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March 19, 2009

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 and join the conversation and get involved as we talk all things SharePoint and Eductation. If your not … Continue reading Education Discussion Panel at SharePoint Best Practice Conference

March 11, 2009

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 in the coming months there are … Continue reading What to spend your end of year budget on…

February 21, 2009

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. I've been using twitter since about July 08 … Continue reading Content Editor WebPart: Twitter

February 18, 2009

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 to help answer some of the question. … Continue reading SharePoint User Group UK: B'ham – Future Topics

February 10, 2009

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 tool used in this how to. … Continue reading Add a Banner to your SharePoint Site

January 26, 2009

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 visiting the school is really … Continue reading Microsoft Execs Visit Great Barr School

January 21, 2009

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 SIM.net webparts http://blogs.technet.com/tothesharepoint/archive/2009/01/19/3178564.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd335971.aspx). Technorati Tags: MOSS,Education Continue reading SharePoint in Education – Case Study Site – Blatchington Mill School, UK

January 19, 2009

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 the event and on the Microsoft Stand. This year I’m in a blue Microsoft … Continue reading BETT09 – Loads of SharePoint and Windows 7 demos

January 6, 2009

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 sure you take a look http://blogs.msdn.com/mvpawardprogram/archive/2009/01/06/sharepoint-mvp-brings-the-gift-of-computing.aspx Continue reading Featured on MVP Award Program Blog

January 3, 2009

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, searched Live Images and published all the images it finds into a page … Continue reading Content Editor WebPart: Popfly/Mashup