The Association for Educational Communications and Technology is an academic and professional association dedicated to the effective use of technology in education. Members provide leadership in the field by promoting scholarship and best practices in instructional technology. AECT's headquarters is in Bloomington, IN. A Fourth of July parade passes the Monroe County courthouse in Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington is a city located in Monroe County, Indiana. ...

AECT publishes two journals: TechTrends (a bimonthly for "leaders in technology and education") and Educational Technology Research and Development (a quarterly academic journal). AECT sponsors the International Student Media Festival (ISMF).

AECT's membership has dropped considerably, from over 5000 in the mid-1980s, to about 2000 today. Like many nonprofit academic and professional associations, AECT's membership rolls have suffered through tough economic times and diminished relevance the Internet age. Its web site, [www.aect.org http://www.aect.org], does not provide RSS feeds for its news and contains a copyright statement from 2001.