Dayton: Region 6

Gloria Skurski ThinkTV 110 South Jefferson St. Dayton, OH 45402-2415 (937) 220-1645 gskurski@thinktv.org Larry Pogue SOITA 150 East Sixth Street Franklin, OH 45005 (937) 746-6333 larry@soita.org

ThinkTV
Dayton, Ohio

The ThinkTV Network and its stations, ThinkTV16 and ThinkTV14, are the most widely used non-profit educational, cultural and informational resource in our community. Each week more than 1,000,000 viewers watch our stations. Each school day, more than 100 school districts receive ThinkTV’s educational and instructional programming, as well as multi-media curricula and services. We are the community’s classroom.

The mission of ThinkTV–Greater Dayton Public Television–is to improve our understanding of one another, our community and the world through diverse educational, cultural and informational programming and services provided to people in schools, homes and the workplace.

ThinkTV is committed to the educational future of our community and proud to be part of the largest educational institution in America through the PBS system.

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ThinkTV’s Educational Services provides educators and students:
• Multimedia instructional content
• Award-winning instructional television programming
• Technology training for teachers
• Ready To Learn and Ohio Ready To Learn services

SOITA
Franklin, Ohio

The Southwestern Ohio Instructional Technology Association (SOITA) is an Ohio Ed Tech Agency that provides services to K-12 schools in the SW region of the state.

The mission at SOITA is to assist educators in the use of classroom technology to optimize both student and teacher performance. SOITA consultants provide workshops targeted at today’s educator on topics related to the integration of technology into all areas of the school curriculum, productivity tools, and technical topics. SOITA workshops are available at the SOITA labs in Franklin, on-site in schools, via videoconferencing or online. In addition, consulting help is available to area school personnel in-person, via email, through the SOITA website, by videoconferencing and through a toll-free phone line.

SOITA offers a variety of educational technology services and resources including an annual conference held in December. The SOITA website gives a comprehensive listing of all services and resources.