David DePatie, back as a Professor @ Santa Fe College, Blount Center Downtown Gainesville Florida

Introduction to CompTIA A+ Certification @ Santafe College

First Class at
Blount Center
August 2022

Started Teaching
at North Campus
1995

Taught
CGS1000
A+
Net+
Security+
Cisco
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Server
Novell

Daivd will introduce you to the important technical aspects of computer repair and serivce leading to the CompTIA A+ Certification. The lessons will not be easy, but then, nothing worthwhile is every easy to learn.

Bring your questions to class for an enriching experience that you will not soon forget.

What You’ll Learn about:

– Memory
– Bios and Beeps
– Storage devices
– Operating systems
– Building an entire Computer
– The Command Line
– Windows 10 / 11
– Task Manager
– Booting
– Linux
– Recovery
– Certification Prep
– Many other life experiences

Professor David DePatie

David DePatie started a career in informational technology in 1975 learning FORTRAN and COBOL.
Educated at St. Leo University and graduated Cum Laude in Business Administration while he ran his own small engine motorcycle shop.
He continued his education, at then, Santa Fe Community College, becoming certified in CompTIA A+, Network + and beacme a Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate.
He then joined the instructional team at Santa Fe Community College and became the Microsoft Lead Instructor and taught the entire Instructional Technology curriculum including CGS1000, CompTIA Certifications, including the curriculum he introduced for Security + and Cisco Certified Network Associate program. During his time at Santa Fe, David designed an entirely new curriculum to teach the students how to build and service commuters from scratch.
After seventeen years he moved on to become a corporate trainer and internet manager at Gatorland Toyota. Where he was the number two sales associate in three years.
He then landed at the University of Florida in 2010 and has become an Instructional designer, Web Smith and IT support in the Food and Resource Economics Department.
He currently assists instructors creating materials for face to face as well as online classes. During his time at UF, In 2014, David won an award for best online class in Soil and Water Sciences with Dr Susan Curry.

Current Daytime Contact
David DePatie Jr.
Instructional Designer
Food & Resource Economics
University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611
352 294-7641 ddepatie@ufl.edu