The following are some web sites for professional organizations and publications for educators interested in language teaching and in technology. It is not intended to be a comprehensive list of everything available, but rather a means to help you get started.

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
http://www.actfl.org/
Standards for teaching language in K-12 classrooms.

American Educational Research Association (AERA)
http://www.aera.net/
AERA is a prominent international professional organization with the primary goal of advancing educational research and its practical application in the classroom.

AskERIC
http://www.askeric.org/
Thousands of resources on a variety of educational issues. This collection includes Internet sites, lesson plans, articles, educational organizations, and electronic discussion groups. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.

Asynchronous Learning Network, from the Sloan Consortium
http://www.aln.org/
The purpose of the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) is to help learning organizations continually improve quality, scale, and breadth according to their own distinctive missions, so that education will become a part of everyday life, accessible and affordable for anyone, anywhere, at any time, in a wide variety of disciplines.

The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
http://www.cal.org/
A private, nonprofit organization involved in applying research and information about language and culture to educational, cultural, and social concerns.

Computer Assisted Language Learning Consortium (CALICO)
http://calico.org/
A professional organization that serves a membership involved in both education and high technology. CALICO has an emphasis on modern language teaching and learning, but reaches out to all areas that employ the languages of the world to instruct and to learn.

iLoveLanguages
http://www.ilovelanguages.com/
The latest redesign of The Human-Languages Page and the Languages catalog of the WWW Virtual Library, with thousands of hand-reviewed links including online language lessons, translating dictionaries, native literature, translation services, software, and language schools.

International Association of Language Learning Technology (IALL)
http://iallt.org/

A professional organization whose members provide leadership in the development, integration, evaluation and management of instructional technology for the teaching and learning of language, literature and culture.

International Reading Association
http://www.reading.org/positions/
As an advocate of excellence in the teaching of reading, the International Reading Association participates actively in the process of shaping sound public policy in education. Research-based positions on critical issues are disseminated through a series of policy statements, resolutions, and other publications.

Language Learning and Technology (LLT)
http://llt.msu.edu/
A refereed online journal for second and foreign language educators.

Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching ( MERLOT)
http://www.merlot.org/
An open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. membership is free. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments. You are welcome to browse the collection or search for materials.

National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA)
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/
A large repository of lesson plans, articles, and research for English language educators, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.

National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE)
http://www.ncte.org/
Many reports on the integration of various computer-based tools and resources in writing and reading-related activities. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to open these PDF reports.

National Network for Early Language Learning's (NNELL)
http://www.nnell.org/
An organization for educators involved in teaching foreign languages to children.

National Research Center on English Learning & Achievement (CELA)
http://cela.albany.edu/overview.htm
Conducts research dedicated to gaining knowledge to improve students' English and literacy achievement in schools across America. CELA is affiliated with the Albany Institute for Research in Education (AIRE) in the School of Education at the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY).

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (TESL-EJ)
http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/
A refereed online journal for second and foreign language educators.

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
http://www.tesol.org/
An international organization for second and foreign English language educators. For information on affiliate organizations, also see http://www.tesol.org/mbr/community/index.html (scroll down to "Affiliates"). For information from TESOL’s Computer Assisted Language Learning Interest Section (CALL-IS), also see the http://www.uoregon.edu/~call/ web site.

U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/index.jsp
Teaching resources, research and policy statements.

Virtual CALL Library
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/1-6-6.html
A collection of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) software on the Internet and available for downloading.

World Society and Culture Directory, from Yahoo
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Cultures_and_Groups/Cultures/
An alphabetical link list of countries, with links for each country to sites about music, art, cuisine, politics, pop culture, and more.