Google Apps Test 1!

I have had a hard time coming up with what to write on my blog now that the school year is in full swing.  I am doing a lot of different activities and projects, but I truly believe that all educators do the same amount of work that I do, so why am I special.  A couple of items I do have on my burn to blog about would be the Google Midwest Summit (so awesome), so keep your eyes open for that.

That conference did inspire me to take a step to become a Google Apps Certified Teacher.  There are 6 parts to becoming certified and today I took part 1, Admin.  I have been using this the past couple of months to get our school ready to go Google.  I read through the training materials (on the site it said 45 minutes), of course I thought I would be able to breeze through it because I have been using it already.  It did take me that long to go through the materials.  No shortcut to get the information.  I also knew that I wanted to study the materials and then take the test in the same setting.  Since part 1 only said 45 minutes, I figured that would be the easiest of the 6 to get under my belt.

The exam is 60 question and they give you 90 minutes to take it.  I did use a full hour, because I didn't want to get tricked by all/none questions.  I reviewed 8 questions before I submitted my results.  I did change a couple of those answers so having the ability to mark questions I want to go over was VERY nice.

I clicked the submit button and waited to see if I passed.  I paid the testing fee of $15 out of my own pocket, because I believe it need to have this training to lead the staff in my building.  Maybe I will see if I can get reimbursed (probably not), but maybe.  They also stated that you can take the test over again only once if you did not pass it (and you have to pay for it too).

The results came and AHHHHH!  I passed with a 95% so I got 3 wrong out of 60.  Pretty good, now I have to carve out time to do the other 5 sections: Gmail, Docs, Calendar, Sites, Other Tools.  We will see when that fits into my schedule.  But it will get done.  I will keep you updated!

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