Oregon K-12 Partnership Projects - Comments

KIDS for the Future

David Mohrman — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:00:17 +0000

In researching the KIDS project for an upcoming interview, I have been impressed with the level of planning and focus on the goals and objectives of the project. Working as a web coder where the technology environment appears to be siloed and opaque, it is refreshing to see a project that seems to be making the process accessible and transparent, with an emphasis towards collaboration and usability by a wide demographic of end users.

I hope to talk to you all soon about being a part of this project.

David Mohrman

"The true meaning of life
is to plant trees,
under whose shade
you do not expect to sit"
~ Nelson Henderson

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Alexander10 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:20:47 +0000

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Media Streaming RFP

snelson — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:47:48 +0000

OVSD has a big interest in lowering the cost of streaming resources for schools and we look forward to participating.

Great work Paul!

Steve Nelson

Knowledge Community?

greg.collver — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:08:35 +0000

For further information: http://www.k12partners.org/node/135

Attached Documents

clkempfer — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:38:53 +0000

Hi Leslie,

It doesn't appear that you attached the smartboard training documents to your message. Could you post them again?

Thanks, Caryl

Apparently no hardware is required to manage the AP

wallowamichael — Thu, 24 May 2007 15:42:54 +0000

Apparently no hardware is required to manage the Wireless Access Points. There IS hardware that helps with management and rollout of wireless systems, but it is not required for them to work the way we want them to. Thanks for the follow up. Michael Williams IT Director Wallowa County ESD

Ebits orders / agents decision

rtrummer — Wed, 16 May 2007 21:41:23 +0000

During the HDESD mtg in April on the Ebits rollout, Lane ESD asked about continuing to work with Qwest agents for Ebits orders - as opposed to working directly with Qwest. This option is very important to LESD. We'd like a decision or ruling on this in the next couple weeks. If this is option not available, we'd like an explanation of why, as well as a review of how account support will match service from agents. Randy Trummer Lane ESD

Clarification coming.

Leslie Golden — Tue, 15 May 2007 19:38:33 +0000

Michael -
per emails, I will post answers to your inquiries here as well once they come back.

Reply on the way

Leslie Golden — Tue, 15 May 2007 19:37:01 +0000

Randy,
I have forwarded this to Qwest and I will post the response as soon as I receive.

Ebits orders and BANs

rtrummer — Tue, 15 May 2007 15:58:43 +0000

I need a clarification on the BAN field on the EBits request Form. If I request a new BAN, my understanding is that my ESD would not be eligible for erate this year, true? My intention is to choose the BAN corresponding to the existing T1 (or other Qwest service) to the respective district, and enter it on that downstream district's Request Form. Do I have this right? Randy Trummer Lane ESD

Is significant data to be expected?

StevePrull — Mon, 07 May 2007 22:01:33 +0000

Steve Prull
Director of Instructional Technology
High Desert ESD Redmond, OR 97756
541-693-5642

At the ACPE conference it was very interesting to hear from keynote speaker Bette Manchester about the Maine 1:1 project. In the breakout session she indicated that after 5 years they are just getting to the place where they have enough data to have some meaningful evaluation! She stressed that professional development must be sustained and embedded - regardless of what technology is being infused (SmartBoards, Document cameras, laptops, etc)

While I look forward to the end of school survey, I believe the 3+ months that our program will have been in place will not allow anyone to draw meaningful conclusions about it's effectivness. I would hope that the legislature and others observers have realistic expectations - that perhaps after 3 years of well planned implementation, sustained professional development, and a properly designed assessment methodology, we may be positioned to have a preliminary understanding of the effects of the program on student achievment.

Steve

DQ - How does this relate to KIDS and SIS?

greg.collver — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:30:06 +0000

I am interested in how the proposed DQ statewide program would relate to ODE's KIDS project and to the individual SIS systems in use across the state. Our district is currently considering a new SIS and we would like to be reasonably certain that we are on track with any future statewide program.

Is it correct that the DQ proposal is that the regional ESD's would become the data collection site for the districts (replacing ODE's consolidated data collection site) and that ODE would then collect the information they need (for KIDS) from the ESD data warehouses?

Note also that you can set

admin — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:12:32 +0000

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How can I help?

Greg Lund-Chaix — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:02:30 +0000

As the person responsible for the technology, I am here to make tools that you all will find valuable and actually use. With that in mind, I have been trying to build tools that are functional and easy to use. But (there's always a "but" in there), I'm not "you all" and I'm not an educator. So I can build things I think would work well for you.

What I need from everyone out there is feedback. Tell me what works. What doesn't work. What you like. What you dislike. These resources and tools are a first attept at giving you something useful. Tell us how useful it is and how if it could be made more useful.

We would like very much to provide a home for a forum like Greg describes. Who do you all think it should be done? How can we with the OVSD project help facilitate and foster the community?

Principal's Survey

D.C. Lundy — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:18:55 +0000

Hi Paul,

I took the principal's survey yesterday and it seemed quite good to me. Thank you for setting the surveys up. All of the folks taking the same survey in their area is a good idea.

D.C. Lundy

Principal,

Powell Butte Elementary