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• Windows Embedded Seminars

  Last week I posted news about the Windows XP Professional for Embedded Systems Event at TVP on 21st October. Following on from that post, I’d also like to tell you about a series of online seminars relating to specific aspects of Windows Embedded technology. While not perhaps for those of you already teaching embedded technologies, the seminars may prove useful if you are considering future curriculum developments.   Windows Embedded and Gaming 16th September 2008 9:00 - 10:00 Windows Embedded and Kiosk Solutions 13th November 2008 9:00 - 10:00 Windows Embedded and Industrial Automation 19th February 2009 9:00 - 10:00 Windows Embedded and Medical Solutions 30th April 2009 9:00 - 10:00 If any of the above are of interest, you can get further information by clicking here. Best, Allison Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 8:58 AM from UK Academic Team Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Vista, XNA, Training, Web, Teaching, Embedded, Games, Microsoft

• Microsoft Tech-Ed 2007 Conference DVD sets to give away

  Good morning, I thought I’d start the week with a give-away of the ten Tech-Ed Conference DVD sets sitting on my desk. So, if you live in the UK and would like me to pop one in the post to you, email me your address details and the first ten to reply will get the goodies. Have a good week. Allison Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 3:29 AM from UK Academic Team Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Events, Training, Technology, competitions, Silverlight, Embedded, Software, Beta, Security, Microsoft

• Software Entrepreneurship Faculty Workshop

  Hi All, In June, Bournemouth University played host to Lars Lindstedt who delivered a two day Software Entrepreneurship Faculty Workshop. The training materials for that event are now available to view on the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship website and include the slide decks together with a couple of case studies. Do please take a look, and if you have any questions or want further information, come back to me and I’ll be happy to help. Best, Allison McVety Academic Information Manager Posted Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:45 AM from UK Academic Team Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Events, Students, Careers, Training, Technology, Academics, Teaching, Software, Microsoft, Graduates, Recruitment

• Invitation to Convergence 2008 Copenhagen - Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance MDAA:00071306

  Hi,   I thought you'd like to receive your invitation to an interesting event in Denmark.     Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance invites you to attend:   Microsoft Academic Preconference and Convergence 2008 Copenhagen, Denmark from 17 to 20 November, 2008.   Last year we hosted about 60 educators and researchers from 17 countries from around the world. We would like to see you this year!   The Academic Preconference will be held 17-18 November 2008. ·         Includes two tracks (Educators and Researchers Track) with several special sessions, workshops and network opportunities for educators and researchers working with Microsoft Dynamics software. You will be able to network, exchange experiences and enhance your knowledge with like-minded educators and researchers. ·         Location: Copenhagen Business School (CBS) – Kilevej 14a, 2000 Frederiksberg. ·         Registration fee: no registration fee is associated with these two days. ·         Please consider the following call for papers and presentations.   Call for Papers – Researchers Track - due by 1st September 2008: Academic Preconference 2008 - Research Agenda 17 - 18 November 2008 Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Frederiksberg   Submit to: workshop@3gERP.org - Please write "Submission to 3gERP workshop" See instructions attached.   Call for Presentation – Educators Track - due by 1st September 2008: Academic Preconference 2008 - Educators Agenda 17 - 18 November 2008 Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Frederiksberg   Submit to: dynaa@microsoft.com – Please write “Academic Preconference - Convergence 2008 Presentation” See instructions attached.   Convergence will be held 19-20 November 2008. ·         Here you will enhance your knowledge through Dynamics conference sessions and interactions with Microsoft customers, partners, Microsoft Dynamics specialist and industry experts and establish a true community that can be leveraged in your work. ·         Location: Bella Center A/S, Center Boulevard, 2300 Copenhagen S ·         Registration fee - Academic Alliance team will fund a main part of your registration fee at Convergence. Your costs will include €250.00 for your share of registration fee. ·         Please request special registration codes from us to have the special academic fee.   Registration: To register please fill in attached registration form and send to dynaa@microsoft.com.   Registration includes entrance at the registered event, the meals served as part of the agenda as well as a special educator evening gathering.   The number of participants is limited due to space restrictions and will be determined on a first come basis.   Customer Excellence Award - Excellence in Academics: ·         The Convergence Customer Excellence Awards recognize, honor and celebrate customers/members that have achieved outstanding success with their Microsoft solutions as well as Microsoft partners’ solutions. Start to consider if that is your educational institution. ·         Please submit your own nomination via the online form which will be available 1 July 2008. Find more details here: http://www.microsoft.com/Dynamics/convergence/copenhagen/2008/customer_excellence.aspx   To make sure to receive all details please write to dynaa@microsoft.com to be included on the mailing list.   We look forward to seeing you in Copenhagen!   MICROSOFT DYNAMICS ACADEMIC ALLIANCE     The Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance is a global program that enables educators to incorporate Microsoft Dynamics technology into the classroom.  Currently, over 1,000 institutions around the world use Microsoft Dynamics products to provide students with an exceptional hands-on learning experience.  If you would like to learn more about the Academic Alliance you are welcome to visit our website: http://www.microsoft.com/education/academic_alliance.mspx.   Conference on 3rd Generation Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (3gERP) The 3gERP project aims to develop the academic foundations for a ‘standard’ flexible and highly configurable global ERP-system for Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs), which can be implemented and maintained at a fraction of the costs of current systems. The ambition of the project is to tackle some of the fundamental challenges and trade-offs existing systems have, for instance with regard to customizability vs. total cost including upgrades. If you would like to learn more about 3gERP please visit this website: http://www.3gerp.org     All the best,     Allison, your new Academic Information Manager     Posted Friday, June 27, 2008 4:26 AM from UK Academic Team Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Events, Training, Technology, MSDN AA, Academics, Teaching, Software

