Reflective Blog Posting #2

Educational Technology Organizations

ISTE- Internatioal Society for Technology in Education


For more than 30 years ISTE has been helping teachers and educational leaders connect with each other  to revolutionize education. They are committed to advancing excellence in learning and teaching through innovative and effective uses of technology. They provide thousands of resources and learning opportunities to help keep teachers on the cutting edge.

Individual Membership prices are as follows:
Premium: $219
Standard: $99
Retired Educator: $59
Student: $39

There website is a wealth of information from journals to other useful research that we as educator can use in our journey to technology awareness. 

http://www.iste.org/membership.aspx

Association for the
Advancement of Computing in Education

(AACE)

This is an international organization with the purpose to advance knowledge and information technology in education. I found a multiple of journal articles within the website that will help in my field of study. Heres one example:

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education- JTATE serves as a forum for the exchange of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education. Journal content covers preservice and inservice teacher education, graduate programs in areas such as curriculum and instruction, educational administration, staff development instructional technology, and educational computing.

http://www.aace.org/

As I continue to study the field of technology, the definition of educational technology changes as I investigate different medians used in this field. To me the challenge is not what the definition is, but how and which area of technology to use with the individual learner. I do not want to get stuck in one use of technology and miss out on others that will engage a learner to understanding.