Training+Session

=Attendance at an IT Training Session=

In order to satisfy the performance criteria of this unit as well as instilling in the candidate an attititude and embracing of the concept of "Life Long Learning", the assessment task is to:
 * Identify a learning need
 * Getting approval to attend an IT training session
 * Research the topic before hand
 * Undertake personal skill development by attending an IT training session
 * Reporting/monitoring on the IT training session attended

That is the candidate is to organise to attend and/or ogranise to host at least one IT training session, this training session can be any of the following:
 * external IT training session
 * IT conference
 * IT information session
 * IT seminar
 * IT symposium
 * IT webinar

The session needs to be in an IT related field. The candidate will need to do the following:
 * Email the instructor a document outlining the following:
 * 1) The intended IT training session the candidate is going to attend
 * 2) The learning need and expected outcomes of attending the IT training session
 * 3) Ask for approval to attend the IT training session
 * **This part of the assessment will have to be done by week 10**
 * Attend the IT training session, making sure that the candidate actively participates (active listening, taking notes, asking questions)
 * **This part of the assessment has to be done by week 17**
 * Report/monitor on the IT training session, this will be the final report handed to the assessor
 * **This part of the assessment has to be done by week 18**

The candidate will need to include the following information in the report:
 * The Report**
 * The information given in the email getting approval for the IT training session (see earlier)
 * Introduction, Main Body, Summary, Conclusion
 * Information about the IT training session
 * who
 * what organisation
 * presented - do some research on the person
 * was the target audience, how many people attended
 * what
 * was it about, topic etc
 * was discussed, synopsis
 * research (include the research you did before hand)
 * what did you learn
 * was there any food and how was it
 * where
 * was it held
 * is the head quarters of the organisation that held the session
 * when
 * Date, Time and Duration of session
 * how
 * did you find out about it
 * many people attended
 * much did it cost (Challenger does not expect you to attend a session that costs anything (there are plenty of free ones available), however if you choose to attend a session that costs something you will need to bear the cost)

The above is what needs to be covered in the report, it does not have to be in that order. The report would have to be about 3 pages long.

The report is to be done in a MS Word document. Your reprot will need the following styling:
 * Cover sheet (Assignment Title, Your name )
 * Table of Contents
 * Header and/or Footer, including name of document, number of pages in style (x of y), name and student number
 * Heading 1,2 etc styling

The report is to be put in the S: drive as a Word document and posted on the http://cert4prjmgt.wikispaces.com/Contributions wiki as a pdf file.