Oregon K-12 Partnership Projects - OVSD

UPDATED-Knowledge Community-With FLASH DEMO

snelson — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:37:40 +0000

FLASH DEMO

http://www.knowledgecommunity.com.au/content/kcdem.htm

Attached to this post are Overview documents for the Knowledge Community Application.

Advancing Oregon Mathematics

snelson — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:28:56 +0000

Tabula Digita, creator of the New York City Department of Education Summer 2007 Multiplayer Educational Game (MEG) Tournament, is introducing a special project concept to Oregon Education involving the application of 3D, immersive educational videogames in what would be the first statewide mathematics competition (on Pre-Algebra and Algebra) of its type.

2007 Digital School Boards Survey has been extended

snelson — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:20:46 +0000

Greetings:
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> We wanted to ensure you had seen that the deadline for participation in the 2007 Digital School Boards Survey has been extended through Friday, August 24th, 5:00pm PST. A reception honoring the top-10 ranked school boards in each of three categories (based on student population) will be held in conjunction with the October 17-19, 2007 NSBA T+L conference in Nashville, TN.
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> Please contact me if you have any questions, or if you need assistance in viewing last year's responses.
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> Regards,
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OVSD Course Content Purchase

snelson — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:50:52 +0000

The Latest OVSD RFP for Course Content is now complete. This RFP was open to Oregon's ESDs, Districts, Colleges and Universities. Below are the courses by provider selected for Purchase. These subjects are available at no additional cost for all Oregon Public k-12 school and ESD programs.

SK Online Courses for Purchase

OVSD

admin — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:23:20 +0000

The Oregon Virtual School District is a program led by the Oregon Department of Education in cooperation with ESD’s, School Districts, Higher Education and Distance Learning Providers throughout the state. OVSD seeks to increase access and availability of online learning and teaching resources to Oregon students and educators.

For more information, please visit the OVSD project web site

OVSD PD Grants Announced

snelson — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:07:58 +0000

Dear Oregon Educators,

Podcasting: Install Fest and Intellectual Property

Greg Lund-Chaix — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:31:30 +0000

Martin Medeiros to speak on Intellectual Property Rights and Podcasting

We are excited to let you know that Martin Medeiros of Swider Medeiros Haver LLP will be giving a talk at the Box Populi "install-fest" on "Clearing Online Intellectual Property Rights for Universities, Lecturers, Consultants, Media Producers and Web 2.0 Companies." Mr. Medeiros will be speaking at 1 pm. His discussion will be webcast and posted after the event.

Box Populi is hosting an "install-fest" to learn about their Podcast in a Box project on May 5th, 2007 in Portland, OR. Come learn about this open source project. Take any recycled computer and convert it into a simple, automated podcasting device. Operate it with a USB thumbdrive: plug in the key to start, remove it to stop and automatically publish to your listeners' iPods. There are no licensing costs to use the software and the event is free. Learn more...

28 High School Courses available for school Use-OVSD January Update

snelson — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:29:34 +0000

OVSD Update-January, 2007

Current Work Completed

There are 28 high school courses in the portal for use by all 198 Districts. These courses are available in the OVSD Moodle LMS and as ZIP downloads.
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Streaming video: OVSD Trainings, Friday October 13th

snelson — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:20:37 +0000

OVSD Trainings-October 13th-Salem

snelson — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:58:10 +0000

Two OVSD Trainings are scheduled for Friday October 13^th

From 10:00am -12:00pm there is an overview and training for the OVSD Portal and an opportunity to help shape the OVSD development road map.
From 1:30pm-4:30 pm there will be training for the OVSD Learning Management System, Course tools and pod casting server.

These sessions will provide educators with the opportunity to understand how the OVSD resources can assist the education Enterprise.