• Films for Learning

  One of the exciting new projects being demonstrated at the BETT show this year is the Films for Learning Project. I know that many of you work with your feeder schools to establish links, provide extra curricular activities and to foster enthusiasm for Computer Science and Engineering subjects and I think this resource could help you. I see potential for you to help your feeder schools make videos that other schools can benefit from, either in your area or across the country. I see students demonstrating their programming, electronics, robotics projects to their peers. What do you think?   Claire   The details of the project are: Films for Learning (FFL) is a project that has been inspiring schools for two years now to create their own video resources and share them with others online as part of core curriculum. FFL is organised out of Thomas Hardye School in Dorset with the first year of funding from NESTA. · Audience for FFL is youth 6-18 years of age and teaching professionals. · All submitted videos are moderated by UK teaching professionals before publication to ensure the site content is safe and appropriate for education use. · Microsoft is a sponsor of FFL and helped to re-launch www.filmsforlearning.org. This collaborative site and online community will serve as an educational resource that inspires and helps teachers and students to make their own video productions. · Approximately 50 schools in the UK take part today (note that most school/classrooms are already undertaking video projects but haven’t had a place to interact around them more broadly. · School participation costs – a DV video camera, a PC running Windows XP or Windows Vista for access to Windows MovieMaker, Internet connectivity to publish the video to filmsforlearning.org · The Films for Learning community members provide student and teacher activity/training days, using a travelling film lab with equipment funded by Microsoft, to help schools start media enhanced, personal learning activities. The introductory FFL video (provided as a WMV) is available here – please watch if you wanted to see and hear more about FFL by the teachers and pupils doing FFL today! http://community.filmsforlearning.org.ultimahosts.eu/video/FfL-Film-2008.wmv Posted Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:53 AM from UK Academic Team Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Training, Technology, Web, Academics, Robotics, Teaching, Embedded, Student

