D. Michael PloorTeacher and AuthorHillsborough County Public Schools and Goodheart-Willcox Publisher

Microsoft and Adobe

CertificationMagic

• Name: Mike Ploor

• Role: High School Teacher in

Tampa, FL

• Strength: Author of Microsoft

Office CORE Certification

Guides and Adobe CORE

Certification Guides

• Project: Adobe Creative

Cloud (CC) Photoshop,

Dreamweaver, Flash,

Illustrator, InDesign

• Weakness: Taking on too

many projects.

• Status: New Orleans

Food and Fun Adventures

Who is this Character?

• Motivation: Bringing FUN and

EASY curriculum to create

future employable students

with HIGH TECH skills. Keep

high tech jobs in country!

• Purpose: Extend the student

enthusiasm from my

classroom to others in the

USA.

• Methodology: Demonstrate

product use and classroom

integration

• Evaluation: Laughter and

applause

Character Elements

MOS Certifications

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Adobe Certifications 2011

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Adobe Certifications 2014

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Adobe Certifications 2015

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Adobe Certifications 2015

This week!

Start Here

Test Here

Start on Monday… Test on Friday

Start on Monday• Microsoft Office

Specialist (MOS)• 3 to 4 hours of

activities• Explores content and

covers essentials• Builds from scratch

New! Office 2013

Practice Test

included*

* Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Access

Test on Friday

• Word• PowerPoint• Excel• Access• Outlook

Start Week 1 Monday• Adobe Certified

Associate (ACA)• 8 to 12 hours of

activities• Explores content and

covers essentials• Lesson Review

Questions are the review for the exam

Test end of Week 2

• Photoshop• Dreamweaver• Flash• Illustrator*• InDesign*

* Coming Soon

Can be done in

Start on M

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Test on Frid

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Are you surprised that it worked?my name is Ralph Watkins I attended your seminar at the AME conference.  You sent me a few Certification Prep books I'm writing specifically about the Adobe Photoshop CS6 book.  For the last three week I have been completing the questions, doing the labs and vocabulary over and over.  Anyway purchased an exam voucher and took the test

I received a 96 percent wow! So I'm emailing you to first tell you what an awesome book and resource you have created and secondly to say that I will be ordering class sets of the Photoshop and Dreamweaver books next year and  hope to become a testing center as well, see what you have started! You do great work keep it up.  Also and finally I found two errors but unfortunately I could only remember one so here it is. Lesson 2 answer 7 bitmap tracing you correctly state the definition it in the chapter but your answer in the back of the book has it backwards so check it out if you haven't already corrected it.

Ralph WatkinsCarson High School

Successfully Motivating Classroom Audience

1. Set Goalsa. 80% of classroom total or more

2. Display Goalsa. Make it visible

3. Measure ita. Allow for change

4. Make it personala. Have students sign itb. Display certificates

5. Show VALUEa. Not just a gradeb. TJ Maxx Employment Applicationc. College Applicationsd. College Credite. Success stories

6. Rewarda. Hat Dayb. Mancakes!!!c. Sundaes d. Administration Support

Goal

Insanity

• Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Read more: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins133991.html#ixzz1KgH3jq4T

• Do not dumb down.• Make the learning process simpler and more

effective• Reverse engineer from desired outcome• Scaffold learning to achieve objectives

Are we making students dependent?Are we teaching the test?Can students perform at a workforce ready level?Challenge studentsDo not make them dependent on your help!Prepare them as life long learnersHow do we do this?????

Why it Works!• Quick turn around

– 1 to 2 weeks from start to exam• Focus on knowledge level skills

– Explore all features quickly• Narrow testing deadline (this counts!)

