We are holding an event for UK academics (students supplying a .ac.uk email will be allowed to attend) at Bletchley Park near Milton Keynes to help teaching staff understand Silverlight and how it can be applied in teaching.

Bletchley Mansion +  image

The event will have several sessions covering the following:

  • Keynote on Microsoft's web platform and overall strategy by Mark Quirk (Microsoft)
  • Next generation user experience technologies - a deep dive by Marc Holmes (Microsoft)
  • Microsoft Expression by John Allwright (Microsoft)
  • Silverlight in the classroom by Ian Palmer (University of Bradford)
  • Real world use of WPF and Silverlight by Mark and Alex from Shaxam

This is the pre-cursor to an exclusive teaching program to support universities wanting to adopt Silverlight in the classroom. This will include £3000 (*details and exact value tbc) of individual training on the technology, support from Microsoft and resources to build curriculum.

If you want to register please call as soon as possible (spaces are limited) the following number:

0870 166 6630

Any questions then please leave a comment or email me at markjo@microsoft.com

Also - attendees will receive a free Silverlight 1.0 MS Press book and a swanky Silverlight umbrella! (It's Britain and we anticipate rain and the tour goes outside.....and I really wanted a Silverlight umbrella :-))