The journey unfolds when teachers decide to move away from traditional teaching and toward a new vision of instructional design. It’s a learning journey—for teacher and student alike. The journey focuses on learning, not the technology. Taking the journey is critical in preparing students to live, learn, and work in a technology-rich world. Join us now as we embark on the next step in our journey, taking us along the path of Innovative Learning Technologies.

Previous steps in the journey are still available: Project Based Learning, Web 2.0, and Envisioning the Future of Education and Technology.

Learning & Leading with Technology

The September/October issue of L&L features an information-packed article, "WEB 2.0: Today's Technologies, Tomorrow's Learning." Read how social networks, simulations, and digital gaming are bridging the gap between traditional scholastic culture and today's learners. Read more.

 Resources and Links

There's so much more to learn. Take advantage of four years’ worth of Innovative Learning Technologies articles culled from ISTE’s world-class publications, L&L, JRTE, and JCTE. Read more.

Browse our annotated links to some great Innovative Learning Technologies websites.

Did you know, there is an Innovative Learning Technologies SIG? Learn more.

Want to visit an Innovative Technology Wiki? Click here.

 Further Your Journey with an ISTE Webinar

Join Kathleen McClaskey and Randy Welch on Wednesday, Sept. 17 for an innovative webinar, "Revolutionizing Instruction for Autistic Students Utilizing Interactive Whiteboards." Interactive whiteboards have revolutionized how teachers engage and teach autistic students in group instruction. Video vignettes will illustrate how instructional practices have changed the paradigm of a classroom for students with autism and the resulting student outcomes that occurred, both expected and unanticipated. Learn more.

  Stop by the ISTE Bookstore 

While on Your Learning Journey, be sure to stop by the ISTE bookstore for these new releases. ISTE members receive a 30% discount on all titles.

National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers.

ISTE is proud to announce this new edition of the NETS•T, which includes the new standards for students with its emphasis on skills and expertise supported by technology. Profiles are now included for all teachers in addition to the four previous stages of teacher preparation. Examples and scenarios demonstrate ways in which the standards facilitate effective teaching and learning strategies for prospective and beginning teachers, teacher candidates, current teachers, and teacher educators.

Help your students use their cell phones to learn! Liz Kolb's thoughtful and visionary book shows you how to help students use their phones in practical and appropriate ways. You can also visit Liz Kolb's blog, where she discusses ways to incorporate cell phones into classroom learning.

Technology in Practice, ISTE’s continuing Webinar Series, features 31 highly engaging Webinars over the course of 2008-2009. Each Webinar will feature a Web 2.0 tool or innovative technology of wide appeal to ISTE members and non-members alike. Learn more.

  NETS

ISTE's National Educational Technology Standards NETS have served as a roadmap for improved teaching and learning by educators throughout the United States. The standards, used in every U.S. state and many countries, are credited with significantly influencing expectations for students and creating a target of excellence relating to technology.

Rapid advances in technology are putting new demands on educators and students. ISTE unveiled the new NETS•T in 2008. The refreshed ISTE NETS will provide a framework for educators to use as they transition schools from Industrial Age to Digital Age places of learning.

Learn more about NETS for Teachers 2008.

NETS for Students 2007 and NETS for Teachers 2008 are now available as PDFs for free download. Get your copy now.

 The National Educational Computing Conference (NECC)

Visit the NECC 2008 resources page where you can link to podcast sessions, videos on demand, handouts, papers, and more!

NECC 2009—Celebrating 30 years of Ed Tech vision!

Join us as ISTE looks back on 30 amazing years of change and innovation in Ed Tech—and more importantly, as we look forward to the years ahead. Learn more about our exciting plans for NECC 2009.