By Arlyne Alston
Communications Officer/Newsletter Editor
eTech Ohio
eTech Ohio has worked throughout the summer to prepare for a busy and productive new school year. We're excited to serve your organization and look forward to working with you in the coming year. Some highlights to look forward to include:
 2009 Educational Technology Conference - February 2-4, 2009- eLearning
- Technology Plan Support
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By Arlyne Alston
Communications Officer/Newsletter Editor
eTech Ohio
eTech Ohio, in collaboration with the Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC), is proud to announce the School Facilities Technology Toolkit will be available this fall. This online resource was designed to assist school districts as they prepare for the construction of new or renovated structures. Tutorials, presentations and resources within the Toolkit are designed to support facility during the planning process.
"The School Facilities Technology Toolkit is being launched at an opportune time," said David Barber, eTech Ohio Interim Executive Director. "This tool will prepare many school districts for the new technologies afforded to them as part of an OSFC project."
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By Arlyne Alston
Communications Officer
eTech Ohio
eTech Ohio's network staff provides videoconferencing services to the Ohio K-12 Network and Ohio's Public Broadcasting stations. As part of the videoconferencing service, eTech Ohio maintains a series of Multipoint Conferencing Units (MCUs) that are capable of linking multiple video endpoints in a single videoconference. eTech Ohio also maintains an online scheduling system which enables users to schedule their video resources 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
In addition to the video services, eTech Ohio staff has closely worked with the 23 Information Technology Centers (ITCs) and seven large urban districts to migrate away from the legacy ATM backbone, to a more efficient and higher speed IP backbone. Scott Gaughan, eTech Ohio Director of Network Planning and Services, said "This transition will enable the Ohio K-12 Network to move from its current OC-3 (155mb/s) connections, to the higher bandwidth Gigabit Ethernet (1000mb/s) connections.
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