Start Your Career In Technology

1. Start Your Career In Technology

2. Invest Big without a Big Investment Want to build and deliver technology education with a simple, convenient, and affordable suite of entry-level technology certifications? Microsoft makes it easier.

3. MTA Overview What is Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA)? MTA is an entry-level certification that validates the fundamental technology knowledge that students need to start building a career in Microsoft technologies. • 12 initial titles on Developer, IT Pro, and Database high-demand topics. • 9 initial languages: English, Spanish, S. Chinese, T. Chinese, Korean, Japanese, German, Russian, Br. Portuguese What can MTA do for me? • You can offer students a solid career foundation and facilitates career exploration. • You get an education solution including learning and an industry-recognized credentials. • MTA lowers the barriers to entry to the Microsoft Certification Program by providing a stepping stone to our professional certification. Who needs MTA? MTA is exclusively for academic customers: technology-focused high schools and higher education institutions. It’s driven by Certiport partners and Microsoft’s Public Sector, Education and Evangelism teams in the field. How can I get MTA? Get it through Certiport or an authorized Certiport Partner. It’s an internet-based platform that gives you unprecedented testing flexibility. There are testing centers with educators empowered as proctors. You receive an MTA Exam Review Kit to facilitate curriculum adoption.

4. Microsoft Certification Program Information Worker Productivity Certifications IT Pro and Developer Technology Certifications Advanced Series Master Series IT architects who have completed a rigorous industry-driven peer validation process. Overall comprehension and deep expertise of Microsoft Office. Requires Word Expert, Excel Expert, PowerPoint, and Outlook or Access exams. IT experts with demonstrated mastery of a product through hands-on lab-based testing. Expert Series Advanced skills in specific Microsoft Office applications. Requires passing either Word Expert or Excel Expert. Professional Series Comprehensive set of skills required to be successful on the job. Specialist Series Validates core skills with the Microsoft Office suite. Includes exams in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Project, and SharePoint. Technology Series In-depth skills working with Microsoft technologies. Associate Series Introducing Fundamental knowledge for students to start building a successful career in technology.

5. Path from MTA to MCTS to IT Jobs • One MTA exam = One MTA certification • MTA exams are not pre-requisite to each other or to MCTS exams MTA Certification Paths – IT Pro and Database

6. MTA Certification Paths – Developer

7. What Does MTA Test? • Software Developer • 98-361: Software Developer Fundamentals • Understanding core programming • Understanding object-oriented programming • Understanding general software development • Understanding web applications • Understanding desktop applications • Understanding databases • 98-362: Windows Developer Fundamentals • Understanding Windows programming basics • Creating Windows Forms applications • Creating WPF applications • Creating Windows Services applications • Accessing data in a Windows Forms application • Deploying Windows application • 98-372: Microsoft.NET Fundamentals • Understanding .NET Framework concepts • Understanding Namespaces and Classes in the .NET Framework • Understanding .NET Code compilation • Understanding I/O Classes in the .NET Framework • 98-363: Web Developer Fundamentals • Programming web applications • Working with data and services • Troubleshooting and debugging web applications • Working with client-side scripting • Configuring and deploying web applications • Exams are defined based on career tracks with high demand in the industry. Specific topics are designed by MSL experts and vetted with college instructors.

8. What Does MTA Test? • Software Developer • 98-375: HTML5 Application Development Fundamentals • Understanding Platform fundamentals • Managing the state of an application • Understanding how to publish an application • Building the UI using HTML5 • Understanding core CSS concepts • Understanding JavaScript for basic programing • 98-374: Gaming Developer Fundamentals • Understanding game design • Designing the UI • Understanding components • Working with XNA • Understanding game platforms • Rendering engines • Animations • Transforming objects • 98-373: Mobile Development Fundamentals • Understanding mobile device tools • Understanding design for mobile devices • Understanding basic Silverlight • Understanding mobile device APIs • Understanding mobile device controls • Building a UI • Exams are defined based on career tracks with high demand in the industry. Specific topics are designed by MSL experts and vetted with college instructors.

9. What Does MTA Test? • IT Pro Titles • 98-365: Windows Server Admin. Fundamentals • Understanding server installation • Understanding server roles • Understanding Active Directory • Understanding storage • Understanding server performance management • Understanding server maintenance • 98-366: Networking Fundamentals • Understanding network infrastructures • Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, WAN, wireless, topologies, access methods • Understanding network hardware • Switches, routers, media types • Understanding protocols and services • OSI model, IPv4, IPv6, names resolution, networking services, TCP/IP • 98-349: Windows Operating System Fundamentals • Understanding Operating System Configurations • Installing and Upgrading Client Systems • Managing Applications • Managing Files and Folders • Managing Devices • Understanding Operating System Maintenance • 98-367: Security Fundamentals • Understanding security layers • Understanding operating system security • Understanding network security • Understanding security software • Exams are defined based on career tracks with high demand in the industry. Specific topics are designed by MSL experts and vetted with college instructors.

