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Draft OVSD OARS for Comment

Submitted by snelson on Tue, 09/12/2006 - 11:40am.

Oregon Virtual School District OARS- Version 2 for Review 

State Board of Education reviews Draft rules on September 22, 2006.  Please post initial comments by September 19, 2006. Final Adoption will come before the Board for consideration in October.

Specifications for the 1:1 Laptops Provided by Intel

Submitted by snelson on Wed, 09/06/2006 - 11:14am.

Gateway M280E

  • Operating System: Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Tablet Edition
  • Operating System Backup Media: Genuine Microsoft® Windows® Tablet Media (CD version)
  • Application Software: No Application Software Selected (Licensed-Royalty bearing)
  • Processor: Intel® Pentium® M Processor 750 (1.86GHz, 533MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache)
  • Memory: 1024MB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2-512MB modules)
  • Hard Drive: 60GB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
  • Optical Drive: 8x Multi-Format Double Layer DVD Writer (DVD±R/±RW/CD-RW)
  • Backup Media: Gateway M280 Drivers and Applications CD
  • Backup Media: Nero 6 Suite Backup Media (requires CDRW Drive)
  • Backup Media: Power DVD Backup Media (requires DVD-ROM or DVD-RW Drive)
  • Warranty: Notebook Total Protection Plan -- 3 year part/labor/NBD on-site/3 year technical support w/ 3 year ADP
  • Display: 14.0" WXGA TFT Active Matrix (1280 x 768 max.

Questions from Portland Public Schools

Submitted by snelson on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 9:31am.

Question: We are intending to submit a proposal for the Laptop Pilot, but have couple of questions in order to finalize our submission.   On page 5 of the RFP you have element referring to Sustainability.  Is the expectation that the pilot site would have to commit to funding the entire technology and Professional Development requirement for year 2?

Answer: The documentation that was sent shows our resources in total.  We included in the ODE Budget request information for $2.5m for 07-09 for expansion and continued support funds to the original pilot sites.  We are beginning to develop a corporate support program for contributions that might engage other companies besides Intel.  So, there are efforts underway for continuation funding.  To be fair I would submit that there are no guarantees on the legislative request, however, we are in good shape for an authorization because there is so much interest in this and I believe the Districts will be successful.


Question: It is also our understanding that the ESD that serves our district
(MESD) will be the submitting entity for this proposal. 

Answer: The ESD must submit the Grant Application.

The date for the Oregon's 1:1 Computing Pilot Grant Application has been extended to Wednesday, September 20, 2006.

Submitted by snelson on Fri, 09/01/2006 - 7:29am.

Critical Dates:

Critical Dates(Revised) Event  
Sept. 20, 2006  Grant Application Due to ODE   
Sept. 27, 2006  3 ESD’s selected/announced     
   Oct. 6, 2006    ESD’s will name their selected school no later than    
Oct. 16, 2006   Tentative Kick Off Meeting with ESD/School leadership (Superintendents, IT, select Administrators, Teachers)   

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