Dateline: 8:00 a.m. on a beautiful, if a little smoky, Sunday morning in July 2104. Bend, Oregon. Notice that 8:00 a.m. on a Sunday morning part. Who in the world would be awake and alert for an 8:00 a.m. Sunday conference session?!? As I drove from my house to the beautiful Riverhouse event center that morning, I was certain there would be 2-3 hearty souls in my presentation room. Once those hearty souls realized… Read More

For the 3rd summer in a row, Google is teaming up with Make magazine to provide 30 days of Virtual Summer Maker Camp. Each week from July 7 to August 15, a new set of themed activities will be posted on the Google Maker Camp website http://makezine.com/maker-camp, and each weekday, a different maker project will be shared. Librarians and Summer Camp Directors, as well as individuals and families, are encouraged to integrate… Read More

ORVSD is excited to provide access to SketchUp Pro at no cost to Oregon school districts. We are a grantee under the Statewide License Grant Program. To access your license keys, please follow the steps below: Complete the request form on this page. (See below.) Download SketchUp Pro 2014. (Please select the correct version. There are several to choose from.) Install in your lab environment or on individual machines. Open SketchUp. Click the Add… Read More