Professional Organizations

• Texas Association for Educational Technology (TAET)
  Organization dedicated to the improvement of instruction through effective utilization of educational technology; Includes listserve for exchanging information and keeping abreast of the latest developments in educational technology.
• Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA)
  Student contests, educator awards, and special interest groups for campus technology specialists, computer science, libraries, and technology coordinators.

Texas Professional Organizations - General

• Texas Classroom Teachers Association (TCTA)
  Information on laws affecting teachers, teacher retirement, and teacher certification; Some information for members only.
• Texas Federation of Teachers (TFT)
  Information regarding current events and legislative information.
• Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE)
  Resources on employment issues, government relations, classroom issues.
• Texas State Teacher's Association (TSTA)
  Daily legislative and other news for educators, headlines from newspapers, classroom ideas, lesson plans, tips for teaching with technology.
• Texas Association of School Boards (TASB)
  Trainings, legislation information, and other related information.
• Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA)
  Legislative information, training and conventions, etc.
• Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA)
  Educational news, conferences and seminars, governmental relations, and resources.
• Texas Association of School Business Officials (TASBO)
  Information on legislation, certification, and scholarships.
• The Texas Association of Secondary School Principals (TASSP)
  Conferences, resources, legilative news, members-only areas, etc.

National Professional Organizations

• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
  Issues and news about educational issues, online professional development, and publications.
• Computer Using Educators (CUE)
  California nonprofit organization; Sponsors twenty-two regional affiliates, five Special Interest Groups, and two national educational technology conferences each year.
• National Education Association (NEA)
  Information on policy, legislative actions, teaching resources, etc.
  

International Professional Organizations

• Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
  Conferences and publications; AACE mailing list, EDUCTECH, provides readers with the latest AACE conference and publications news; Includes Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) SITE focuses on the integration of instructional technologies into teacher education programs.
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
  National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) Project; National Center for Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology (NCPT3); Network of Affiliates and Special Interest Groups (SIGs); Periodicals and journals.
• Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
  Conferences, publications, Job Center, International Student Media Festival.