News

Here is a comprehensive list of some various educational technology news sites that are available:

• AECT: The mission of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology is to provide international leadership by promoting scholarship and best practices in the creation, use, and management of technologies for effective teaching and learning in a wide range of settings.
• eLearn Magazine: eLearn Magazine is published by ACM, a not-for-profit educational association serving those who work, teach, and learn in the various computing-related fields. Founded in 1947 as the Association for Computing Machinery, ACM’s stated mission is to advance the arts, sciences, and applications of information technology. It is the oldest and most respected organization of its kind. eLearn is ACM’s first Web-only publication. It will build on ACM’s reputation by serving as the most accurate and unbiased source for news, information, and opinion on the now-flourishing field of online education and training. It also offers a community hub for e-learning professionals on the Web, providing a wealth of public forums for the free exchange of ideas.
• eSchool News: eSchool News covers education technology in all its aspects–from legislation and litigation, to case studies, to purchasing practices and new products. Together the newspaper and the web site serve an unduplicated audience of more than 340,000 executive educators.
• The Landmark Project: Landmarks for Schools now provides links to information building blocks: Web sites, pages, and interactive tools that provide information in the form of a raw material. The information and data that Landmarks points to can be imported into other information processing tools and used in the meaningful construction of unique and valuable information products, within the context of social studies, science, mathematics, and other disciplines.
• NY Learns: NY Learns is a standards based, educational website that offers resources to enhance teaching and learning. Their approach to standards is unique in the level to which alignment can occur. Here all educational resources are aligned with NYS Learning Standards at the Performance Indicator level.
• techLearning:Technology & Learning is the leading information source for K-12 educators, delivering the highest quality content and resources for managing, training, and teaching with technology.