Periodicals & Online News

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development - ASCD
http://www.ascd.org/
This nonprofit organization, created in 1943, and led by a community of educators, ASCD's mission is "advocating sound policies and sharing best practices to achieve the success of each learner." The site itself is full of resources, and membership (basic membership $49) offers their award winning magazine, Educational Leadership, newsletters, and access to archives. This is an extremely important and powerful resource for all educators.

Converge Online
http://www.convergemag.com/
An online newsletter from the Center for Digital Education with news on policy and technology.

Edweek.org
http://www.edweek.org/
"Education Week News and information about issues in education for educators."

Educause Center for Advanced Research (ECAR)
http://www.educause.edu/ecar
"The EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) provides timely research and analysis to help higher education leaders make better decisions about information technology. ECAR assembles leading scholars, practitioners, researchers, and analysts to focus on issues of critical importance to higher education, many of which carry increasingly complicated and consequential implications. ECAR provides educational leaders with high-quality, well-researched, timely information to support institutional decision-making."

Edutopia (The George Lucas Educational Foundation)
http://www.edutopia.org/
"The George Lucus Educational Foundation (GLEF) is a nonprofit operating foundation that documents and disseminates models of the most innovative practices in our nation's K-12 schools. We serve this mission through the creation of media -- from films, books, and newsletters to CD-ROMs and DVDs."

eSchool News: School Technology Buyer's Guide
http://www.eschoolnews.com/bg/index.php
"We have categorized thousands of major ed-tech companies by the products and services they offer to help you to find the right vendor based on your needs. Using this powerful portal, you can do complex "Yahoo-style" searches on over 4,000 school technology product and service providers."

International Society for Technology in Education - ISTE
http://www.iste.org/
The ISTE mission is "providing leadership and service to improve teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in education." This organization is well worth the member ship dues.

Technological Horizons in Education Journal
http://www.thejournal.com/
Comprehensive Free Online Magazine and Newsletter with tech ed resources, professional development, scientific based research series, and more.