PloneEdu: From Concept to Reality in Six Months

What

 (weblion.psu.edu/) is an effort to provide opportunities for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and support for the use of Plone for all levels and types of educational uses. At the Plone Conference 2009, we presented a proposal on how to move from a concept to reality. Since November 2009, officially launched it presence (May 2010) and has been growing in leaps and bounds.

In this session, you will learn about the start-up and launch efforts. More importantly, you will hear about what is in store for the next year and how you can have a more active part in building this vibrant community for those using Plone in education. Help us make Plone the #1 CMS for education!

Who

Michael J. Halm

Penn State - WebLion

Mike Halm is the Director and Senior Strategist for the WebLion group. The group started modestly over five years ago with just one developer and has now grown to 10 full-time developers. In addition to this core group, there are over thirty partners with about 80 to 100 developers, integrators and web designers located across the Penn State system of 25 campuses in various colleges, department and administrative groups. Mike Halm was the principal catalyst for starting the WebLion group with his colleague Christian Vinten-Johansen. Mike has presented extensively on the role of standards and the use of open source at international venues over the past ten years.