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Clarity's work continues to grow and we have a need to bring on additional expertise to assist with our projects. Visit the Job Opportunities section of our Web site for details.

Clarity's work continues to grow and we have a need to bring on additional expertise to assist with our projects. Visit the Job Opportunities section of our Web site for details.

Two years ago, Clarity Innovations began working with the Organization for Educational Technology and Curriculum (OETC) to build a Web application to facilitate collaboration among state Enhancing Education Through Technology grant recipients. Since then, the Web application has collected over 250 searchable effective instructional technology practices that are aligned with state content standards.

Today, Oregon Governor Kitzhaber is recognizing the work of those nearly 200 teachers, school administrators, and staff developers from 25 different schools that received subgrants from the Oregon Department of Education of federal Title IID and ARRA stimulus grants. The Web application Clarity built will be demonstrated during the final showcase and celebration event.

President & CEO Thor Prichard participated in the two-day symposium to establish a regional science technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) education partnership. Collaborators at the symposium chose a networked improvement community (NIC) to serve as a process from which schools can focus their efforts to transform STEM teaching and learning to measurably increase college and career readiness for all students.

Along with Clarity Innovations, representatives from Portland State University (PSU), Intel Corporation, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Vernier Software & Technology, Beaverton School District, Hillsboro School District, Oregon Department of Education (ODE), Lewis and Clark College and JP Morgan Chase were invited to attend.

Clarity Innovations President & CEO Thor Prichard has accepted the invitation of the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) to participate in an advisory group to help draft the next edition of the Oregon Educational Technology Plan. The advisory group, made up of representatives from K-12 schools, education service districts (ESDs), community colleges, universities, educational nonprofit organizations and the business community, will meet several times this spring to develop and review drafts of the plan that ODE will use as a framework for the next five years to help schools effectively integrate technology into teaching and learning.

Now in its second decade, the Instructional Technology Strategies Conference (ITSC) is unlike most professional development events. Instead of the usual "sit and get" approach, the premise of ITSC is active learning, with ample hands-on practice time and continuous dialog between facilitators and teams of participants from around the Pacific Northwest. ITSC is produced by the Organization for Educational Technology and Curriculum (OETC).