IT Academy Lesson Plans Keith Loeber What is
IT Academy Lesson Plans Keith Loeber
What is IT Academy? A Technology Education Program available to Schools, designed to ensure students are Career Ready and College Ready upon graduation and to provide the local community with an opportunity to develop the 21 st century skills necessary to be competitive in the rapidly evolving workplace.
IT Academy At A Glance Save Teachers Time through Curriculum: E-Learning, Lesson Plans, Test Bank, Digital Literacy, Career Forward Lower Institution Costs through Lab Resources: MSDNAA, Lab Licenses Provide Educator Professional Development : MCT, and access to E-Learning and E-Reference Validating Skills through Certification: MOS, MTA, MCP discounts Partnership with Microsoft: Training, FAQ, Best Practices, Member Website, Moodle PLC, Marketing Resources Providing industry-leading IT training and Microsoft certification to enhance employability, college success and encourage life-long learning
IT Academy Curriculum Solutions “In the box”… with membership E-Learning Lesson Plans “Preferred Benefit”… discounted rate Academic Curriculum Professional Curriculum Career Forward Digital Literacy Test Bank
Goal Enable students to acquire technology skills that will benefit their current and future projects
Better Together e. Learning Preassess Projects Certification Postassess Lesson Plans
Test Bank • Word 2010 containing 200 test items • Excel 2010 containing 200 test items • Power. Point 2010 containing 100 test items • Access 2010 containing 200 test items • Publisher containing 100 test items • Share. Point 2010 containing 100 test items
Curriculum: E-Learning Benefit Overview What is it: • Unlimited internet access to up to 250 award-winning internet accessible Microsoft E-Learning courses • Available in 17 languages Value to Educator: • Educators can use E-Learning as the core curriculum or supplementary to an existing curriculum both in and out of the classroom • Educators can manage multiple E-Learning courses for a single class and easily assign activities using the group-level messaging feature • Educators can access usage reports for each of their students to ensure progress Value to Student: • E-Learning provides students with more hands-on practice through a multimedia learning experience • Can be used as self-study in and out of the classroom allowing the student to capture concepts at their own pace Technologies Covered: • Office, Windows client, Windows Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio and Dynamics Fast Facts: Educators and other staff employed at the institution can use E-Learning for Professional Development – which helps to lower PD budgets Can be used as a standalone self-study course or as supplementary to classroom instruction Takes only a few minutes to provision a course to multiple students For an additional fee, IT Academy members can purchase non-Microsoft E-Learning
Curriculum: Lesson Plans Benefit Overview What is it: • Supplemental lessons based upon certification exam objectives and include links to relevant E-Learning, free demos and videos Value to Educator: • Saves time with ready to use lesson plans to use as is, or to customize for specific teaching and learning goals • Supplements E-Learning and maps to Certification • Includes ready to use project-based learning activities for higher education, high school and middle school students Value to Student: • Allows students to use project-based learning activities to demonstrate and practice skills on Microsoft Technologies and prepare for certification Technologies Covered: • Specialized Lesson Plans on Office 2010, Share. Point, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Expression Web • Exam Readiness Kits (ERK) mapping to Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) are also available Fast Facts: Lesson plans Include: • Links to E-Learning • Quiz material • Student projects • References to videos to be used in class or out of class for reinforcement • Free with ITA membership • Accessed via Member site
Lesson Plan Coverage • Office 2010 – Introduction to Office – Word – Excel – Power. Point – Access – Publisher (no exam) – Share. Point • IT – Windows 7 – Expression Web 4 – Windows Server 2008 Active Directory – Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure
Lesson Plan Components Power. Point Example Additional Resources • Answer Keys • Projects by Audience • Quizzes • E-Learning lab mapping Elements • Lesson Objectives • Lesson Discussion and Demonstration topics • Quizzes • Student Projects • E-Learning and video links
Lesson Plan Walk Through
Project Examples for High School & Middle School Power. Point / Publisher • • • Hometown attraction/event presentation Sales presentation for a fund raiser Club membership drive presentation Presentation of events in your state during your high school term Presentation of recent family vacation or recent trip How to do something Decision Making Skills Presentation Healthy Eating Habits for teenagers Keys to successful testing Slide Show Movie • • • Baseball Card Collection School sports database School club database Video Game database Address and Telephone database of friends and family Newspaper route database Movie database (including genres and review scale) Club Membership Database Club community service project database • • Access Excel • • • • • Club Budget Personal Budget Fast Food Nutritional Data Sports Team Statistics Report Graph student demographics in your school Create a plan for financing your dream car Win a $1, 000 shopping spree at the mall – create a spreadsheet of your planned purchases MP 3/Music collection spreadsheet Fitness Chart Photo collection inventory Word Poster for School Fundraiser Family Newsletter Write a Movie Review Create a mail merge to student body for the purpose of increasing club membership (Student Government) Create a report layout school trends (technology or fashion) for the current school year. Plan your family vacation Create a Family Tree Club Newsletter Create a greeting card from a template Create a brochure
Putting It All Together e. Learning Projects Preassess Lesson Plans Certification Postassess 1. Use the Lesson Plan to determine which e. Learning courses to setup for students 2. Students take the pre-assessment (Elements) 3. Students access e. Learning 4. Use Lesson Plans to supplement the e. Learning • Use additional videos to enhance learning • Print or use the quizzes as a class discussion 5. Use the Projects for additional hands-on learning 6. Students take the post-assessment (Elements) 7. Students get Certified
MOS Certification Alignment Microsoft Office Specialist MASTER ü Validated through multiple specialist and expert exams ü Validates breadth and depth of Office suite skills ü Word Expert, Excel Expert, PPT, & Outlook or Access EXPERT ü Computer Based Hands-on Exams ü Word and Excel Only ü Validates advanced Office skills (depth) MASTER Microsoft Office Specialist EXPERT Microsoft Office SPECIALIST Lesson Plans CORE ü ü Computer Based Hands-on Exams Focuses on single Office suite product Validates Office skills (what & how) Eligible for college credit
Microsoft Certification Family Microsoft Certified ARCHITECT Microsoft Certified MASTER Microsoft Certified IT PROFESSIONAL / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPER Microsoft Certified TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST Microsoft Technology ASSOCIATE IT Certifications Microsoft Office Specialist MASTER Microsoft Office Specialist EXPERT Microsoft Office SPECIALIST MOS Certifications
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