To date, CfS has distributed over 235,000 computers nationally, with a target of 250,000 by the end of March 2001. The Alberta CfS has distributed over 22,000 computers. Workshops are located in Edmonton, Calgary, and Lethbridge. Technology Integration Funding may be used for the purchase and upgrading of computers, as well as the purchase of instructional software and networking components in schools. These agreements allow school jurisdictions to purchase a wide range of educational software at significantly reduced prices.
Negotiations are ongoing for additional priority product suites.
The standards are reviewed annually by a subcommittee of the School Technology Advisory Council and recommended revisions are made as appropriate. The current standards will be revised effective September 1, 2001. STTG is working with Innovation and Science to ensure that the needs of Alberta's learning institutions are understood and considered during the contract, design, and implementation stages of this project over the next three years. These connections provide required higher than average rural bandwidth to jurisdiction WANs and save potentially thousands of dollars per month in recurring telecommunications costs. A key focus of the STTG provincial networking initiative is to work with partners to research high-speed network applications and standards.