10. What does MTA Test? • Database Titles • 98-364: Database Admin. Fundamentals • Understanding core database concepts • Creating database objects • Manipulating data • Understanding data storage • Administering a database • Exams are defined based on career tracks with high demand in the industry. Specific topics are designed by MSL experts and vetted with college instructors.

11. MTA Campus License You can offer up to 500 MTA exams per calendar year with just one license. All you need is a computer with internet access, and you can administer the exam at any time! Plus, your students have unlimited access to MTA Exam Review Kits. Two Campuses = Two Licenses

12. Get Started! • Register as a Proctor with Certiport. Instructions are available at www.certiport.com • Create a proctor pool. When you build a strong community of certification exam proctors at your school, you help to ensure the success of your certification offering. • Take the MTA exam yourself. Have a Certiport peer proctor administer the test. This will familiarize you with the student experience and exam content. • Map the MTA exam objective domains to the content you are currently teaching. • Use your Certification Exam Review Kits to prepare students for any exam content not covered by your existing curriculum.

13. Get Your Students Started! • Send students to http://www.microsoft.com/click/areyoucertifiable/to practice their knowledge and challenge their peers to a game of AYC! MTA game questions are based on MTA exam objectives. • Have your students register at http://dreamspark.com to download full versions of Microsoft software and to find more student resources from Microsoft. • Have students register for the exam a few days prior to administering it. This will ensure that all students are ready to take the exam in a single class period. (Exam time is approximately 50 minutes.)

14. MTA Student Study Guides: IT Pro Edition / Developer and Database Edition Available in print-ready or study-ready format Download free-of-charge at: www.certiport.com/mta

15. MTA Exam Review Kits As an MTA customer, you can download review kits for free. Developed by MS Learning, MTA Exam Review Kits are collections of 20 review lessons, 50 minutes each, covering the topics of each individual MTA exam. • Course syllabus • Learning objectives • Unit scope and sequence • Pacing chart • A mapping of the unit learning activities to the MTA exam objectives • Instructor materials • Lesson plans for each day of instruction • Presentation slides for each day of instruction • Annotated speaker notes for each slide • Content delivery resources • Occasional class demonstrations • Occasional interactive whole-class sessions • Guides for occasional discussions to foster dialogue about key topics • Student learning materials • Instructor presentation slides • In-class exercises (including the code for those exercises) • Practical out-of-class work • Labs as appropriate • Student assessment materials • End-of-lesson/sub-unit questions and answers Microsoft Official Academic Courseware available from Wiley Publishing

16. 5 Scenarios you might encounter • The Perfect Fit – course maps exactly to the OD (overall exam Objective Domain) • Rough Alignment – course is incomplete for some elements of some ODs • Incomplete – course completely misses some ODs • No Alignment – course does not match OD, but instructor provides MTA Certification opportunity • Independent Study – Instructor offers MTA as independent study or to a small group

17. Scenario 1: Perfect FitCourse maps to the complete set of ODs Use the ERK as a review tool • Use all of the lessons as classroom activities • Use those lessons in which students need the most review • Assign lessons as out-of-class activities • Mix and match to fit the needs of individual students • Use as an individual study guide

18. Scenario 2: Rough AlignmentCourse is incomplete for some ODs Use the ERK as a basis for new learning • Select portions of the lessons to introduce new concepts • Use the structure of the lesson to build a more complete and robust lesson • Refer to the “Microsoft resources and Web links” as tools • Use the sections that match as a review tool

19. Scenario 3: IncompleteCourse completely misses a few ODs Use ERK as a starting point to create new units • Expand the activities to more completely introduce and teach the new concepts • The “Microsoft resources and Web links” section provides sources for content • Use the review lesson as a culminating review activity • Use the sections that match as a review tool

20. Scenario 4: No Alignment Instructor wants to provide MTA course Use as a starting point to create a new course • Develop new course that matches the OD • Combine the OD and the content in the review lessons to build or select courseware • Use the review lesson as a culminating review activity to measure the effectiveness of the new course

21. Scenario 5: Independent Study MTA as independent study or to a small group Provide the ERK to students as study guides • Enable motivated students in a class to prepare for the exam independently or in a study group • Provide ERKs to guide their learning and/or review • Schedules a convenient time to administer the exam on the school campus and provide proctoring

22. MTA Courseware and Additional Resources • Vendor Courseware • Wiley, CCI • MeasureUp Practice Tests • MTA Student Study Guides • Available free at www.certiport.com/mta • AreYouCertifiable (AYC) Practice Game (no-charge online game) • http://www.microsoft.com/click/areyoucertifiable • www.microsoft.com/learning/mta • Prep Guides and Learning Plans • www.certiport.com/mta • See marketing materials, become a test center, purchase a license

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