If your organisation is thinking about or has just migrated to Google Apps for Education, the Google Apps Training Centre will be a great resource for learning about the things that can be done with Google Apps in the learning environment.

This new training program available from Google, "The Google Apps Training Centre", is an online learning environment in which practitioners and learners can train to effectively use Google Apps in an education setting. The training centre offers six modules. The modules are...

  • Google Apps Education Edition,
  • Apps Mail,
  • Calendar,
  • Docs,
  • Sites, and
  • "Other Tools."
Each module consists of several chapters.

In conjunction with the Google Apps Training Centre, Google has launched the Google Certified Trainer program. The Google Certified Trainer program gives people who provide professional development to schools and have passed the tests for all six modules the Google "seal of approval" as Certified Trainers. If you plan to pursue becoming a Google Certified Trainer, bear in mind that you must complete all six modules and pass the tests within 60 days of starting the program

Visit http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/certification_index.html to find out more about the Google Certified Trainer program; and
http://edutraining.googleapps.com/Training-Home to find out more about the Google Apps Training Centre.