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Academic offerings from M icrosoft

Academic offerings from M icrosoft. Pooya Darugar pooyad@microsoft.com. Technical Education is changing…. P latforms and run times are pervasive Tools make difficult tasks easier than ever Systems are smarter than ever Companies want production ready skills

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Academic offerings from M icrosoft

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  1. Academic offerings from Microsoft Pooya Darugar pooyad@microsoft.com

  2. Technical Education is changing… • Platforms and run times are pervasive • Tools make difficult tasks easier than ever • Systems are smarter than ever • Companies want production ready skills • Interoperability is central to skill sets • The web is pervasive • The cloud is coming

  3. The Great Challenges Ahead • Building a foundation of technical professionals that can effect the nation’s direction towards knowledge economy • Teaching the right skills to match the job market • Inspiring entrepreneurs • Taking the next generation of technology into the classroom

  4. Microsoft’s Position Responsibility and Balance Responsibility as industry leader to ensure we are helping push the industry forward. New ideas, new approaches, new technologies. Balance in the classroom to ensure students have a fair chance at job openings when they graduate.

  5. How We Engage

  6. How can Microsoft help Students?

  7. DreamSpark MSDNAA Software

  8. Software Access • MSDN Academic Alliance – 100+ Free Products for faculty and students administered by a school (Labs) • Microsoft DreamSpark– Over 14 software products and training resources free for students. • Microsoft BizSpark– Developer tools, support and visiblity for startups. Companies must be privately held, < 3 years in business, < $1 million in revenue.

  9. DreamSpark gives students professional level developer and designer tools and training at no charge. Available to any student currently enrolled at a recognized secondary or higher education institution

  10. Microsoft Student Partners Student Tech Clubs IT Academy Student Pass Skills

  11. Training

  12. What is it? A annual subscription program that provides access to benefits, tools and resources that help teachers train and certify their students on Microsoft Technology. Who can join? K-12 schools, Polytechnics, Colleges, Universities, accredited sources of continuing education. What are the Requirements? Must be an academic institute Appoint a Program Administrator (to receive communications and updates from Microsoft) Hardware must meet specifications as laid out in Program Guide When using Microsoft Official Curriculum – Teacher must be certified in that particular course (1 exam) Program benefits should be used only for enrolled students (not for commercial purposes) Adhere to Program Terms & Conditions (use of benefits ie; licenses for teaching and learning etc) Program Objective ‘Empowering academic institutions to help students realize their skills and career potential through relevant, high-quality training programs’

  13. Benefits – Supporting Teaching & Learning 1 2 3 4 5 Professional Development Curriculum Basic Lab Resources Certification Marketing eReference Library eLearning Microsoft Certified Trainer Program Academic Pricing on Certification Academic Second Shot Private members site Locator tool Program Logo Welcome Kit Digital Literacy Elearning Microsoft Official Curriculum Instructor Guides Lab Licenses MSDN AA TechNET Save Teachers Time Lowers Costs Keeping Current Validating Skills Partnership “Apart from the student perspective, participating in the Microsoft IT Academy Program also presents many benefits for our institutions. For one, becoming a Microsoft IT Academy enhances the relevance, quality and therefore, competitiveness of the existing information technology curriculum in our institutions.” Prof Dr HjShahrin bin Hj Sahib, Chairman of the ICT Dean’s Council - Malaysia

  14. Microsoft Certification • Microsoft Certification… • Validates skills • Provides a leading edge in the job market • Demonstrates a reliable benchmark in addition to a certificate or degree • Enables a career development path for ongoing advancement of Microsoft technology skills • Become a Certification Testing Centre • For Office Certification – Certiport • For IT Pro & Developer – Thomson Prometric

  15. IT Academy Student Pass • 12-22 hours of FREE eLearning resources focused on • Web Development • Database Development • .NET Development • Windows Server • Windows Client • All collections of training designed to get students to the first level of Microsoft certification in that track • For more information, visit http://www.itastudentpass.com

  16. Activities in the club • Presentations • Study groups • Imagine Cup participation • Training and certification groups • Hands-on-labs • Suggestion of possible Curriculum at Universities • Software Distribution or support via MSDNAA

  17. Imagine Cup Experience

  18. What is the Imagine Cup? World’s premier technology competition for students. Imagine Cup is an international initiative for students and faculty from all around the world to use their creativity and ingenuityempowered by Microsoft technology to address some of the world’s toughest social problems.

  19. Millennium Goals • United Nations Millennium Development Goals THEME “Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems facing us today.” Vision: “Imagine Cup is an international initiative for students and faculty from all around the world to use their creativity and ingenuity empower by Microsoft technology to address some of the world’s toughest social problems.”

  20. 2010 Competitions

  21. Imagine Cup Past Experiences Launch Imagine Cup 2007 in the presence of Sheikh Nahyan Mubarak al Nahyan – Minister of Higher education 1 team of 4 girls represented Gulf in the Korea WW finals Imagine Cup student gets an internship inside Microsoft Past Imagine Cup girls receive recognition letters signed by Bill Gates and handed in by Minister of higher education Imagine Cup students participate in “Clean up the World” Present • 1 team from each country participating in worldwide finals software design category • CNBC Arabia show follows Imagine Cup Gulf teams progress to worldwide finals Future New Hotel

  22. Imagine Cup Gulf 2009

  23. Student2Business Jobs

  24. Jobs: Microsoft Students to Business (S2B) Connecting students with entry-level jobs and internships in the Microsoft partner community.

  25. Academic Programs

  26. Microsoft.com/Student

  27. Faculty

  28. Faculty • MSDNAA • Faculty Connection • Academic Resource Center • Curriculum Development • Faculty Events • MSR RFP process

  29. Connect with peers from around the world Ready made Curriculum And much more

  30. How We Engage

  31. Academic Programs

  32. THANK YOU • pooyad@microsoft.com • http://blogs.msdn.com/pooyad QUESTIONS

  33. APPENDIX

  34. Students MSDNAA DreamSpark Student Partners Tech Clubs Channel 9 /Student Imagine Cup Student Partners Students2Business

  35. Faculty • MSDNAA • Faculty Connection • Academic Resource Center • Curriculum Development • Faculty Events • MSR RFP process

  36. Ecosystem • Visual Studio • OS • Office • Azure • Silverlight • XNA • Surface • …. • MSDN • BizSpark • MS Partner Programs • INETA • Channel9 • CodePlex

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