SharePoint in Education and The MLG Conference
There has been a noticeable increase in the amount of people now blogging and tweeting about SharePoint in Education, or more accurately the Microsoft Learning Gateway platform. Having posted a number of articles on the subject and having started the Education Special Interest group on SUGUK I thought it time I posted about some of this content.
The first an probably the most important change is the work Alex Pearce has done in rescuing what was really a failed attempt by Microsoft to promote MLG and re launch the http://www.learninggateway.net/ site and launch the Learning Gateway User Group
What is the Learning Gateway User Group?
This community site is here for you. A place where you can share your personal experiences with the Learning Gateway. You may just have Microsoft SharePoint as your Learning Gateway and you want to show off the work you have done, or you are a school and you want to talk about all the great ways students and teachers and working together, enriching the learners.
There are a number of bloggers who have moved their blogs to the site and we are starting to see some great posts on there.
To really kick start this drive Alex and Richard Willis (SalamanderSoft) have organised the first conference dedicated to the Microsoft Learning Gateway.
It is promising to be the best education SharePoint event this year for both technical and non-technical staff. Whether you are a Network Manager, VLE Co-ordinator or Head Teacher you will find this conference an opportunity to learn from industry recognised experts speaking about the technical best practice of the Learning Gateway and how to get your staff, pupils and parents engaged and secure. In addition you’ll be able to network with your peers and see how others are pushing forward their Gateway.
There are some great speakers lined up for the event including 5 MVPs in SharePoint and Exchange with the Keynote by Steve Beswick, Directory of Education at Microsoft.
SharePoint in Education
Mike Herrity, from Twynham School, has launched a fantastic blog where he is really sharing his experiences in working with SharePoint in Education. Unlike myself who tends to work on the larger projects with local authorities and partners Mike is an Assistant Head Teacher so really does talk about what it’s like in the school.
http://sharepointineducation.com/
As I find more great resources I will add then to this post, if you blog or tweet on the Microsoft Learning Gateway please add a comment below with a link.
