MICROSOFT IT ACADEMY

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MICROSOFT IT ACADEMY

• Cindy Pridgen, Facilitator

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What is microsoft it academy

• Program designed to help schools offer students
  and faculty learning solutions for IT skills
  training and certification

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It academy program is committed to
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Program objective
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Students Want
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What do Microsoft IT academy students learn?

• Two Academies are currently offered
• Microsoft IT Academy A
• OneNote
• Word
• Publisher
• PowerPoint
• Microsoft IT Academy B
• Excel
• Access

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Who is eligible to take the course?

• High School students who would normally sign up
  for Computer Applications I, which is part of the
  states Career and Technical Education Standard
  Course of Study
• NCDPI is recommending that the Microsoft IT
  Academy replace Computer Applications I in all
  high schools beginning August, 2011
• Computer Applications I is the states largest
  elective, averaging about 50-60,000 students
  annually

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Typical microsoft IT academy class

• Courses are broken into different lessons
  requiring students to
• Complete reading assignments
• Watch videos
• Follow a computer demo
• Complete a lab
• Validate their learning with exams
• Microsoft offers additional lesson plans for
  teachers to use to supplement E-learning
• Teachers supplement with other resources to
  create engaging lessons

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North carolina and microsoft

• The Microsoft IT Academy aligns with North
  Carolinas education goals by helping to provide
  high school students with the 21st Century skills
  they will need to be successful in college and
  their careers.
• The Academy keeps North Carolina on the cutting
  edge of technology by providing teachers and
  students access to the latest Microsoft programs
  and software.

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North carolina and microsoft

• Currently 37 high schools, including John A.
  Holmes High School, are piloting the program
• 20 additional districts in North Carolina will
  test the program beginning in January
• North Carolina expects all 628 public high
  schools to participate in the Microsoft IT
  Academy beginning in August, 2010.
• North Carolina will become the largest customer
  to adopt the program out of all 9,000 IT Academy
  customers worldwide.

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