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IT Academy Lesson Plans
Keith Loeber
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 21st century skills necessary to be competitive in the rapidly evolving workplace.
What is IT Academy?
IT Academy At A Glance
Providing industry-leading IT training and Microsoft certification to enhance employability, college success and encourage life-
long learning
Digital Literacy
IT Academy Curriculum Solutions
Career Forward
Test Bank
GoalEnable students to acquire technology skills that will benefit their current and future projects
Better Together
eLearningCertification
Lesson Plans
Pre-asses
s
Post-asses
s
Projects
Test Bank
• Word 2010 containing 200 test items
• Excel 2010 containing 200 test items
• PowerPoint 2010 containing 100 test items
• Access 2010 containing 200 test items
• Publisher containing 100 test items
• SharePoint 2010 containing 100 test items
Curriculum: E-LearningFast Facts: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
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 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
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 Office2010, SharePoint, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Expression Web •Exam Readiness Kits (ERK) mapping to Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) are also available
Lesson Plan Coverage
• Office2010–Introduction to Office–Word–Excel–PowerPoint–Access–Publisher (no exam)–SharePoint
• IT– Windows 7– Expression Web 4– Windows Server 2008
Active Directory– Windows Server 2008
Network Infrastructure
Lesson Plan ComponentsPowerPoint Example
Elements•Lesson Objectives•Lesson Discussion and Demonstration topics•Quizzes•Student Projects•E-Learning and video links
Additional Resources•Answer Keys•Projects by Audience•Quizzes•E-Learning lab mapping
Lesson Plan Walk Through
Project Examples for High School & Middle School
PowerPoint / Publisher Excel
Access Word
• 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
• 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
• MP3/Music collection spreadsheet• Fitness Chart• Photo collection inventory
• 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
• 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
eLearning
Certification
Lesson Plans
Pre-asses
s
Post-asses
s
Projects
MOS Certification Alignment
Computer Based Hands-on Exams Word and Excel Only Validates advanced Office skills
(depth)
Validated through multiple specialist and expert exams
Validates breadth and depth of Office suite skills
Word Expert, Excel Expert, PPT, & Outlook or Access
CORECORE
EXPERTEXPERT
MASTERMASTER
Computer Based Hands-on Exams Focuses on single Office suite
product Validates Office skills (what & how) Eligible for college credit
SPECIALISTSPECIALISTMicrosoft Office
EXPERTEXPERTMicrosoft Office
Specialist
MASTERMASTERMicrosoft Office
Specialist
Lesson Plans
Microsoft Certification Family
ASSOCIATEASSOCIATEMicrosoft Technology
TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTTECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTMicrosoft Certified
IT PROFESSIONAL / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPER
IT PROFESSIONAL / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPER
Microsoft Certified
MASTERMASTERMicrosoft Certified
ARCHITECTARCHITECTMicrosoft Certified
SPECIALISTSPECIALISTMicrosoft Office
EXPERTEXPERTMicrosoft Office
Specialist
MASTERMASTERMicrosoft Office
Specialist