Microsoft's Digital Literacy Curriculum blends eLearning and assessment to provide basic computer skills for students, school staff or community members new to computing. The curriculum teaches how ICT impacts daily life as well as important concepts and skills including how to use desktop applications, communicate via e-mail, browse the World Wide Web, and use a computer responsibly. (New window)

Deploying Student Technical Support Solutions is a comprehensive guide for ICT teachers and technical support staff wishing to set up a student-run IT Help Desk.

Understanding and Building Basic Networks is a basic level course enabling ICT teachers to help KS4 students understand the basics of networks and how networking is applied in the classroom and workplace. The course has been developed to incorporate teacher-tested strategies and hands-on activities.

Code Rules is a course to introduce students to the basic concepts of computer programming. The course is designed to teach students how to create fun and engaging applications using Visual Basic.Net through a game show called “Road Rules”. This involves four young contestants who travel the country in a camper van stopping at off beat places to face coding challenges, which must be mastered before they can move to the next segment.

Through our 3 year partnership with the TDA, we have undertaken carefully selected projects with the goals of:

Naace has developed The ICT Co-ordinator’s Course in conjunction with the Hampshire County Council and Nottingham Trent University, with the support of Microsoft and the TDA. This course is unique as it is the only course available in the UK for ICT co-ordinators and aims to develop expertise and promote ICT co-ordination as a CDP opportunity for teachers.

Other training opportunities for teachers CPD can be obtained through Microsoft’s Innovative Teachers Network, please visit http://uk.innovativeteachers.com for more information.