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How to Set Up Microsoft Imagine Academy in Middle School! |
Participate and share : Poster
Jason Shelton Andrea Tolley
This poster session will show you how to set up the Microsoft Imagine Academy for middle school students to be successful. It will give you some technologies to use to assist in the success of completing coursework and making things easier for you and your students.
| Audience: | Curriculum/district specialists, Library media specialists, Technology coordinators/facilitators |
| Skill level: | Beginner |
| Attendee devices: | Devices useful |
| Attendee device specification: | Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC |
| Participant accounts, software and other materials: | None |
| Topic: | Innovative learning environments |
| Grade level: | 6-8 |
| Subject area: | Career and technical education, Computer science |
| ISTE Standards: | For Coaches: Change Agent
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We will explain to participants how we started the Microsoft Imagine Academy at the middle school level. Explain how having the academy set us on the path to becoming a Microsoft Showcase School and helped with our school's digital transformation.
We will answer any questions that participants may have about how we have been successful in this process, what it takes to get started, when we teach the class, etc.
We will also provide some show and tell of the curriculum that is used in the academy so that the participants will have a real understanding of what the students experience in the class and what it takes to earn the certifications in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.
After attending the session, they will have a knowledge of what it takes to set up the class, what the curriculum looks like, what type of technology that we use to be successful and what it would be like to take a certification exam.
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I am an 8th grade teacher from Greeneville, Tn. I have been teaching for 18 years. I have been involved with the Microsoft Community for 4 years. I enjoy finding professional development in the summer. I look forward to sharing my ideas and also learning from other expert educators from around the world.
Andrea Tolley is the Microsoft Imagine Academy Educator at Greeneville Middle School in Greeneville, Tennessee. She has been teaching for 20 years and enjoys working with middle school students. She has presented in various places such as BETT in London, FETC, TETC, CUE, NCCE, etc. on a variety of Microsoft programs such as OneNote, Sway, Imagine Academy, PowerPoint, and many other topics. Andrea loves meeting new people, learning from others, and sharing her knowledge as well.
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