• Robotics and .NET Fundamentals webcasts

  Dan Waters has posted a series of introduction level webcasts on his blog. The content includes: Introduction Getting Started Setting up the Create Serial port communication in VC# Express Teaching the robot to sing More on serial port stuff Setting up and utilizing Bluetooth Driving the robot in a square Intro to VPL and MS Robotics Studio Learning how to drive the robot via a dialog box See how you can use VPL to create a program without writing any code whatsoever Introducing Autonomous Behavior Using the iRobot Create's sensors and a flow diagram to back up when an obstacle is encountered Conclusion to the series and you can access it here. Claire Posted Tuesday, December 18, 2007 10:41 AM from UK Academic Team Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Training, .NET, Robotics

• Life as an intern on the Microsoft Student Placement Programme

  Based in Reading and London, our placements last 48 weeks, beginning with a week-long induction designed to introduce the student to all the different areas of the business and identify objectives for their professional development. Subsequent learning will take the form of on-the-job training within thier team, bespoke skills training and one-to-one performance reviews. Most importantly, they'll do real work and have real opportunities to make a genuine impact on our business and their future. The benefits of a Microsoft Student Placement don’t merely apply to their future career, however. There’s also some pretty hefty advantages to getting involved with Microsoft from day one, including a £14,500 a year salary, £500 sign on bonus, 25 days’ holiday per year, and – should you wish to return to Microsoft on the MACH programme – a fast-track to the last stage of the assessment process.  Please encourage your students to apply by returning a completed application form available here to sturec@microsoft.com quoting placement08.  They might even end up working in our team and take over from Ben Coley from De Montfort and Muhammad Walji from Brunel Posted Wednesday, November 21, 2007 8:18 AM from UK Academic Team Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Careers, Training, Student, Academic

• MSDN Academic Alliance, do your students know they can get Vista?

  The academic team is currently in London running the Microsoft Student Partner bootcamp; 62 students from 50 universities learning about our tools, products and vision so that they can help their peers develop a love of technology. A big debate just revealed that many of them are unaware of the benefits they can derive from your MSDN AA memberships, particularly the fact that they can get Vista Enterprise and hundreds of other products. The start of the new academic year is a good time to remind your existing cohort and inform the freshers. You can get all the information you need here. If there are any of you that do not have a subscription then I urge you to consider it and let me know if you have any questions. Claire Posted Monday, September 17, 2007 12:14 PM from UK Academic Team Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Students, Training, Technology

• Inspiration Tour

  We’re very excited in the Academic team, we’re just about to launch the “Inspiration Tour” and we can’t wait to go out and meet you all. Ed Dunhill           Ed and Ben will be out on the road during the next six months, so why not take a look at our Inspiration Tour web page to find out more and beat the rush to reserve your tour date now! Ben Coley                                               The aim of the inspiration tour is to bring technology to you and your students, everything from the . NET platform to some of the really cool stuff that’s around at the moment like Silverlight, XNA and Microsoft Embedded technologies. Spaces will fill up fast so please email us if you are interested in securing a date. Posted Tuesday, August 21, 2007 9:28 AM from UK Academic Team Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Events, Imagine Cup, XNA, Students, Careers, Training, Technology, Web, Academics, .NET

• How to save €300 atTechEd 2007

  Are you planning to go to TechEd 2007, 5th - 9th November in Barcelona? If so you can save €300 by registering byTuesday 31st July (tomorrow). Designed to provide developers with deep dive technical training, information and community resources, this conference focuses on building software solutions with Microsoft development tools for current and soon-to-release products and technologies. This event is ideal for: Developers Software Engineers Solution Architects Development Managers Web Developers Database Developers If your aim is to architect and build secure, scalable applications, to migrate applications to Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 and Windows Vista, or to address complex technical issues and accelerate development, then TechEd Developers will help you unlock your potential. Register here and start thinking about how you will spend your €300 Claire Posted Monday, July 30, 2007 4:00 AM from UK Academic Team Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Teaching Resources, Events, Training, Technology, Web

