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How I Use to Begin IT Academy

How I Use to Begin IT Academy. Jeff Dowd Renton High School Jeff.dowd@rentonschools.us. 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

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How I Use to Begin IT Academy

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  1. How I Useto Begin IT Academy Jeff Dowd Renton High School Jeff.dowd@rentonschools.us

  2. 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 • Students dropping • Students joining How I Use OneNote to Begin IT Academy

  3. Logins, logins& MORE logins • School Network • Online Keyboarding program • Teacher website (just a bookmark) • Microsoft IT Academy (eLearning) • Certiport • Quizstar & Quizlet • Skyward to check grades, missing assignments • Others? • Library resources • News sites How I Use OneNote to Begin IT Academy

  4. Solution to Multiple Logins • Ctrl + Alt + Delete • Change password • Require school login password: • Minimum 8 characters • Include at least one uppercase character • Include at least one lowercase character • Include at least one number • Require use of that same password on ALL websites and other resources How I Use OneNote to Begin IT Academy

  5. What I Used To Do • Start withMS PowerPoint (or MS Word) • Talk about an online test that they’ve never seen or experienced • Spend 3.5 to 4 weeks teaching PowerPoint Skills (or longer) • Assign vocabulary quizzes and projects that reinforce skills BUT look nothing like the MOS exam • Assign PowerPoint projects that help with future classes BUT look nothing like the MOS exam • Spend another week for projects and test prep • Have students perform mediocre at best on the MOS Exam (and feel jealous of other schools with better success rates) How I Use OneNote to Begin IT Academy

  6. What I Do Now • Start with MS OneNote • Spend about two weeks teaching OneNote Skills • Use IT Academy online lessons • Only four lessons • Projects are short and relate directly to lesson/test objectives • Create a login information page • Spend about a week test prep’ing and taking the MOS exam • Use a study guide (created as a OneNote Notebook) • Start MS PowerPoint at start of fourth week • Students know what to expect • I teach PowerPoint using same method, same resources

  7. Benefits of Starting with OneNote • Is a quick unit • Start to finish, less than 3 weeks • Is a new application to most students • Keeps interest engaged during start of semester • A lot of OneNote is pretty intuitive • Students see usefulness immediately • Projects are designed to help students use OneNote for other classes, activities • Exam experience • Students now know what a MOS exam 'feels' like How I Use OneNote to Begin IT Academy

  8. Students experience ALL elements of class • All new logins and passwords are set up • Same logins • All websites explored, bookmarked • eLearningwebsite explored • Vocabulary and Hot Key (shortcut) quizzes • Lesson style experienced • I teach the Exercise (demo) • Students do the Projects (application) • Send me their files via teacher website • MOSexam experienced • Students KNOW how to prep

  9. Results • Spring 2012 • Less than two dozen MOS certifications earned, mainly in PowerPoint • Did NOT teach OneNote • Fall 2012 • Over 90 certifications (out of 130 students) by Thanksgiving • Named as a top five school in WA at year’s end (based on number of MOS certs earned) How I Use OneNote to Begin IT Academy

  10. Questions/Discussion Jeff Dowd Renton High School Jeff.dowd@rentonschools.us

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