Educator Resources and professional Organizations

Educator Resources

The following sites offer resources for technology planning, finding grants, writing proposals, preparing staff development programs and communicating with colleagues.

• Administrators.Net ( administrators.net )
• Blackboard ( www.blackboard.com )
• Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology ( caret.iste.org )
• Educational CyberPlayground ( www.edu-cyberpg.com )
• Educational Research Network ( www.ernweb.com )
• Educator's Reference Desk ( www.eduref.org )
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence ( www.ed.gov/free )
• Grants Web ( www.srainternational.org/newweb/grantsweb )
• Library in the Sky ( www.nwrel.org/sky )
• MIT OpenCourseWare ( ocw.mit.edu )
• National Center for Technology Planning ( www.nctp.com )
• National Center for Education Statistics ( nces.ed.gov )
• National Education Technology Plan ( www.nationaledtechplan.org )
• Network of Regional Technology in Education Consortia ( www.rtec.org )
• Professional Teacher.com ( www.professionalteacher.com )
• SchoolGrants ( www.schoolgrants.org )
• Sites for Teachers ( www.sitesforteachers.com )
• TeachersFirst.com ( www.teachersfirst.com )
• Teachers.Net ( www.teachers.net )
• TeacherVision ( www.teachervision.com )
• Teachnet.com ( www.teachnet.com )
• The U. S. Department of Education ( www.ed.gov )
• Theory into Practice ( tip.psychology.org )
• W3 Schools ( www.w3schools.com )

Professional Organizations

Association sites offer content-specific resources, including information on research, standards, conferences, funding opportunities and professional publications.

• AASA, American Association of School Administrators ( www.aasa.org )
• AASL, American Association of School Librarians ( www.ala.org/aasl )
• ACEI, Association for Childhood Education International ( www.acei.org )
• ACTFL, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages ( www.actfl.org )
• AECT, Association for Educational Communications and Technology ( aect.org )
• AERA, American Educational Research Association ( www.aera.net )
• AESA, Association of Educational Service Agencies ( www.aesa.us )
• AFT, American Federation of Teachers ( www.aft.org )
• ALA , American Library Association ( www.ala.org )
• ASCA, American School Counselor Association ( www.schoolcounselor.org )
• ASCD, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development ( www.ascd.org )
• CEC, Council for Exceptional Children ( www.cec.sped.org )
• CUE, Computer-Using Educators ( www.cue.org )
• CoSN, Consortium for School Networking ( www.cosn.org )
• IRA, International Reading Association ( www.reading.org )
• ISTE, International Society for Technology in Education ( www.iste.org )
• ITEA, International Technology Education Association ( www.iteawww.org )
• MENC, The National Association for Music Education ( www.menc.org )
• NAESP, National Association of Elementary School Principals ( www.naesp.org )
• NAEA, National Art Education Association ( www.naea-reston.org )
• NAEYC, National Association for the Education of Young Children ( www.naeyc.org )
• NAGC, National Association for Gifted Children ( www.nagc.org )
• NASPE, National Association for Sport and Physical Education ( www.aahperd.org/naspe )
• NASSP, National Association of Secondary School Principals ( www.nassp.org )
• NBEA, National Business Education Association ( www.nbea.org )
• NCSS, National Council for the Social Studies ( www.ncss.org )
• NCTE, National Council of Teachers of English ( www.ncte.org )
• NCTM, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics ( www.nctm.org )
• NEA, National Education Association ( www.nea.org )
• NMSA, National Middle School Association ( www.nmsa.org )
• NSBA, National School Boards Association ( www.nsba.org )
• NSTA, National Science Teachers Association ( www.nsta.org )
• PTA, National Parent Teacher Association ( www.pta.org )
• USDLA, United States Distance Learning Association ( www.usdla.org )