How I Use to Begin IT Academy
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How I Use to Begin IT Academy. Jeff Dowd Renton High [email protected]. Typical First Week. Parent Letter, Syllabus, Introductions Login name and passwords to district network Network agreement forms Teacher Website Mr. Dowd’s Website Keyboarding Test - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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How I Use OneNote to Begin IT Academy2
Typical First Weeko Parent Letter, Syllabus, o Introductionso Login name and passwords to district networko Network agreement formso Teacher Website
o Mr. Dowd’s Websiteo Keyboarding Testo Students droppingo Students joining
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Logins, logins & MORE loginsoSchool Network
oOnline Keyboarding program
oTeacher website (just a bookmark)
oMicrosoft IT Academy (eLearning)
oCertiport
oQuizstar & Quizlet
oSkyward to check grades, missing assignments
oOthers?
o Library resources
o News sites
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Solution to Multiple Loginso Ctrl + Alt + Delete
o Change passwordo Require school login password:
o Minimum 8 characterso Include at least one
uppercase charactero Include at least one
lowercase charactero Include at least one number
o Require use of that same password on ALL websites and other resources
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What I Used To DooStart with MS PowerPoint (or MS Word)oTalk about an online test that they’ve never seen or experiencedoSpend 3.5 to 4 weeks teaching PowerPoint Skills (or longer)oAssign vocabulary quizzes and projects that reinforce skills BUT look nothing like the MOS examoAssign PowerPoint projects that help with future classes BUT look nothing like the MOS examoSpend another week for projects and test prepoHave students perform mediocre at best on the MOS Exam (and feel jealous of other schools with better success rates)
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What I Do Nowo Start with MS OneNoteo Spend about two weeks teaching OneNote Skills
o Use IT Academy online lessonso Only four lessons
o Projects are short and relate directly to lesson/test objectiveso Create a login information page
o Spend about a week test prep’ing and taking the MOS examo Use a study guide (created as a OneNote Notebook)
o Start MS PowerPoint at start of fourth weeko Students know what to expecto I teach PowerPoint using same method, same resources
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Benefits of Starting with OneNoteo Is a quick unit
o Start to finish, less than 3 weekso Is a new application to most students
o Keeps interest engaged during start of semester
o A lot of OneNote is pretty intuitiveo Students see usefulness immediatelyo Projects are designed to help students
use OneNote for other classes, activitieso Exam experience
o Students now know what a MOS exam 'feels' like
Students experience ALL elements of class
o All new logins and passwords are set upo Same logins
o All websites explored, bookmarked
o eLearning website exploredo Vocabulary and Hot Key
(shortcut) quizzes
o Lesson style experiencedo I teach the Exercise (demo)o Students do the Projects
(application)o Send me their files via
teacher websiteo MOS exam experienced
o Students KNOW how to prep
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Resultso Spring 2012
o Less than two dozen MOS certifications earned, mainly in PowerPoint
o Did NOT teach OneNote
o Fall 2012
o Over 90 certifications (out of 130 students) by Thanksgiving
o Named as a top five school in WA at year’s end (based on number of MOS certs earned)