• Get registered for Mix:UK 07 11th & 12th September 2007

  Mix:UK 07 is the premier event for web designers and web developers to Get creative inspiration from design and development gurus, web agencies and innovators Discover how technologies like Silverlight, Expression and Live Services are already being used to create a new generation of rich media experiences and RIAs (Rich Interactive Applications) Connect with others in the industry who, like yourself, have a passion for innovation and creativity and have built personal and business success on that passion. SIgn up now to qualify for an early bird price of just £199, a saving of £100 valid until 10th August. Register here Claire Posted Friday, July 27, 2007 6:50 AM from UK Academic Team Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Events, Training, Technology, Web

• New book for your summer reading list

  Those of you who teach Embedded programming, including those of you involved in our Embedded Pilot Group, should treat your bookshelves to a copy of Embedded Programming with the MIcrosoft .NET Microframework. This useful tome by Donald Thompson (Microsoft Research) and Rob S. MIles (University of Hull) is your essential guide to developing for next generation embedded devices. Find it here Microsoft Press ISBN13 -978-0-7356-2365-1 ISBN10- 0-7356-2365-1 Happy Reading Claire Posted Friday, July 20, 2007 6:00 AM from UK Academic Team Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Teaching Resources, Students, Training, Technology, .net fx 3.0

• Registration Now open: MSDN AA Technology Day - 6th September - Reading

  Microsoft is pleased to announce that registration for the Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance Technology Day is now open. This is a one day event for all IT professionals within academic institutions, aimed at providing you with the skills and knowledge to get the maximum benefit from your subscription whether you’re an existing user, new to MSDN AA or are thinking about buying a subscription. Agenda The sessions will take you through the key technology areas that are vital for you and your role: Deploying and Managing  Windows Vista Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 New developments from the Education product group Exchange Server 2007, Groove 2007 Real time scenarios All of which, will really make a difference to how effectively you work. You will also have the opportunity to talk to Microsoft’s technology experts about any questions you have making this a must attend event for 2007. Cost: The event is free to attend and lunch and refreshments will be provided. Venue:  The event will be held at Microsoft’s UK Campus at Thames Valley Park, Reading. Booking Enquires: Find out the detailed agenda and book online now. Alternatively, for telephone booking enquiries, call 0870 166 6680 quoting Ref: 6049   I look forward to meeting you at the MSDN AA Technology day 2007.  Kate Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:36 PM from UK Academic Team Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Events, Vista, Training, Technology, MSDN AA, System Administrator

• Save the Date New events on the Horizion

  I know the last thing on your mind is next term however I thought you would like to know of a couple of free events that we holding early September, the 6th to be specific .    The first is a broad technology day for Academics and will provide a high level overview of the current and future Microsoft developer platform and technologies.  We will cover everything from windows embedded, WPF, Silverlight and much much more. The second is for System Administrators where we will cover the basic’s of Exchange Server and it’s new features in 2007, Office Sharepoint Server 2007 and the new Sharepoint Learning Kit, deploying and managing Windows Vista plus the opportunity to talk to Microsoft experts throughout the day.  So hold the 6th September in your diaries and look out for more information early next week.  Kate   Posted Tuesday, July 03, 2007 11:39 AM from UK Academic Team Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Events, Vista, XNA, Training, Technology, MSDN AA

• Free Microsoft Expression Studio training

  The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted that a link to Ed Dunhill's blog has appeared on this site. Ed is one of our Academic Developer Evangelists (ADEs) which means he aims to help students get the most from our technologies. Last week Ed blogged about free Micrososft Expression Studio training. Microsoft Expression is a suite of tools for professional designers building web and Windows client applications and rich media content. The suite includes: Espression Web, Expression Blend, Expression Design and Expression Media It has never been easier for designers and developers to collaborate to create content with the WOW factor. For lectures, labs, tutorials, webcasts and more visit  the Microsoft Expression Knowledge Center Claire Posted Tuesday, July 03, 2007 7:55 AM from UK Academic Team Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Teaching Resources, Students, Training, Technology