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Freshly Minted
Software 2009
Ontario Software Acquisition
Program Advisory Committee

Doug
Doug Peterson,
Peterson, Danuta
Danuta Woloszynowicz
Woloszynowicz
http://www.osapac.org/cms/
 What We Do
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OSAPAC identifies Needs
How? From the survey on the website and current curriculum.

We also make every effort to keep titles current.

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OSAPAC contacts Vendors
Request For Proposal through Ministry MERX system
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Vendors Respond
software and pricing submitted
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OSAPAC Evaluates
and makes recommendations
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Ministry Negotiates
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Ontario Classrooms Benefit
 Value of OSAPAC
Common suite of computer software province-wide
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Supports initiatives like collaboration

and sharing of resources with others
Economy – consider a single $100 piece of software
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= $14.3 M to license 30 copies per school provincially!

OSAPAC Committee and District Consultants
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promoting its use

 What We Did This Year
Licensed 14 new titles
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Upgraded 8 Existing Titles

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Sponsored PD Sessions
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Redesigned the OSAPAC website

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Tied More Titles to Curriculum Expectations

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Surveyed the Province

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Developed and Expanded an Online Curriculum Resource

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Repository
 How YOU Get the Software
Software titles distributed to OESS
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(Ontario Educational Software Service) representative

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Web services (i.e. Grolier, Gizmos) accessed by
password distributed to OESS representatives
How To Find Out What's Coming?

check http://www.osapac.org/cms
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“There is so much on the computer. What do I use?”

•Visit OSAPAC website

and browse by expectations.
•Follow blogs to find out what’s hot.
•Ask colleagues.
 Upgraded Titles

•Photoshop Elements v.8 for both platforms

•Dragon Naturally Speaking v.10 Preferred
 New Titles
•Bitstrips for Schools
•Adobe Premiere Elements 7 (Windows)
•Math Gizmos Grades 7-12
•Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Standard
•CDX Automotive
•Clicker 5 French
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 We Are Working On…..
• Multimedia Authoring Software
• Writing Process Software
• Streaming Video
• French Language Editing Tool
• Digital Citizenship Software
 How Do YOU Have a Say?
• Fill out an online survey.
• Pass on your recommendations to us
through your OESS rep, ICT consultant or
your subject association.