IID ARRA GRANT

No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA)
Title IID Enhancing Education Through Technology
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Competitive Grants
Request for Proposals (RFP) # 200907487

The State of Maine Department of Education is seeking proposals for the identification of open educational resources (OER) to support the integration of technology in teaching and learning in each of the eight Maine Learning Results (MLR) content areas and Career and Technical Education.

Download a PDF copy of the RFP.

The grant recipients will be responsible for fostering the creation of and/or further development of an on-going statewide content area learning network that can support and encourage further dialogue regarding the creation and use of open educational resources.

LearnCentral will be the networking tool for the Title IID ARRA Open Educational Resource initiative.

LearnCentral is a new social learning network for education, sponsored by Elluminate. This free, open environment represents the next step of combining asynchronous social networking and the ability to store, organize, and find educational resources.

LearnCentral is for any educator who wants to find and connect with like-minded colleagues to share content, develop best practices, and collaborate on a statewide and global level. Teachers can register for an account by visiting the LearnCentral website http://www.learncentral.org/

Only school administrative units meeting certain poverty guidelines can submit proposals, but collaborative proposals developed in cooperation with other SAUs, related organizations and institutes of higher education are allowed.

School Administrative Units eligible to submit an RFP

A copy of the proposal is available in MSWORD format on request by registering with the Department. This ensures receipt of supporting material such as copies of all written questions & responses. Contact Bob McIntire, Maine DOE, 23 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0023, email bob.mcintire@maine.gov or call 207-624-6778. Provide a full name, address and phone number.

Completed proposals must be received no later than 2:00 p.m. local time Oct. 14, 2009 at the following address: Division of Purchases, Burton M. Cross Building (Fourth Floor); 111 Sewall Street; 9 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0009. We do NOT accept faxed proposals. Proposal packages must be clearly marked “NCLBA Title IID ARRA RFP”. Proposals received after 2:00 P.M. local time will be rejected, without exception.

A recording of the RFP Info and Q&A webconference is available at this link http://stateofmaine.na4.acrobat.com/p68218450/

The Question and Answer period for the RFP has ended. Click here for the archived Questions and Answers.

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