Plone Symposium: Light on Education

Plone Symposium East 2008 will include events to raise awareness of Plone in educational institutions. ­

The Symposium follows close on the heals of the Ploneability Higher Ed conference, increased traffic of the Plone Education List, the Plone4Universities project, and other initiatives. Education-centric activities are also being organized at the Symposium to maintain the momentum.

We hope to cajole enough colleagues to present sessions that we can create a Plone in Education track. Lessee... roughly 6 sessions per track for two days... can we get 12 folks from Louisville, UTexas, U Washington, U Wisconsin/Oshkosh, Technische Universität München, to name only a few, to propose edu-centric sessions? We're shaking the trees as we speak. A Birds of a Feather session on Plone in Education has been proposed. Don't be shy - add your ideas and propose other sessions.

And how about a sprint to build extensions to the FacultyStaffDirectory. There's been much discussion on a more robust calendar solution, including the Plone + CalDAV PLIP proposal; in fact, an improved calendar was identified at Ploneability as one of the next killer applications for educational institutions. A calendar is a fine candidate for sprints, a BoF, or sessions. Let's talk about it.

By Christian Vinten-Johansen on Wednesday, January 16, 2008

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