Issue #2 -- January 2004
Developed by
Eileen M. Dittmar
IT Consultant and Trainer
edittmar@charter.net
This
newsletter is a compilation of IT resources available. We are providing this as
a resource, not as an endorsement, to assist you with your program planning in
the vast area of IT Career Cluster[1]
curriculum options.
For
your Business, Management, and Administration (BMA)[2] or
Finance (FN)[3] Cluster
program, there are resources for teaching IT User skills.
For
your IT Program[4], there
are resources for teaching IT Producer skills.
Contents
Michigan-Macromedia Partnership
Information Technology Career Cluster Initiative (ITCCI)
Partnership with Michigan
Thomson Learning (Course Technology and South-Western)
American Career Technical Education (ACTE)
Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning (MACUL)
Michigan Business Education Association (MBEA)
National Business Education Association (NBEA)
International Society for Technology Education (ISTE)
Society for Information Technology Education (SIGTE)
Elsevier Journal of Systems and Software
Macromedia sponsored a Train the Trainer program for
For additional Macromedia information go to www.macromedia.com/education.
Additional teacher training is planned for summer 2004.
The following list of publishers have provide resources for IT education and sponsor professional development events for teachers at various workshops and conventions in Michigan.
www.thomsonlearning.com; www.course.com; www.swep.com
Association for Career and Technical Education is the largest national education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for careers.
www.macul.org
MACUL provides professional development including online
courses from www.atomiclearning.com
for its
MBEA is the
NBEA is the national organization for business educators and has published standards, belief and policy statements, publications; NBEA sponsors professional development events nationwide.
ISTE is the
educational technology professional organization with a worldwide membership of
leaders in educational technology. ISTE holds the National Educational
Computing Conference (NECC), annually which attracted 16,000 participants in
2003. ISTE's standards for teachers, students, and administrators (NETS) have
been adopted by 43 states including
The Society for Information Technology Education (SITE) became the ACM (Association for Computing Machining) Special Interest Group for Information Technology Education (SIGTE) mid 2003. Join SIGITE without joining ACM.
Online tutorials for developing IT User skills; MACUL membership provides a free subscription for its members; school districts can purchase a membership for every building, every teacher, and every home within the district for a nominal fee.
Online resource for industry certification news, professional development ideas, and keeping abreast of the ever changing industry certification requirements.
Provides innovative solutions for middle and high school IT career education.
To find IT standards, click on Curriculum and Assessment
link, select View All; has a good selection of resources pertinent for IT
career preparation in secondary schools. Permission granted for educational
purposes in
This newsletter has grant information and other pertinent information for educators of technology.
The IT Userİ section of this website has a wealth of
information about it user skills developed by e-skills UK Limited; permission
granted for educational purposes in
Has 11 online courses for free including IT User skill development; a membership option gives access to 450 online courses for $99 per year.
This website is where white papers and media clips on just
about everything within the IT field are located.
http://mtn.merit.edu/
Supports
Online newsletter for keeping up to date with IT user skills including operating systems, software applications, and Internet skills.
Each of the following industry websites provide a wealth of information for educators including tutorials and user discussion groups. Some are fee-based at an educator rate, but most offer free resources that are pertinent to your teaching of IT User skills.
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/01641212
Publishes papers covering all aspects of programming methodology, software engineering and related hardware and software systems issues.
www.novell.com
www.testout.com
(Note: some of the competencies of these Pre-IT courses would fall under the Business, Management, and Administration Cluster (formerly Management Support).
Information Technology Fundamentals
Computer Technology and Literacy (as evidenced with IC3 or ICDL)
Microsoft Office Specialist certification (formerly MOUS)
Intro to Web Design and Multimedia
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Information Support & Services |
Interactive Media |
Network Systems |
Programming and Software Development |
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Oracle Database Development |
CompTIA iNet+ |
Novell CNA CNE |
Microsoft Certified Professional MCP |
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CompTIA A+ |
CIW Foundation and Multiple Professional options |
Cisco Certified Network Associate CCNA |
Oracle Java Developer |
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CompTIA Server+ |
Course Technology Macromedia Digital Design (no certification available) |
Microsoft Certified Professional MCP Certified System MCSE |
Sun MicroSystems Java |
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CompTIA] Linux+ |
Pearson Publishing Adobe Web Tech (no certification available) |
CompTIA Network+ Security+ |
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[1]
Information Technology Career Cluster Initiative (ITCCI), resources,
curriculum, knowledge and skills statements prepared by
[2] Federal
Career Clustersİ knowledge and skills statements for 16 federal clusters
developed by the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical
Education Consortium, 2002; retrieved from www.careerclusters.org October 6, 2003;
permission granted for educational purposes in Michigan.
[3] National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium, 2002.
[4] National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium, 2002.
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