ETDC coordinates statewide programs, projects, and events in cooperation with the Ed Tech Directors in the nine regional ESDs. Here are descriptions and links:

Partners in Learning Program
The ETSCs have partnered with Microsoft to offer a series of professional development modules to a select audience for deployment in their classrooms and buildings.

i-SAFE Internet Safety
In partnership with the ESD Educational Technology Support Centers in the State of Washington, i-SAFE America is providing a prevention-oriented Internet safety education program for students in grades K-12. This program includes professional development opportunities, K-12 curriculum at no charge, opportunities for students to participate in leadership activities, and parent and community resources.

Online Courses Earning Clock Hours
The ETSCs are now offering educators the opportunity to earn clock hours while learning technology skills online using Element K as a resource.

Peer Coaching
The goals of Peer Coaching are to foster the systematic integration of technology into classrooms by training teachers to become coaches for other teachers in their schools. Washington State ETSCs are partnering with Microsoft to deliver this program.

ThinkQuest
ThinkQuest USA is offered to teachers and students interested in participating in a program to build educational websites. The celebrated ThinkQuest Library is a freely available resource of student-created content.

PILOT
A professional development resource to help educators identify their strengths and weaknesses in educational technology and chart a course for improvement.

Verizon Thinkfinity
Thinkfinity provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content, developed by the nation's content experts for the K-12 teacher and classroom. Resources found on the Thinkfinity web site (http://www.thinkfinity.org/) and the six partner web sites offer teachers invaluable educational resources, and the program offers free training, across the country, so that teachers learn how to use this rich content in their classrooms daily. The ETSC program is the lead vehicle for:

     providing training to teachers
     aligning Thinkfinity lessons to Washington State standards
     developing and hosting this WWW site
     promoting the use of Thinkfinity resources

Blackboard
ETDC has purchased a Blackboard server for statewide educational projects. This online learning and teaching environment has the potential for enhancing technology projects through its unique capacity for course delivery, resource sharing, and communication.