Microsoft Imagine Academy
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Description
The Microsoft Imagine Academy program provides educational institutions with access to a full curriculum solution for teaching technology courses and learning tools that help teachers gain technology skills, and helps students to achieve success through employability and industry certification.
Upon completion of this course, you will earn a MSIA introduction badge and 500 points (half way toward becoming a Microsoft Innovative Educator!)
If you are already a MSIA member, you can also earn the Imagine Academy School badge by redeeming the promo code available on the MSIA member site under the professional development tab.
Module 1: Why Microsoft Imagine Academy?
Membership is open to all accredited educational institutions and benefits include:
For teachers:
- Access to well-designed, relevant curriculum
- Time-saving options
- Engaged and skilled students
For students:
- Real-world education
- College readiness and employability
- Valuable industry credentials
Module 2: Benefits of MSIA
With Microsoft Certification, educators are able to validate their students’ technology skills, and students can prove their proficiency.
Productivity:
- Office 365
- Office 2016
Computer science:
- Programming basics
- Programming concepts
- Application development
IT Infrastructure:
- Managing infrastructure for the cloud, clients, devices, and Office 365
- Windows
Data Science:
- Data analysis
- Database fundamentals
- Data vizualisation
Module 3: Success story
“Thanks to the NCDPI’s partnership with Microsoft, school districts are saving up to $5 million a year in software, professional development, and other costs; teachers are improving their technology knowledge; and students are building the twenty-first century skills that will make them more marketable to future employers.”
– Dr. June Atkinson, North Carolina State Superintendent of Public Instruction, North Carolina, USA
Visit the Microsoft Imagine Academy page to find out how to become a member.
Congratulations! You have completed the first part of this course. Now all that is left is to successfully complete the quiz below.
