The last week has been completely consumed by Β a surprise invitation to continue the process to become a qualified Apple Professional Developer.
So, back in February I went to a two-day training session for this, but at the time it was not exactly clear what we were training for. I cannot even recall how I ended up at the session – maybe from being involved in training colleagues on how to use the iPad when we were first told they were going to be our main device for the classroom.
In February, no one in our group were chosen to go to the next step, so I had kind of written it off although I still was not even sure what the end result was meant to be.
Then, last week I received an email saying that I had been chosen to attend the second set of training. Of my group of colleagues, only one other person was chosen and he no longer even works in our department. Thus, it was quite a surprise.
We were given a list of ten apps or topics to prepare demonstrations for on the first day (today). I had no idea what to expect, but luckily was able to speak with someone at work who had attended the first round of this training. This totally paid off and I was able to prepare in time.
Today was day one and now I understand that we are being trained to be consultants on behalf of Apple to train others how and why use of the iPad is useful in education. We are not to be Apple employees, but will deliver Apple training content. It is our job to find clients and are free to make our own fees.
Thus, in a way, this is the first step to being a true consultant. π
So, I am pretty excited about this as today went quite well. Tomorrow is the next full day and we shall see how it goes, but I feel pretty good about it overall. After tomorrow, I shall be able to return to a more normal schedule again. π
-T π
