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  1. Steve Linthicum

    Certification Magazine Article - Improve your certification exam results with intelligent guessing and time management

    First "master piece" I've created..... But I can't take all the credit. The 13 rules of guessing were contained in a bar review course I took many decades ago. BTW, with complete retirement only 3 months away, I'm trashing the following email from CompTIA: This is a friendly reminder that your...
  2. Steve Linthicum

    CompTIA and TestOut Joining Forces

    Dating myself, I use to write for Windows NT Magazine back in the days it paid well. BTW, if justification is needed for why we CTE teachers do what we do, it evidences itself in an email exchange today I had with a student of mine who I last taught about 15 years ago. My message to him, coupled...
  3. Steve Linthicum

    CompTIA and TestOut Joining Forces

    Does this move also include TestOut's Certification Magazine? If so, I'll have to raise the fee for my articles (currently $0.00/article).
  4. Steve Linthicum

    Certification Magazine Article - Improve your certification exam results with intelligent guessing and time management

    Wanted to share an article I wrote, detailing test-taking processes I've used over the years and shared with my students. https://www.certmag.com/articles/improve-your-certification-exam-results-with-intelligent-guessing-and-time-management
  5. Steve Linthicum

    A+ Core 1 and Core 2

    The problem with presenting it as 172.16.0.0/12 is at the A+ level, few students have gained a clear understanding of subnetting and supernetting. Probably better to explain that the second octet for private non-routable networks is from 16 to 31. Wait until Network+ or a Cisco router course...
  6. Steve Linthicum

    CTT+ Poll

    While this isn't probably something that fits what you are looking for, the Certificate for Online Teaching and Design fills a need with the California Community College System, something I was required to obtain in order to teach online courses for the colleges. I did try and give a pitch to...
  7. Steve Linthicum

    CTT+ Poll

    Since the MCT status was mentioned in the previous posting, while I no longer hold this certification, largely based upon a desire to not pay the $800/year annual fee, I'm still on their email list. Today I received an email detailing some interesting information shown below: Courseware...
  8. Steve Linthicum

    CTT+ Poll

    For us old guys there was a point in time when you held the Microsoft Certified Trainer designation you were blessed (grandfathered) with the CTT+ designation. I guess I can blame the certification's "retirement" as an additional reason I'm retiring......... (even though it is "good for life").
  9. Steve Linthicum

    S+ Presentation planner

    I've attached a presentation planner for a Security+ course I taught this past semester. It was an 18-week course, adjusted to fit the time period for this 3-unit academic course.
  10. Steve Linthicum

    Jumping Off the Hamster Wheel

    I've made a conscious decision to fully retire (except for volunteer work), effective June 1st. That decision is in part based upon not moving forward in maintaining my technical skills, specifically as they relate to cloud computing and coding. Living on the technological bleeding edge is...
  11. Steve Linthicum

    California Community Colleges C-ID Project

    I thought you might find the table I created interesting as it details the 22 courses in the C-ID course alignment project for the Information Technology - Information Systems (ITIS) discipline. C-ID Descriptors for Information Technology – Information Systems (ITIS) Discipline Course ID...
  12. Steve Linthicum

    How often does incoherent proctoring via OnVue occur?

    I have a weird tendency to silently move my lips, mouthing what could be perceived as words while taking exams. This drives the onVue proctors nuts. Oh well....
  13. Steve Linthicum

    Support

    As one of a number of free resources, I recommend using ITPro.TV and their free video series that contains around 18 hours of content.
  14. Steve Linthicum

    A+ training and hands-on hardware usage.

    The days of trying to figure out what's wrong with the hardware are likely aligned with ancient history. Last month I struggled a bit, making a quick check and concluding that with my Dell laptop it was likely a hardware wireless adapter issue. With eyes not being what they use to be, rather...
  15. Steve Linthicum

    Certification Magazine

    Still no website update.
  16. Steve Linthicum

    A+ Classroom Length

    With 116 community colleges here in California, we have strived to find some sort of consistency and as faculty settled upon a standard approach where the class is generally taught as a 4-credit hour course, either in an 8-week or 16-week format. The course descriptor can be viewed by clicking...
  17. Steve Linthicum

    Free/opensource A+ or A+ like textbooks or materials

    The approach I've used over the years is to apply for grants. Yes it is work, but it is rewarding. Far more rewarding than writing books for our focus of teaching that have a very short shelf life due to advances in technology and ANSI accreditation.
  18. Steve Linthicum

    Free/opensource A+ or A+ like textbooks or materials

    It goes without saying that the starting resource that's "free" is what you can find on Professor Messer's website. Tons of videos that are mapped to the exam objectives for the Core 1 and Core 2 exams.
  19. Steve Linthicum

    Certification Magazine

    An update I just received is below: Hi Steve: It’s good to hear from you. I just came back from the Labor Day weekend and found your phone message. The Certification Magazine website is behind schedule, as you’ve noted. (We’re still on pace with the print/digital publication.) That happens to...
  20. Steve Linthicum

    Certification Magazine

    I left a message with Kenneth Clark (800-877-4889) with TestOut, asking what was going on at Certification Magazine. I'll let you know if I hear anything.
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