The Technology & Design Institute

We encourage all students who participate in an Institute to use the experience to earn high school credit.

Awarding high school credit is at the discretion of the student’s sending school, so we recommend students make a plan with their high school guidance counselor before attending GIV to earn their credit.

Each school has unique requirements around proficiencies, credits, and PLPs, so there are multiple pathways to awarding credit based on your school's system of assessments.

However, we recommend that high schools award credit by having students produce one or more of the following...
- A presentation to reflect on the overall experience to present for counselors and/or teachers in the fall after their participation.
- A learning journal for submission about areas of learning, activities, reflections.
- Work examples to share with sending school teachers (physical or digital products, writing, videos of presentations, learning journal, etc.) to be reviewed and assessed.

Please reach out to us at [email protected] if we can directly help or support you or your school in determining credit opportunities for your experience at GIV.

9-day intensive
Group and workshops around strands (Game Design, Information Technology, or Digital Media).
Students choose two classes each day that support their interests and abilities
Work closely with Champlain’s Media Staff, including the Emergent Media Center
Professional tours of area technology & design innovators
Dormitories and roommates
12:1 student-to-staff ratio

Digital painting and illustration
Microcontrollers and robotics
Python programming
Digital image manipulation
Adobe Creative Cloud software
Game & interactive media design, prototyping, & storytelling
Printmaking
Cybersecurity
Immersive data
and more!

24+ hours of classroom instruction
18+ hours of creative exploration and content development
Connections/collaborations with professionals and professors
Creation of original portfolio-ready media content

Equivalent to one semester of high school credit in 1 or more of the following:

Arts - Media Arts
Arts- Visual Arts
Science - Engineering and Technology

This Institute’s curriculum has been aligned with the following Vermont proficiency-based graduation requirements at the high school level. Proficiency credit between Arts areas and English should only be awarded based on student class selections.

Arts: Media Arts (Create, Present, Respond, Connect)

Arts: Visual Arts (Create, Present, Respond, Connect)

Math
- Modeling: 1a, 1b
- Number and Quantity: 2b, 2c
- Geometry: 5a, 5d, 5h, 5n

English Language Arts
- Reading: 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e
- Writing: 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e
- Speaking/Listening: 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e
- Speaking/Listening: 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e

Transferable Skills
- Communication: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1g
- Self-Direction: 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f, 2g, 2h, 2i
- Problem Solving: 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g, 3h
- Citizenship: 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e, 4f
- Informed Thinking: 5a, 5b, 5f