The DigiTools Diploma learning stack provides an extreme effect for the effort, where all of the following are gained:
- Free commercial software access to a wide variety of quality products
- High quality secondary education leading to a California private school high school diploma
- Real work experience documented in a digital portfolio that demonstrates to employers your value
And we are able to offer this for the cost of a Netflix™ subscription...
But how can we provide high quality that would normally cost thousands of dollars at this extremely low point????
Because you pay in your service to humanity: your studies will require you to contribute your time and learning to nonprofit, NGO, and/or social entrepreneurship ventures. This not only helps the world, it is what builds your portfolio, and it pays for your education!!!
Diploma Trajectories
The DigiTools for Developing Economies has 3 choices for the diploma that you may pursue:
- Business Administration Diploma
- Software Developer Diploma
- Educator Diploma
Business Administration Diploma
The Business Administration Diploma trajectory prepares you for entry-level work in a business including marketing, sales, accounting, regulation compliance, and management/leadership. We follow the MBA Research and Curriculum Center standards as well the O*NET competency requirements, to ensure that when you graduate you have the qualifications for a job in your home market or offshored in a more developed economy. And of most importance, this learning stack has AI built into its DNA, not only for learning better, but for using it in your job, as most large employers now want AI competent employees. But at the same time, want quality work, not "AI Slop".
Competencies
You will develop sufficient competencies to be prepared for entry-level business administration careers in the following topics:
- Business Law
- Communication Skills
- Customer Relations
- Economics
- Emotional Intelligence
- Entrepreneurship
- Financial Analysis
- Human Resources Management
- Information Management
- Marketing
- Operations
- Professional Development
- Strategic Management
In addition students will reach sufficient level in the SchoolONE California private school required competencies.
Developing Your Competencies
The following learning activities will be used to develop each of these competencies:
- Participate in individualized competency cubes that are "taught" by a GPTeacher.
- Participate in simulated work activities in each of these topics
- Do real projects for social venture(s) to build a portfolio of work to prove your capabilities to employers
Software Developer Diploma
The Software Developer Diploma trajectory prepares students for entry-level work as a software developer such as full stack programmer. We follow California's Software and Systems Development high school model curriculum standards as well the O*NET competency requirements, to ensure that graduates have the qualifications for a job in their home market or offshored in a more developed economy. And of most importance, this learning stack has AI built into its DNA, not only for learning better, but for using it as part of your coding, where most employers now expect their programmers to use vibe coding tools to be more productive. But at the same time, want quality code, not "AI Slop".
Competencies
You will develop sufficient competencies to be prepared for entry-level software development careers in the following topics:
- Software Development Processes (waterfall & agile)C1.0
- Determining Software Requirements (waterfall & agile)C2.0
- Technology StacksC7.0
- Computer Programming (in one or mor language based on your desired job)C4.0
- Testing, Debugging, and Improving SoftwareC5.0
- User Interface DevelopmentC3.0
- DatabasesC8.0
- HardwareC9.0
- AIC10.0
Developing Your Competencies
The following learning activities will be used to develop each of these competencies:
- Participate in individualized competency cubes that are "taught" by a GPTeacher.
- Participate in simulated work activities in each of these topics
- Contribute to open source development to build a portfolio of work to prove your capabilities to employers
Educator Diploma
The Educator Diploma trajectory prepares students for work as an educator. We follow EducateONE's Educator Education standards, to prepare students for facilitating next generation learning. This learning stack embraces AI, but only for where it is appropriate, and how to reduce generative AI's current issues with producing misinformation (so called "hallucinations").
Competencies
You will develop sufficient competencies to be prepared to do educational work for a next generation education provider, such as EducateONE, other forward-thinking school, or ed tech company in the following topics:
- Aim of Education
- Belief Systems that Underpin Education Paradigms
- Content/Competencies for Students to Lear
- Delivery/Development of the Content/Competencies
- Evaluating (Assessing) Student Learning
- Feedback Provided to Student for Growth
- Requirements to Graduate from a Level
Developing Your Competencies
The following learning activities will be used to develop each of these competencies:
- Participate in individualized competency cubes that are "taught" by a GPTeacher.
- Participate in simulated work activities in each of these topics
- Contribute to EducateONE to build a portfolio of work to prove your capabilities to employers
