Associations+&+Foundations


 * PROFESSIONAL FOUNDATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS:** Several educational and technology leadership resources; brought to you by established and professional local, national, or federal institutions, educational centers, non-profit organizations, and large corporations.

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 * **Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) -** An international, non-profit, educational organization advancing information technologies in education and e-learning research, development, learning, and its practical applications
 * **Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) -** A professional association of thousands of educators and others whose activities are directed toward improving instruction through technology
 * **Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) -** A membership organization that develops programs, products, and services essential to the way educators learn, teach, and lead
 * **California Department of Education: Education Technology -** Provides assistance to schools and districts in integrating technology with teaching and learning
 * **California Technology Assistance Project (CTAP) -** Supporting K-12 educational technology integration; sponsored by the California Department of Education
 * **Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) -** A non-profit research and development organization that first defined the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), an educational framework that uses multimedia/technology to expand learning opportunities for all individuals, especially those with disabilities.
 * **Common Core State Standards Initiative -** Establishing common state standards across the nation, to provide a clear national vision for the future
 * **Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) -** The premier professional association for school district technology leaders
 * **Educause - ** A non-profit organization advancing higher education by promoting intelligent use of information technology
 * **Edutopia -** Provides information for technological innovations in K-12 schools; established by the George Lucas Educational Foundation
 * **Federal Resources for Educational Excellence -** Hundreds of education resources supported by agencies across the U.S. Federal government, all in one place and easier to find
 * **Friday Institute for Educational Innovation -** North Carolina State University's institute offering educational development for technology integrators with a handful of various resources
 * **Intel Education -** Intel supports educational technology integration at all levels; the education menu on the left side of this website provides access webinars, videos, and several resources for all teachers
 * **International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) -** Provides the education community with access to high-quality professional/organizational development services, in order to support and improve educational learning, teaching, and administration; home of the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for students, teachers, and administrators
 * **Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) -** A non-profit, non-partisan association of P-20 educators dedicated to tackling leadership challenges
 * **National School Boards Association (NSBA) -** Contains resources for all educational issues, including a technology section with briefs, news, cases, and links
 * **Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) -** Promoting research, scholarship, collaboration, exchange and support
 * **Tech Corps -** An organization that challenges American volunteers to help K-12 schools build a technology infrastructure
 * **TechSoup -** A non-profit technology database and organization for other non-profits and libraries
 * **U.S. Department of Education: Office of Educational Technology -** Provides leadership for powering education at all levels of learning with technology