Technology for Teaching

The primary function of Technology for Teaching (T2) is to distribute electronic equipment to the public schools, local governmental agencies and other non-profits in Clackamas County. This equipment is viable, but no longer usable by County standards. The program has been very successful providing thousands of PCs, monitors, printers, servers and AV equipment to local school districts. Technology for Teaching (T2) is a 501(c)3 non-profit established in 2010 by Clackamas County Technology Services.

This year, T2 was expanded beyond just schools. We've been actively promoting the services to local non-profits in the community. T2 can provide equipment beyond the needs of the schools and are adding minimally funded non-profit organizations to help save valuable funds for other purposes and new / enhanced services

Services

This non-profit has several important functions:

• Reduce technology costs to local schools and other agencies in tough budget times
• Maximize tax dollar use in the area and maintain public trust
• Provide resources and opportunities for local agencies, schools, and non-profit organizations to develop programs previously not affordable or available
• Reduce recycling costs to Clackamas County
• Achieve sustainable goals by redeploying technology
• Maintain LEAN goals by optimizing the technology assessment, processing and disposition
  process keeping staff, processing and storage costs down

To date, more than 3,000 pieces of equipment have been processed and donated. If procured new, the estimated equipment value would be more than $2 million – more than available in most school or NPO budgets for technology. This has allowed the schools and agencies to supplement their technology budgets for such uses as:

• New reading, ESL, and Library learning labs not previously available
• New learning kiosks in classrooms and other training rooms
• Supplement administrative support equipment and budgets
• New multi-media presentation capability and labs
• Support of public health services and administration
• Technology training labs with hands on capability
• Recycling and equipment processing training programs
• Public kiosks to support available services and programs for clients in need
• Laptops to allow mobile services to elderly and restricted mobility clients
• Specialized, advanced training programs for students of all ages to learn specialized skills in areas of technology, including earning the right to keep the training equipment.
• Specialized job development training programs for at-risk clients to be more prepared for the job market and potentially earning the right to keep the training equipment

Technology

The T2 application that manages the equipment, agencies and the processing of the equipment is an in-house, web based application using a Postgress database. All development and support is done in-house by County Technology Services at minimal costs.