Microsoft Academic Skills Challenge 18 April 2007

2 of our students managed to pass the challenge - quite a comfort as they had spent the last 2 days training with me. While waiting for them, I overheard some of the students from other schools telling the teachers that all of them failed! As for the other 3 students, I think they can try again next year as they were not very well prepared this year.

Microsoft Office word 2003: Lim Ding Yan 853 (passed)

Microsoft Powerpoints 2003: Ho Chee How 667 (passed)

Congratulations to the 2 of them as they would be awarded the Microsoft Office Specialist Certification. The Microsoft Office Specialist certification is the globally recognized standard for validating expertise with the Microsoft Office suite of business productivity programs.

I also passed the Microsoft Powerpoints 2003 with a score of 818. I think Powerpoints is thougher as I can see more teachers registered for Microsoft Words.I will enroll in Microsoft Words next year. As the lab was too cold, I completed mine in 20 mins and rushed out - I might have made some careless mistakes in a hurry. The time limit is 50 mins. I will bring a jacket next year!

I hope that Ding Yan can get into the top 3 for the North Zone as his score is quite high. I am quite eager to know the results and I hope it will be released soon. I don't know how's my chance of winning but definitely I am the first to finish! I will update once I get the results.

The next competitions which I must monitor are the E-card Design Competition and the Geography Challenge 2007. I must say Kiat Yi has taken some very nice photographs and I think she can do well in the E-card competition. I am more worried for the other 2 teams as I have not seen their works and I don't teach them. I have asked 6 boys to participate in the Geography Challenge 2007 and I will show them samples of questions for the previous years. I hope that they can make it to the semi-finals to qualify for the Geo Trail where they will have fun exploring Singapore!