[Year 12 SofDev] Microsoft Training Day

[Adrian Janson]

Hi everyone (and apologies for the cross posts),

 

Andrew Parsons, who was at the VITTA conference last year, has passed the
following information on to me that I thought might be interesting to some
of you:

 

Microsoft Australia invites you to attend the Teacher and Faculty Training
Day, held at Deakin University. This free technical training day is
jam-packed full of information that will help you understand technologies
that are used by a large component of the business world and how you can
help your students come to grips with them and be prepared as they enter the
workforce. 

The morning session introduces you to .NET and core programming concepts
that can be used as a basis for building teaching content for your own
students as well as going into the reasons why it's important to include
.NET and C# as part of your curriculum. Over the space of three hours,
you'll learn how .NET works and how it can be used to create programming
projects for Windows, web browsers, mobile phones and even Xbox consoles.

The afternoon session will cover Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), a
new way of creating programs that have innovative user interfaces and
experiences and is the same technology used to provide Silverlight on web
browsers. The three hours includes an introduction and definition of core
WPF concepts and, like the morning session, will include pointers on how to
build coursework from what you'll hear on the day. All attendees of the WPF
session will receive a copy of WPF-in-a-Box, a complete resource guide to
learning and using Windows Presentation Foundation, including hands on labs,
links and resources.

In addition to these two technical training sessions and the WPF-in-a-Box
kit, Microsoft will also highlight the various programs that are in place to
provide you and your students free software and curriculum resources so that
you're best armed to gear up to teach programming with Microsoft
technologies, and give you some ideas on how to integrate social awareness
into the curriculum to inspire and encourage technical innovation in your
class attendees.

Places are limited - don't miss out on this opportunity to skill up on .NET
and WPF and be prepared to teach these crucially important business
development technologies to your students. 

 

What:    Teacher and Faculty Training Day

Where:                 Room HD3.008/HD3.009,Deakin University, Burwood
Highway, Burwood, VICTORIA 3125

When: Monday, March 30th 2009

                Session 1:            .NET       9:00am-12:00pm

                Session 2:            WPF       1:00pm-4:00pm

RSVP:    March 26th 2009

To register your attendance, visit the following event website and enter
your details. 

https://www.microsoft.com.au/events/register/home.aspx?levent=236693
<https://www.microsoft.com.au/events/register/home.aspx?levent=236693&linvit
ation> &linvitation

 

Cheers,

Adrian

 

Adrian Janson, 

VITTA President

Director of ICT, 

Melbourne High School, 

Forrest Hill, South Yarra 3141 Australia.

Phone: 03 9826 0711 International: +61 3 9826 0711

Fax: 03 9826 8767 International: +61 3 9826 8767

E-mail: janson.adrian.a at edumail.vic.gov.au

School WWW: http://www.mhs.vic.edu.au <http://www.mhs.vic.edu.au/> 

My WWW: http://www.adrianjanson.com.au <http://www.adrianjanson.com.au/> 

Blog: http://jansona.edublogs.org <http://jansona.edublogs.org/> 

Delicious: http://delicious.com/adrianjanson/

 


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