The Organization for Educational Technology and Curriculum (“OETC”) is issuing an Invitation to Bid for Educational Technology Installation Services as a Joint Cooperative Procurement on behalf of its public K-12 and higher education member institutions. The purpose of this ITB is to solicit proposals from qualified providers to provide OETC’s members with educational technology installation …
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The Hams of EdTech
The Hams of EdTech OETC members use the radio waves on behalf of their schools, communities … and sled dogs OETC’s Spotlight is a series of stories, interviews and Q&As highlighting news and ideas from across the Northwest EdTech community. Read more stories here. If it wasn’t for the tree that nearly crushed his truck …
Lessons from the Time of Hybrid
Lessons from the Time of Hybrid As Washington and Oregon schools get ready to return to classrooms, Idaho CIOs who have been doing it all year weigh in on challenges, ideas and strategy OETC’s Spotlight is a series of stories, interviews and Q&As highlighting news and ideas from across the Northwest EdTech community. Read more …
Limited time offer: UHD/1080P wide-angle webcams as low as $29
Limited time offer: UHD/1080P wide-angle webcams available for just $29 (40% off) through AnywhereCart AnywhereCart has a limited stock of classroom-ready webcams that OETC is able to offer to our members at a steep discount. AC-WBCM-1080PUniversal High Definition USB Webcam with 1080p resolution True 1080P resolution at 30 frames per second 90° Wide-Angle Lens Built-In …
Spotlight: So What Now?
So What Now? As 2021 dawns, CIOs and educational technologists face a landscape less settled than ever. OETC’s Spotlight is a series of stories, interviews and Q&As highlighting news and ideas from across the Northwest EdTech community. Two days before Christmas, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown surprised educators across the state by announcing that schools should …
2020 Year in Review
The Seven Stages of 2020 — Spotlight 2020 Year in Review —CIOs and the edtech community reflect on a year like no other On the sixth day of 2020, a small item ran in the Asia Pacific section of the New York Times, headed ‘China Grapples With Mystery Pneumonia-Like Illness’. 59 patients were experiencing “high …
Webinar: Learn how new Adobe Sign tools can simplify your paper processes
10-10:30 a.m. PT on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 Register Now Adobe and OETC are partnering for a 30-minute webinar about the new Adobe Sign features available for Education. Adobe Sign lets you send documents for legal e-signatures with just a few clicks, and then track the status in real time, and replace paper processes in …
Tech departments have big plans for bonds, levies
Voters Say Yes to EdTech Across Oregon and Washington, approved bonds and levies give CIOs new opportunities School districts across Oregon and Washington have much to be grateful for this Thanksgiving, as voters overwhelmingly approved bonds and levies on November’s ballot. In Oregon, voters approved 14 of the 17 bonds and levies on the ballot, …
Nov. 10: Leasing and Tech Refresh strategies webinar from IFS
Insight Financial Services Leasing and Tech Refresh Strategies Webinar11 a.m. PST on Tuesday, Nov. 10 Register Now Robert Pohl, Executive Director Of Technology, Transportation, and Food/Nutrition at Anacortes School District, will discuss how his district used IFS to make the transition to digital learning easier, including: Implementing leasing and tech refresh strategies; Accelerating return on …
Tales of Tech Terror
True Tales of Tech Horror Behold, the four categories of spooky technology happenings! After exhaustive research that took upwards of three afternoons, the OETC Technology Horror Department has been able to successfully categorize terrifying stories into four principal buckets: The Meltdown: Think thousands of Tier 1 tickets, or a server that is literally underwater. The …