Tag: Learning
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The best way to teach…
Every technical instructor I know has often been asked, ‘What is the best way to pass the exam?’ While we likely all have different answers, but I think we can all agree that the best way to pass an exam is to know the material. Why is it then that so many people ask ‘What…
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Certification Exams: Some things don’t change!
Following the class that I was teaching one night this week I got up from my desk and sidled over to my kitchen table. I had an appointment to take a certification exam at 10:00pm, and it was nearly time to log on. Nearly, but not quite time. I had a discussion with some of…
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Outside My Comfort Zone
While my focus has of late shifted to cybersecurity, I have spent most of my teaching career focusing on Microsoft technologies. It made sense, since as an IT consultant I had always specialized in Microsoft infrastructure technologies. Even with my recent shift to infosec, I am still the go-to instructor for the Microsoft stack for…
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Getting Certified: Things have really changed!
This article was originally published to The Canadian IT Pro Connection.Boy has it been an exciting year… Microsoft’s busiest release year ever! On the IT Pro side we have System Center 2012 (a single product now, but truly seven distinct products for managing your environment!), Windows Server 2012, Windows 8… we have Windows Azure (which…
The World According to Mitch 