Identification should include
- analyzing current technology used by business and industry through research, virtual or face-to-face visits, and/or participation in work-based learning experiences (e.g., job shadowing, service learning, mentorship, externship, school-based enterprise, internship, entrepreneurship, clinical experience, cooperative education, youth registered apprenticeship, registered apprenticeship, supervised agricultural experience)
- correlating technology with the specific needs of a business
- making recommendations for adopting new communications technologies.