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But I’m a business why should I attend the Learning Gateway Conference?

The Learning Gateway Conference is focused mainly for education but there are at least 10 reasons why you, as IT Pro’s should attend which would benefit your environment. Simple really – find out about great innovative technologies being used...

Published 06-22-2009 11:48 AM by apearce
TechNet Virtual Conference – 19th June

With in the next 2 weeks Microsoft are hosting a online conference. I’ve personally not attended a online conference yet but I guess we all have to start somewhere. There’s a good agenda for the day which includes Windows 7, Windows 2008 R2...

Published 06-08-2009 2:17 PM by apearce
Slides from Edugeek Conference 2009

Thanks to everyone who attended the EduGeek Conference last week. I had a great time standing up and presenting to you and hope to do it again soon. I’ve uploaded my slides here on SlideShare and feel free to email me with any questions. The link...

Published 06-01-2009 1:01 PM by apearce
EduGeek Conference – 28th May

Tomorrow I’m speaking at the Edugeek Conference in the UK. I’ve put together a new presentation called ‘SharePoint Governance for Education’ and hope this can be a great start to anyone who is looking at implementing SharePoint at their school. Maybe...

Published 05-27-2009 3:22 PM by apearce
Announcing the 'Learning Gateway User Group'

Over the past few months I’ve been working on building a new user group. The Learning Gateway User Group is a new community site for education schools/organisations to blog about what they are doing, share their experiences in the class room and...

Published 05-18-2009 11:58 AM by apearce
SharePoint User Group UK tonight in Nottingham

Just a quick post that there is a SharePoint User Group meeting tonight in Nottingham. If you want to come sign up at the link below and hope to see you there at 6.30. http://suguk.org/forums/thread/18475.aspx

Published 04-30-2009 12:05 PM by apearce
My Notes from the SharePoint Best Practise Conference

So last week I was at the first European SharePoint Best Practise Conference in London. I made a few notes while I was there so I thought it was defiantly worth a post for you all. Have the ratio of 5 Web Front Ends per 1 SQL Server If you have user who...

Published 04-15-2009 10:19 AM by apearce
My agenda for European SP Best Practise Conference SPBPUK

Well tomorrow sees the start of the first (of hopefully many) European SharePoint Best Practise Conference and I feel very lucky not just to be there as an attendee but also as a presenter. I'm currently on my way down to London at the moment on the...

Published 04-05-2009 11:24 PM by apearce
Free Software...DreamSpark...Part 2

Back last year I did a post about how higher education students can get free software which included Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Studio. I'm finding in my school there are more and more students who enjoy playing with software...

Published 04-02-2009 8:51 AM by apearce
Free Software...SharePoint Designer....Part 1

Well the news of SharePoint Designer become a free download has been on the rumour will for a few weeks now but its official and you can download it from the link below http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=baa3ad86...

Published 04-02-2009 8:33 AM by apearce
Does Microsoft Translator answer the question for Languages and E2L

The other day I had a feed come though on my RSS and Twitter from Mike Gannotti's blog talking about Microsoft Translator . This is a great new webpart/widget that you can add to your site which will change the text to one of 12 languages. I've...

Published 03-24-2009 5:06 PM by apearce
Education Discussion Panel at SharePoint Best Practice Conference

Yesterday the lunchtime sessions were announced for the European SharePoint Best Practices Conference in London starting on the 6th April. Andrew Woodward ( Blog , Twitter ) and myself will be having a panel discussion on SharePoint in Education. Come...

Published 03-19-2009 12:26 PM by apearce
What to spend your end of year budget on...

For many schools its that time of year where you find a bit of money in a budget and you have to spend it. Instead of buying a few computers why not to try and get some professional development for yourself. If you have or looking at getting SharePoint...

Published 03-11-2009 10:12 AM by apearce
Can I have SharePoint Installed on my Netbook with Win2k8?

Netbooks have been around for about 18 months now since the ASUS eee first appeared on our shelves. This time last year I heard HP were creating a netbook and being a bit of HP fan I decided I wanted to try on. I feel I am always on the move, from one...

Published 03-10-2009 8:15 PM by apearce
Content Editor WebPart: Twitter

I don't know about anywhere else in the world but Twitter seems to be going through the roof here in the UK. You go on the radio and someone is talking about twitter or they are getting comments from it, TV shows are talking about, newspapers etc...

Published 02-21-2009 3:06 PM by apearce
SharePoint User Group UK: B'ham - Future Topics

Thanks to everyone who attended last night. It was my first involvement standing at the front of a SUGUK event and I really enjoyed it. Thanks to Steve for inviting me to join him at the front. Thanks also to Andrew Woodward for jumping in at the end...

Published 02-18-2009 12:11 PM by apearce
SharePoint Moodle Web Parts

As a school we have decided to evaluate Moodle for a VLE for our school. The main reasons we have done this is because of the course builder with built in quizs and SCORM builders. I have to say they are very well built. They are not page viewers like...

Published 02-16-2009 4:01 PM by apearce
SharePoint User Group UK - 17th Feb - Birmingham

The 17th February sees my first involvement at the SharePoint User Group UK. I've been attending as many sessions as I can in the UK since September 2007 and the group has grown massively over the last few years. I even attended a session at the New...

Published 02-11-2009 11:37 AM by apearce
Add a Banner to your SharePoint Site

There are several ways to add a banner to the top of your SharePoint site like below. The banner sits in your global breadcrumb so you need to think about your design of your image I create my images in Adobe Photoshop and this is the only additional...

Published 02-10-2009 10:28 AM by apearce
Microsoft Execs Visit Great Barr School

I don't normally talk about my own school in my blog posts but there are a few things I do want to bring up. Thursday last week was a very big day for me as I had 5 visitors from Microsoft visiting the school. To me, having any Microsoft employee...

Published 01-26-2009 9:48 AM by apearce
SharePoint in Education - Case Study Site - Blatchington Mill School, UK

I've logged in this morning and been reading through my RSS feeds and found a post about Blatchington Mill School's SharePoint and SIMs Learning Gateway Install. Take a loot at what they have been doing with their SharePoint 2007 environment and...

Published 01-21-2009 9:23 AM by apearce
BETT09 – Loads of SharePoint and Windows 7 demos

So I’m here at BETT (British Education Teachers and Technology Show – Largest Education Technology show in the World) at Olympia, London and it’s another great event. This year its a lot busier than last year with lots being shown around...

Published 01-19-2009 8:18 AM by apearce
Featured on MVP Award Program Blog

At the very end of last year the MVP program created a new blog to feature their MVPs and the work they are doing around the globe. http://blogs.msdn.com/mvpawardprogram/ Today they have featured the work my school has been doing in Sierra Leone. Make...

Published 01-06-2009 9:43 AM by apearce
Content Editor WebPart: Popfly/Mashup

Microsoft Popfly is a great way to create a mashup - taking a source of information and publishing it in a great graphical view. http://www.popfly.ms As an example here I have taken my favourite football team(soccer for you Americans ;-), Aston Villa...

Published 01-03-2009 6:13 PM by apearce
Im at BETT 2009: Jan 14 - 17

One of my many highlights of 2008 was to present on the Microsoft stand at BETT. I enjoyed the 4 days their presenting 8 times in total and making a lot of friends at the same time. It was a great way to start the year. I'm hoping 2009...

Published 12-31-2008 8:15 PM by apearce

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