will organize meetings with local leaders in the fields of
Law/Justice, Education, Social/Health Services, Government and
Business/Industry. The students will contact the various local leaders,
create the questions to ask them, make all the physical arrangements for
the local leaders to meet with the Gen Did class, participate in the
meetings and process the results when the meetings are over. By
participating in these meetings the students will understand the needs
of the local community and be able to identify areas where they can
volunteer to use their advanced technology skills on a community service
project.
Module 4: Community Service
Students will identify and participate in a community service project
that involves the use of technology skills. The Gen Did student will
partner with community members in the same way the Gen www.Y students
partner with classroom teachers. Students will learn advanced technology
skills that are necessary to complete their community service project.
Each student will complete an on line Gen Did Project Contract. This
contract will document the community service project in much the same
manner as the Gen www.Y Project Final Report documents the Gen www.Y
project. The process and resources used to learn the technology skills
necessary to complete the community service project are also documented
in the Gen Did Project Contract.
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