The Clearinghouse
Funding Sources for Telecommunications Planning and Demonstration Projects.
State of Oregon
Where can communities find funding for telecommunications projects? This is a list of some possibilities. Please let us know if we have overlooked a good source.
The OTFC was appointed by the Governor to ensure that all Oregonians share
in the potential benefits of telecommunications technology. The OTFC works
to ensure affordable access to telecommunications solutions for all Oregon
communities and utilization of telecommunications in the service of economic
development, education, health care, government services and civic involvement.
The OTFC works in support of the Governor's Quality Communities policy initiative
as well as the goals and objectives of SB 994 and the Oregon Statewide Telecommunications
Planning Project. The OTFC is an outgrowth of the Oregon Telecommunications
Forum, a grassroots effort designed to inform and involve Oregonians in
planning their telecommunications future.
If you don't have a Technology
Plan or you need one upgraded to meet the standards, then you need to apply
for a subgrant to get your Technology Plan done. Then you can apply for
an implementation grant in 1998. Oregon will get $1.9 Million per year from
the US Department of Education for at least two years.
The site
contains links to access to resources, information about connections to
the internet, software resources, professional development, district resources,
and national planning sites.
The Technology Initiative for Education
(TIE) is a collaboration between local businesses and K-12 school districts in
Oregon. Spearheaded and strongly
supported by Portland General Electric (PGE), TIE was established to support
and assist improving and enhancing education in K-12 school districts through
the use of computer network technology. TIE focuses on the design, engineering,
and construction of new, standards-based, computer networking systems to
support a range of new and emerging administrative and instructional-support
applications. The project will assemble and focus the necessary external
expertise and training resources to establish and build a self-sustaining
process for developing student technical skills and hands on capabilities
such that future expansion of school computer networks, and computer-based
services can rely on students to provide the majority of the training, technical
expertise and skilled labor required. In fact, a primary objective of the
project is to establish systemic processes for ensuring perpetuation of
student interest and expertise for designing, engineering, constructing,
operating, and maintaining the new computer networks and creatively exploiting
the educational support capabilities networked systems can provide.
The 1997
Oregon Technology Plan sets a course for Oregon and the Department of Education
in using technology to improve student learning, manage resources, and increase
accountability; it should be viewed as a working document that will undergo
further development and revision over the next few months. The Technology
Plan is also intended to provide a framework for Oregon school districts
as they develop and implement their own technology plans. Districts, individually
or in consortia through education service districts, should find the Technology
Plan useful in their work. Additional help is available directly from the
Department, education service districts, and the OPEN Instructional Technology
Clearinghouse. Further information can be found at the Department's
Oregon Goals 2000 Technology Proposal
The intent of the Oregon Goals 2000 Technology Proposal is to continue systemic
statewide planning to increase the use of state of the art technologies
that enhance elementary and secondary student learning and staff development
in support of the National Education Goals, Oregon content standards, and
student performance standards.
The Innovation Engine Competition is sponsored
by the OPEN Instructional Technology Clearinghouse and your local Education
Service District through
a grant from the Oregon Department of Education. This competition provides
financial awards for innovative and effective student developed uses of
the Internet in the furtherance of learning. The two primary objectives
of this competition are to 1) recognize effective Internet-based learning,
and 2) share these innovations state-wide. This competition will recognize
individual students, student teams, and classroom developed uses of the
Internet, including, but not limited to Web page development. IEC '97 is
open to all public schools in Oregon and is divided into three grade-level
categories: 1) Elementary, 2) Middle, and 3) Secondary. There are 99 awards
totaling $63,000.
This map
does not include approximately 225 sites used for delivery of ED-NET Network
I (located primarily in high schools, colleges, ESDs,hospitals and government
agencies). Also does not include instruction transmitted over computer networks
like Internet and Oregon Compass. All OSSHE institutions have Internet connections.
Information from surveys about technology in the Oregon Schools.
The Oregon State Department of Energy has a program to help Oregon businesses
get a head start on telecommuting. The program explains the benefits of
telecommuting for business and employees and provides incentives, loans
and information on how to set up a corporate program.
Oregon Council for the Humanities has a board of 21 Oregonians. It uses NEH funds and funds raised in Oregon to create locally-presented programs that foster culturally and historically informed thinking by Oregonians about the human condition. These programs take place throughout Oregon. In 1996, OCH funded 209 programs in 58 communities. Oregon Council for the Humanities, 812 SW Washington St., Suite 225, Portland, OR 97205 Voice:503-241-0543 or 800-735-0543, FAX: 503-241-0024 e-mail: OCH@teleport.com