Alberta Education, in consultation with stakeholders, has established a series of Education Standing Offers (ESOs) for technology products. The ESO system enables jurisdictions to acquire selected technology products from a centralized product catalog at education pricing levels that would not be available using independent purchasing arrangements.
Electronic Whiteboard Technology – Agreements are in place with four of the world's leading manufacturers of electronic whiteboard technology that will enable Alberta K-12 schools to acquire a wide range of both front and rear projection electronic whiteboard devices, as well as accessory equipment, peripherals, and support services at education pricing levels.
Data Projector Technology – The data projector ESO consists of products from ten of the leading manufacturers of this technology and contains a wide range of data projector and document cameras designed to accommodate the full spectrum of presentation requirements from ultra-portable devices to large-format auditorium-based presentations.
Laptop and Desktop Computers – This ESO will enable jurisdictions to acquire a wide range of laptop, tablet, and desktop computers. It also includes stand-alone portable word processing keyboards, peripherals and accessories, and professional service and support products.
Videoconference Endpoint Technology – The videoconference endpoint ESO consists of a comprehensive range of products and services including desktop solutions to full videoconferencing suites and everything in between.
Boardmaker ESO - Boardmaker software is the premiere software among educators for creating printed symbol-based communication such as schedules,
worksheets, reading and writing activities, game and song boards, communication boards, books and more. A drawing program combined with a graphics database,
Boardmaker features more than 4,500 Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) in both black-and-white and color, all in 44 languages. Boardmaker is available
on both the PC and Mac platforms.
** Note: 'Boardmaker Studio' is not currently available as an Education Standing Offer.
Please note: Education Standing Offers are available to Alberta, Kindergarten - Grade 12 schools and require that you log-in to the Learning Resources Centre's (LRC) secure website at http://www.lrc.education.gov.ab.ca using your LRC Account #, userid and password. Your school LRC account administrator (eg. principal, secretary, purchaser) can create you an account. Otherwise, please email your request to lrccustserv@gov.ab.ca indicating your name, title, school name, and phone number.
For further information please contact the LRC - 780-427-2767 (Option 1, 1) [toll-free by dialing 310-0000 first]
