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2017 Nominations for Administrator and Pathfinder Awards
Nominations are now open and available for the MassCUE Administrator and Pathfinder Awards. The MassCUE Administrator Award is presented to a Massachusetts Administrator in recognition for visionary leadership in the field of educational technology. The Administrator’s efforts have gone “above and beyond” in providing inspiration to other administrators and educators. The application can be found at […]
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John Heffernan
MassCUE is pleased to announce John Heffernan, Ph.D. from the Anne T Dunphy School in Williamsburg, MA as the Featured Educator for February 2017. What are you passionate about? Toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners are natural engineers. They love sand castles, blocks, fairy houses, and other projects that support their creative, fantasy play. We support this […]
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Mission Critical: How Educators Can Help Save Democracy
This article originally appeared on NovemberLearning “At present, we worry that democracy is threatened by the ease at which disinformation about civic issues is allowed to spread and flourish. …If the children are the future, the future might be very ill-informed.” —Stanford History Education Group, 2016. How would you feel if you discovered that 70% […]
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Makerspace Resolutions
Idea Sharing through MassCUE Makerspace SIG Virtual Meetings As part of our MassCUE Makerspace Special Interest Group activities, educator members from a wide range of settings spent some time this January virtually discussing our Makerspace resolutions. The conversation was lively, upbeat and full of creative possibilities. It would seem a shame to me not to […]
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Tips Plan and Host your First Edcamp
Gear Up to Host your First EdCamp With a bit of planning, hosting your first Edcamp can lead to an energizing day filled with meaningful learning for your fellow educators. I was part of a team that ran our first-ever Edcamp North Shore in Lynnfield Public Schools and wanted to share some of the steps […]
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Suzy Brooks and Colleen Terrill
This month’s Featured Educators are Suzy Brooks and Colleen Terrill from the Mashpee Public Schools. What are you most proud of in your work in Mashpee? What we are proud of relates really well to MassCUE’s new mission of “Educate, Connect, Inspire”. We think the Mashpee School District has become more of an interconnected community […]
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Will Guerra and Roslyn Bonnar
Featured Educators Will Guerra and Roslyn Bonnar Chelmsford Public Schools One thing we are passionate about: We are passionate about creating an atmosphere where students are excited to learn about the Earth. Our daily lesson planning focuses on the best way to teach content, but we value the experience of the class just as much. […]
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Dewey’s Amazing Race!
Kate Powers Library Media Specialist Quinn Elementary School Dartmouth Public Schools Despite the popular trend of “doing away with Dewey” for non-fiction sections in school libraries, the rather antiquated numbering system is still the go-to in many media centers as well as most public and college libraries. For the James M. Quinn Elementary School, Dewey’s […]
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CUEBytes 2016- Collin Keegan
By. Rayna Freedman The first time I saw Collin was on his Science All Around Us promotional video on YouTube. Here was this young child talking about a rudder, water pressure, mass and a mechanical connection system. He carried with him a notebook to share his ideas visually with others. The first time I met […]
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Matt Miller CUE Byte Talk
By. Cathy Collins Matt Miller is a teacher, blogger and the author of “Ditch That Textbook,” a book about revolutionizing the classroom with innovative teaching, mindsets and curriculum. He has infused technology and innovative teaching methods in his classes for more than ten years. Matt is also a Google Certified Innovator, PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator […]
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EdCamp MSLA 2016
Thank you to MassCUE’s generous support of EdcampMSLA, we had a great day of learning, sharing, and networking in Hadley, MA. Some of the topics included ELLs in the library, digital storytelling, ebooks, project-based learning, and social emotional learning. There were meaningful conversations, fun prizes, and a delicious lunch (thanks again, MassCUE!) Everyone walked away […]
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Navigating My First MassCUE Conference
I was able to handle a 3D printed brain, create tools out of paper clips, and see what a Harriet Tubman monument might look like from an 8th grader’s perspective. This was just a snapshot of my time at the 2016 MassCUE Conference. Having been the scholarship recipient this year, I was so excited to […]
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