Educational Technology: Selected Websites

FCIT (the Florida Center for Instructional Technology) and ETC (the Educational Technology Clearinghouse) provide digital content, professional development, and technical services supporting the appropriate integration of technology into K-12 and preservice education.

MindShift explores the future of learning in all its dimensions – covering cultural and technology trends, groundbreaking research, education policy and more. The site is curated by Tina Barseghian, a former editor of Edutopia.

The U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology (OET) develops national educational technology policy and establishes the vision for how technology can be used to transform teaching and learning and how to make everywhere, all-the-time learning possible for early learners through K-12, higher education, and adult education.

UMUC and Verizon offer a resource for faculty seeking direction in appropriate ways to use Web-based technologies to accomplish key learning strategies. The Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology consists of two modules, and each explores key issues in developing and teaching online courses with the use of technology.

Current source of information about the WebQuest Model from Bernie Dodge, PhD, Department of Educational Technology, San Diego State University.

US Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology overview and analysis of twenty years of key policy report addressing the challenges and opportunities involved in integrating technology into K-12 education
in the United States.

A "resource for school administrators and other policy makers who may be considering whether or how to implement a one-to-one computing initiative in their districts’ K-12 schools."

A guide published by the National Center for Education statistics (NCES) to foster meaningful policy and discussion about computer technology in education.

A nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. EDUCAUSE helps those who lead, manage, and use information resources to shape strategic decisions at every level. A comprehensive range of resources and activities is available to all interested employees at EDUCAUSE member organizations, with special opportunities open to designated member representatives.

SREB is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works with 16 member states to improve public pre-K-12 and higher education.

Serves the distance learning community by providing advocacy, information, networking and opportunity.