– Focus learning and accountability • Review questions are the study guide for the

exam– No simulation software to memorize answers

• Project based remediation– Engage all learning styles

Better Tools & Project Based Learning• Lessons designed 15 years ago

– No textbooks were available– Not teaching to a test

• Cooperative learning failures– Exhausted– 5 groups asked the same questions– Why not teach basics first

• Step by step instructions• Certification testing came about

– Updated materials to standards and software

Not reverse engineered

from the Exam

Certification Cycle

Certification Guide

Review questions or

Mastery Simulation

Certification Test or Gmetrix

Remediate and Enrich

Review and Retake

Implementing in a Classroom• Step 1: Use skill building courseware

– Unlike Gmetrix or other test prep, focus on teaching the skills not the test.

– Use to teach the software first• Step 2: Review using the test or questions

included with the guide.• Step 3: Certification test or Gmetrix• Step 4: Remediate and enrich learning

using project based learning.• Step 5: Review and retake if needed.

Implementing in a Classroom• Step 1: Use skill building courseware

– Unlike Gmetrix or other test prep, this teaches from no prior knowledge.

– Use to teach the software first• Knowledge level learning• No prior experience or skill needed• Creates something from scratch (not templates or

modification)• Authentic learning model so students can use the

software from a blank page.– Works great even if you don’t give

Certification Exams

Implementing in a Classroom• Step 2: Review using the test or questions

included with the guide.– Use the review questions (Adobe) and end of

book Mastery Simulation Post Test (Microsoft Office 2013) provided with the guides.

– Adobe: Create a post test using the review questions to prep for exam.

– Microsoft: Review the Mastery Simulation project to acquaint students to the exam format and answering correctly (Download from G-WLearning.com)

Implementing in a Classroom• Step 3: Certification test or Gmetrix

– Give the Exam or Gmetrix practice test in Exam mode as quickly as possible to maximize retained knowledge level learning.

– Use Gmetrix properly (measure, not teach)– I do not use Gmetrix prep “Learning” mode

materials as they are too closely aligned to the practice exams. • Students can memorize the answers to the practice and take

the Gmetrix Exam and pass it. This is not representative any learning, just memorizing. This is why so many students are failing the Certification Exam that asks different questions.

What is Gmetrix?www.gmetrix.com

What is Gmetrix?Gmetrix offers:• Courseware

• Practice Exams with the answers• Limited teaching as remediation lessons only• No use of the actual software from scratch

• Practice Exams• Measures readiness to Certify only• “Learning” mode questions are the same as

“Testing” mode questions• “Learning” mode gives them the answers• Students think they can memorize these to pass• Students fail Certification when memorized

answers are NOT on the Certification Exam.

Implementing in a Classroom• Step 4: Remediate and enrich learning

using project based learning.– Print out the score report from all students

that took the Certification Exam. – Analyze the data to determine where students

are struggling– Design projects to practice those skills

Adobe Score Report

Microsoft Score Report

Implementing in a Classroom• Step 4: Remediate and enrich learning

using project based learning.– Print out the score report from all students

that took the Certification Exam. – Analyze the data to determine where students

are struggling– Use project based learning (Application and

Synthesis level) fun activities to support the knowledge learning in the guides.

– Use integrated group projects (Cooperative Learning) to support struggling students with successful peers. All learning types included.

Successfully Motivating Classroom Audience

Make it FUNTeach Content – CORE GuidesIntegrate Student Interest (project based learning)

Build from one success to anotherAnimationsCharacter DevelopmentDrawingGamesCreating - - not just doing!Let the Bears forage on their own!Student becomes unteachable - independent

Integrating Office Technology• PowerPoint Games

(Quiz show and Maze)• Microsoft Word Asset construction

(2D and 3D art; Design Documents)• Microsoft Excel Games

(Crossword ,Tic-Tac-Toe, Battleship)• Microsoft Paint or Open Office Draw• Create Presentations, Brochures, Letters,

Charts using Office products for marketing• Get away from the memo or other less exciting

activities and engage the students• Many activities in the Video Game books.

MOS Industry

Certification

Activity 3-4:Physical Dexterity Puzzle

Objective: Students will be able to construct a simple puzzle game. Students willdemonstrate hyperlink and mouse over game features. Students will use a variety of tools to build games. Students will understand the benefits of a physical dexterity training game.

