Influence and Advocacy Committee

The MassCUE Influence and Advocacy Committee educates and collaborates with policy makers to achieve funding and legislation to support the appropriate use of technology in teaching, learning and administration. We work with the DESE to support educational technology in the schools, and recommend MassCUE representatives to serve on the Digital Education Advisory Council. The committee supports MassCUE members individually and collectively to influence local/state/national legislators. We work hard with other affiliates, ISTE and like-minded organizations, towards our organization’s vision by reaching out to global organizations with a similar mission to enhance global learning.

The MassCUE Influence and Advocacy Committee responsibilities include:

Advocate by communicating and collaborating with local and state legislators and other state organizations for the purpose of funding educational technology at state and local level that are in the best interests of education.
Inform MassCUE members of important pending legislation regarding technology in education.
Collaborate with other affiliates and ISTE to advance technology in schools to improve teaching and learning.

Each MassCUE Committee is made up of a dedicated team of volunteers. The following make up the current Influence and Advocacy Committee Chairs and Committee Members.

Chair

Karen Winsper

Influence & Advocacy Committee Co-Chair

Karen Winsper is the Director of Instructional Technology for the Norton Public Schools. She is currently focused on advocacy to promote digital equity, data privacy, and K-12 cyber security…

Jessica Brittingham
Lori Cooney
Natalie Croteau
Ellen Driscoll
Gail Ross-McBride
Caitlin Mitchell
Kirsten Prinn
LeRoy Wong
Bonnie Nieves
Sabrina Tirachen

Ex-Officer members

Casey Daigle (President)
Sarah Boyle (President-elect)
Savvy Demers (Executive Director)

Latest News & Updates

Influence and Advocacy Update: U.S. Department of Ed Releases AI Toolkit
U.S. Department of Education Releases AI Toolkit On Thursday, October 24, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Ed Tech released an AI toolkit for safe, ethical, and equitable AI integration for K-12. This new federal AI resource comes as more districts look for guidance around AI in their classrooms. While many states have released ...
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I&A Update: New Safety Measures for Teen Social Media
October 2024 I&A Update: New Safety Measures for Teen Social Media Many of you may have heard about TikTok’s New Family Safety Partnership designed to create a contract-style document that allows parents to establish clear boundaries and guidelines for their family’s social media uses. As well as Instagram’s decision to unveil “teen accounts” feature, where teenagers ...
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I&A Update: A New Era of Online Safety for Kids
September 2024 I&A Update: A New Era of Online Safety for Kids It’s been more than two decades since there have been any new federal laws addressing online safety for children. Since then, we have seen the rise of social media and so many safety concerns impacting kids when they are online. Senators Marsha Blackburn and ...
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