Shifts in technology have always been an important consideration for educators. In fact, if technology is defined as any kind of tool students use to facilitate learning, the migration from slates to fountain pens to pencils can be seen as major technological classroom innovation. The advent of the personal computer in the 1980s, however, created…

This is the second of three articles based on interviews looking at various levels of educational technology leadership and leadership development at ISTE. The first interview with Dr. Leslie Conery examined the need for educational technology leadership and looks at various ways ISTE, as a membership organization, fulfills this need. This…

Because the field of educational technology is so broad and dynamic, it is extremely difficult to find time to keep up with the best practices, current research, and innovative ideas. In an effort to help readers keep up their knowledge of the field and to determine some of the most interesting and useful resources to date, a large body of…

Leaders are barraged daily by teachers, administrators, and students seeking answers to questions ranging from the simplistic to the metaphysical in their complexity. The author is sure leaders wonder at times, "How in the world can I free up enough time to answer them all?" Well, the author states that he hates to break the news, but it is…

Integrating technology into curricula requires more than just placing the latest and greatest hardware and software in a classroom. Effective integration requires leadership. In Part 2 of this series on essential resources, the focus is on resources related to leadership. As with Part 1 ("L&L," March 2004, pp. 10-13), these resources were compiled…