This document discusses teaching high school students Microsoft Excel skills. It argues that spreadsheet skills are becoming as important as typing and that spreadsheets are the "true global language of the future." It describes the company's unique teaching system that uses visual, tactile, and muscle-memory learning techniques similar to how people learn video games. The focus is on practical keyboard shortcuts and simple formulas to drastically reduce the time needed to complete tasks.

1. The materials presented herewith are proprietary. Copyright © 2012 Quant Media Advisors, Inc.

2. Remember
Learning to type?
How useful has it been to
your every day life?
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3. There’s another skill that is becoming
just as important as typing.
It’s working with DATA.
You know: lists, charts,
databases.
Except normal typing
isn’t enough. You need
to learn how to use a
spreadsheet program
like Microsoft Excel.
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4. Spreadsheets are the true
global language of the future.
NOT
Chinese English Hindi
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5. Every occupation uses spreadsheets.
Math
Business Sciences Psychology Art…
Engineering Medicine History
Finance
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6. We’re teaching high school students Microsoft Excel.
Our system is unique.
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7. We use VISUAL,
TACTILE and
MUSCLE-MEMORY
learning.
The same technique
that people use when
learning VIDEO
GAMES.
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8. We focus first on sheer
mechanics because that
opens the door to quick,
repetitive, addictive
learning.
Finance Accounting Math
Keyboard Hand-Eye
Shortcuts Coordination Speed
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9. Practical
We stay away
from theory
and teach
keyboard
shortcuts and
simple Relevant
formulas that We work with
drastically cut college admissions
the time data to keep the
needed to lessons relevant
complete a and useful to
task. students.
Immediate
Students will
use these skills
immediately in
high school and
college.
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10. Skills Presentation.
Add immediate
value to a
spreadsheet via
formatting.
Story.
Numbers must tell a
story, just like Data.
Data is expanding. Learn how
words. Learn how
to quickly manipulate large
to use numbers to
data sets.
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11. Fire up all cylinders
Left-
brained.
Right-brained.
Develop muscles
in analytics,
logic and Grow a large
interpretation. capacity for
invention,
creativity, free-
form association
and big-picture
thinking.
Brawny brains.
Fire up both hemispheres
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12. Contact Us
allen.lee@sololocales.org
ingrid.trejo@sololocales.org
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