Computer Training Programs for Students and Educators

Access Technology Training Websites for students and Educators

Microsoft is dedicated to helping you access free and low-cost resources to attain the skills, training, and certifications you need to compete in today's job market and fulfill your potential. Microsoft Learning is pleased to provide links to additional Web sites that enable you to make the most of your investment in Microsoft technology.

Browse through these related sites to find the training and skills improvement offers that you're seeking.

  • Microsoft IT Academy

    If you are associated with an academic learning institution, you can acquire new technology skills, tackle real-world challenges in a classroom setting, and access Microsoft curriculum and software tools through local Microsoft IT Academies worldwide. The IT Academy program also helps institutions and instructors provide students with the skills they need in today's job market.

  • Microsoft Education

    Microsoft Education offers products, services, lesson plans, how-to articles, webcasts, and more to help students, educators, and administrators succeed.

  • Microsoft DreamSpark

    Available to actively enrolled students and educators currently teaching classes, DreamSpark provides professional- level developer and designer tools at no charge. Students using DreamSpark have an opportunity to develop their own apps, games, tools, and designs.

  • Imagine Cup

    High school and college students from around the world—tomorrow's software designers, IT professionals, programmers, game developers, photographers, and filmmakers—compete to find solutions to real-world problems.

  • Microsoft Digital Literacy Curriculum

    The goal of the Microsoft Digital Literacy Curriculum is to provide people with computer skills to help them embrace new social and economic opportunities for themselves, their families, and their communities. Training materials are available in 19 languages.

  • Microsoft Education Competencies

    If you are an administrator, teacher, student, or parent, you can use the Education Competencies to define a job profile, assess candidate competence, and plan for personal and professional growth. Also learn about professional development tools you can incorporate into your development and hiring processes.

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