Situation: The Really, Really Cool Game Company needs to create a few puzzlegames to teach users how to correctly use a stylus (digital pen) on a handheldorganizer. Your team will create a prototype sample puzzle to test the concept of ahand-eye coordination training game.

Each team member will create a different maze concept.

Click START to begin.

Follow the maze to get the cheese.

Avoid touching the

red or the cats.

Please Try Again

Winner !

More Examples

Battleship Array Programming Vector Drawing

Crop coin image to edge.Change line color to match coin.Rotate to 3D.

Implementing in a Classroom• Step 5: Review and retake if needed.

– Use an in-class review (individual or team based)

– Use the questions or skills from the Adobe review questions or Microsoft Mastery or Gmetrix if available as a class activity.• Kahoot! (Kahoot.com)• Near pod (Nearpod.com)• Jeopardy• Etc

– Set retake date– Retake and pass

Implementing in a Classroom• Step 5: Review and retake if needed.

– Go to nearpod.com• Illustrator Join session HECBO • InDesign session LTMOB• PowerPoint session KZMWP

Teacher in Control• Knowledge base is formed at the beginning.• Knowledge is reviewed and tested.• First exam provides data on remediation

needed and project based learning needs.• Groups are formed to support “fail” students • Fun projects and group projects support

kinesthetic learning styles

You Can Do It• What scares you the most about Industry

Certification

College Credit for Industry Certification

Certification Return on Investment

American Council on Education

• Recommends college credit for each exam• Create an official transcript• Not all exams listed• Not all schools recognize the ACE credit

– Similar to AP tests • Schools can refuse credit or apply to other elective

credits as they see fit• http://www.bismarckstate.edu/current/learning/credit-for-industry-training/

Appling Credit to Major

• School based decision• Must complete degree to have credit

awarded• Grade of “P” or Pass awarded prior to

degree conveyance• http://www.umuc.edu/students/support/exams/industryspecific.cfm • http://www.spcollege.edu/CCIT_Credit_for_Industry_Certifications/• http://www.mdc.edu/main/academics/certificationprocess.aspx

• Certifications do expire!– Usually valid for only 4 years

ACE Transcript ProcessAs with the Internet, things change. Please check the links below for accuracy as some may have changed. 

American Council for Education – www.acenet.edu Can provide you with an ACE transcript for your university based on the certification test you have passed.  Create an Accounthttps://www2.acenet.edu/credit/?fuseaction=REGISTRATION.getRegistration Certiport Exam Correlations:http://www2.acenet.edu/credit/?fuseaction=browse.getOrganizationDetail&FICE=300514 Click on the exam you passed and it will give a description and the credit ACE recommends.

Also, this lists the exam components and amount of content covered in each exam.

ACE Transcript Process #2

My Courses

ACE Number

Click to add

Adding a Course to your Transcript

1. Log in to begin the course addition process2. https://www2.acenet.edu/credit/?fuseaction=transcripts.main 3. From the Home page, click My Courses in the left side navigation

box.4. Click the [Add New Course] red button on the My Courses page.5. Type in the ACE Number for the Certiport exam you passed

(example: CPRT-0049 for Outlook 2010)

ACE Transcript Process #3

Click to Add to your transcript

6. Click the Exam Title to open the exam description.

7. Click the [Add To Transcript] button to have the certification reviewed and added to your transcript.

ACE Transcript Process #4

Enter date on certificate

Submit for review

•Enter the date from the certificate you received when you passed the exam. (can access that information from the www.certiport.com website after you log in)•Click the [Submit For Review] button to have ACE verify the information and add it to your transcript.•Wait a few days and check your transcript for updates.

ACE Transcript Process #5

Request a Transcript (Transcripts are $40.00 each)1. Log in to begin the transcript process2. http://www2.acenet.edu/credit/?page=transcripts3. See the sample transcript4. See FAQ section5. Complete form to get a transcript from ACE sent to you

or your institution.

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