Oregon K-12 Partnership Projects - E-BITS, 1:1, OVSD, Technology, KIDS, E-BITS RFP, 1:1 Pilots, Data Quality

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.

Get Ready Oregon Web Site Launched

snelson — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:25:40 +0000

Get Ready Oregon – New Website Launched

With Oregon’s graduation requirements changing and students being asked to achieve at higher levels, the Oregon Department of Education is asking schools, students, and parents "Are you ready?"

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

Oregon Awarded $4.7M from Federal Government to Support Oregon DATA Project

Leslie Golden — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:48:01 +0000

Below is the Press Release issued by ODE regarding the Federal announcement of IES awards.

This award was earned for Oregon through an application prepared collaboratively by members of the Data Quality Group.

Project development, management, and execution will continue to be a joint collaboration between ODE, EESC, ESDs, K12, and Higher Ed.

As Project Plan documentation is finalized, it will be posted here for review.

July 2, 2007

ODE Wins Federal Grant to Fund Oregon DATA Project

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Integrating 21st Century Skills into K12

Leslie Golden — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:01:58 +0000

The National Ed Computing Conference this year offered numerous, excellent opportunities to tap into the message and substance of information and instructional technology efforts across the country.

Among many other resources showcased and discussed, the(fairly new) Partnership for 21st Century Skills offered some great insights and in-roads into the path for integrating critical skills into core K12 content.
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Winning EBITS Strategic Grant Applications posted for review here:

Leslie Golden — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:13:13 +0000

A number of requests have come in to see the applications that were successful this round. There are terrific innovations and solutions presented in these documents. Please take a close look to see how similarly-situated schools and districts (to yours) are solving some of their connectivity issues.

Congratulations to the winning applicants. We will keep the field posted about if/when we may be able to open another round of grants!

Strategic Network Grant Results

steve nelson — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:56:51 +0000

There were 22 applications from across the entire state for the Strategic Network Grant opportunity.
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Data Quality

Leslie Golden — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:34:51 +0000

The top technology priority expressed by ESD IT directors across Oregon is data. School Improvement leadership ranks data near the top as well. Specifically, in demand is the exploration and development of expanded support to districts and schools in the form of improved data quality, and tools and know-how for substantial and meaningful data analysis to improve teaching and learning.

With committments from ODE stakeholders, the Education Enterprise Steering Committee (EESC), ESD's, and school districts across the state, a Data Quality Work Group has been formed to develop a statewide program to meet the above demands.

True to the mission of the EESC, the work group comprises P-20 representation, across the agencies and geography of Oregon.

The first meeting was held today, January 22. The first charge for the work group is to collaborate on the rapid preparation of a federal grant application, due March 15, which could provide funding for the statewide program we will be simultaneously developing. Progress on the application, as well as on development of the full program, will be tracked on this site.

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