2010 Microsoft® OfficeAcademic Skill Challenge

For National Schools

Organised by: Venue Sponsor: Supported by: Official Partner:

About the Competition Background Information Highlight

Competition Flow

Registration Exam Credit Fees How Students Sign up Training for Participants

Agenda

ABOUT THE COMPETITION

Background Information

• Organised by and • Official partner and organised by • Supported by Microsoft® Singapore • Inaugurated in 2004

– 2004: 30 participants– 2005: 350 participants– 2006: 650 participants– 2007: 750 participants– 2008: 900 participants– 2009: 1000 participants

Objective

• Promote use of Information Technology (IT) in daily work

• Give recognition and provide the best IT certification

Highlights

For the winners…• Chance to represent both SCHOOL

and SINGAPORE in August 2010 in Worldwide Championships @ Park City, Utah, USA – site of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games!

• Student champions stand to win prizes worth US$6,500

For all participants…• Globally recognised standard for

validating expertise with the Microsoft® Office suite of business productivity programmes

• Find that what are the tools which Microsoft® Office always had, but we seldom utilise

COMPETITION FLOW

Competition Flow: Students

Preliminary Round (Specialist)Microsoft® Office Word / Excel / PowerPoint 2003

National Finals (Expert)Microsoft® Office Word / Excel 2003

World Championships@ Park City, Utah, United States of America

Preliminary Round (Specialist)Microsoft® Office Word / Excel / PowerPoint 2003

WHO•Primary•Secondary•JC / CI•Polytechnics

WHEN24 – 27 May 2010

2 – 6 pm

WHERENanyang

Polytechnic

HOW50 min session;

Schools to reserve on a first-come, first-serve basis

Competition Flow: Students

Preliminary Round (Specialist)

Zone Championship(3 Categories, 4 Zones, 2 Levels)

Overall Championship

(3 Categories, 2 Levels)

ANA-

LYSE

…

Competition Flow: Students

WHOTop 3 champions of Excel and Word of:•Primary •Secondary•JC / CI•Polytechnics

WHEN30 June or 1 July

(To be confirmed)

WHEREPre-tertiary:

Nanyang Poly

Tertiary:To be announced

HOW50 min session;Schools will be

informed of their timeslot

Competition Flow: Students

National Finals (Expert)Microsoft® Office Word / Excel 2003

WHOThe 4 champions from:•Pre-tertiary (Word, Excel)•Tertiary (Word, Excel)

WHEN8-10 August 2010

WHEREPark City, Utah, United States of

America

HOWResults will be announced by ACP Computer Training School

Competition Flow: Students

World Championships@ Park City, Utah, United States of America

Microsoft Office Word 2003

MOE Staffs

National Schools

(MOE Staffs)

Champion

1st Runner Up

2nd Runner Up

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

National Schools

(MOE Staffs)

Champion

1st Runner Up

2nd Runner Up

This challenge is open to all MOE staffs of local primary and secondary schools

Competition Flow: Teachers

REGISTRATION

Competition Fees

• U.P: $136.96

• Competition Price: $70.00 (price is exclusive of GST)

Payment Method: The student may choose to do so with either cash, cheque or Edusave funds. Purchase orders issued from Institutions of study are also acceptable.

How to sign up

• Online Registrationhttp://www.acpcomputer.edu.sg/mos2010/register/

by 12 noon, 15 May 2010

IMPORTANT!Your school may need to issue consent forms to students. Please check with your respective schools.

How to sign up

COMPETITION PREPARATIONS

(1) Sample questions

Create a presentation by completing the following tasks:1. Create a Web Presentation with the title Product Analysis

using the AutoContent Wizard, based on the Brainstorming Session template in the General category. (Note: Accept all other default settings)

2. Save the presentation as a Web page, with the file name Product 1, in the My Document folder.

(1) More sample questions @...(1) This link http://www.certiport.com.sg/cert_officespecialist.html has information on:

•Exam Objectives•Exam Preparation Tips•Exam Taking Tips•Exam Controls Available•Question types

(2) Schools can purchase the authorised MOS courseware at a special price of $12.00 incl. GST (usual retail at $32.10) during this competition period. Many training centers have been using the courseware and they find the content really useful. Titles suitable for Pre-Tertiary Competition:MOS 2003 Word SpecialistMOS 2003 Excel SpecialistMOS 2003 Powerpoint SpecialistMOS 2003 Word ExpertMOS 2003 Excel Expert *Note that the courseware is about 300-400+ pages, comprehensive with step-by-step instructions and practice files.

(2) For MOE staff who signed up for the competition

• Free training will be provided– Based on first-come, first-serve basis– Limited seats– Date: 20 May, Thursday (To be confirmed)– Time: 2.30 – 5.30 pm– Venue: ACP office

» 3 Lim Teck Road, Singapore Technologies Building, #08-02, Singapore 088934

Competition Website

http://www.certiport.com.sg/challenge2010/

For enquiries, please contact:

Mary Yeomaryyeo@acpcomputer.edu.sg

6227 7996

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