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The State of Tech is a bi-weekly podcast covering educational technology. The show is designed for anyone in education (from teachers to principals to technology directors) wanting to explore how technology can be used to improve teaching and learning.

Though educators are finding smart ways to integrate technology and learning, the road has been and continues to be challenging on multiple fronts. The NMC Horizon Report: 2012 K-12 Edition, a collaboration between the New Media Consortium, the Consortium for School Networking, and the International Society for Technology in Education, takes the birds-eye view and encapsulates some of the significant challenges that must still be addressed and offers the following assessment.

Welcome to the Center School District Educational Technology website. This site has been designed as a resource for the Center teachers. Its focus is to support teachers effectively integrate technology into classroom curriculum.

10 tips for starting a technology revolution in your school...

These rubrics primarily address professional productivity. They are the foundation on which more complex technology and technology-related professional skills are built.

The NMC (New Media Consortium) is an international community of experts in educational technology - from the practitioners who work with new technologies on campuses every day; to the visionaries who are shaping the future of learning at think tanks, labs, and research centers; to its staff and board of directors; to the advisory boards and others helping the NMC conduct cutting edge research.

To catalyze and support excellence in teaching and learning of science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and other core subjects through innovative, research-based instructional strategies and use of novel technologies.

Website put together by Intel that contains a vast amount of professional development resources (examples, theories, positive practice) for educators. Below is Intel's description of the page:\n\nIntel® Education enables 21st century teaching and learning through free professional development, tools, and resources that help K-12 teachers engage students with effective use of technology.

Impressive.

Intel® Education enables 21st century teaching and learning through free professional development, tools, and resources that help K-12 teachers engage students with effective use of technology.

The TCRWP directors and staff, in conjunction with teachers at many Project schools, are conducting ongoing inquiries into the use of technology as a way to enhance, differentiate, and support classroom teaching in reading and writing.

Nonetheless, I wonder when we will stop seeing "technology" as an "add on" to sound teaching pedagogy.

Checklists are tools that we the teachers and educators use probably on everyday basis.Obviously, they have several advantages as shown below and I personally love them. Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has been publishing some great checklists over the last couple of years. We have decided to go through all of them and come up with the list below. Some of the checklists are new and have been included here for the first time.

Resources and ideas for integrating technology into the curriculum through evaluative processes.

Creator and advocate for SAMR methods, Ongoing thoughts on education and technology.

The following free offers are provided to you on behalf of TradePub. Free technology resources and kits.

The Chief Technology Officer of Illinois' Niles Township High Schools offers advice based on year one of his district's netbook program.

Much has been written about this disruptive innovation changing public education called Blended Learning. By now we know the basic tenants of blended learning leverages technology to create a more student-centered educational experience.

A fresh coat of paint and new furniture were the easy and obvious fixes when a Bentley team renovated the lab in 2011. More difficult was changing campus perceptions of what would take place inside. Rebranded in fall 2011 as the CIS Learning and Technology Sandbox, the new facility encourages students to learn both in person and online.

The Alliance's objective is to encourage districts to stop and take a deep breath before buying more technology

Digital Promise is a bipartisan independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation authorized by Congress "to support a comprehensive research and development program to harness the increasing capacity of advanced information and digital technologies to improve all levels of learning and education, formal and informal, in order to provide Americans with the knowledge and skills needed to compete in the global economy."

The iSchool Initiative is a student-led, non-profit organization, dedicated to revolutionizing our education system through innovative technology.

Learning A-Z produces online teaching materials to assist with differentiated instruction in reading, writing, and science for grades K-6.