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MassCUE Spring Elections 2019-Nominations Open
This spring, MassCUE will elect the three (3) at-large officers to the MassCUE Board of Directors: President-elect, Secretary, and Treasurer. Any MassCUE member who meets the requirements and is interested in serving on the Board is encouraged to nominate themselves or another eligible member. MassCUE members are also encouraged to...
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#Mathwithtech: Two Forces Unite in One Workshop
For those teaching middle or high school mathematics in our digital world, the workshop “Best Practices: #MathwithTech” may offer some key strategies. This full day workshop, taught by instructors Craig Sheil and Stefan Fritz, is designed to help participants consider best practices when mixing math and technology. The duo will...
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Tour Creator in the Elementary Classroom
by Joli Boucher Original post in Flipped Tech Coaching with Joli, January 24, 2019 WHAT IS TOUR CREATOR? Last year, Google released the web-based Tour Creator that allows users to create interactive 360 degree tours right from their computers. Photographs may be uploaded from the Google Street View app or directly...
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Leading Innovation for Teaching and Learning
Teacher, Instructional Coach, Learning Designer, Researcher… all of these words describe this month’s Featured Educator, Colleen Worrell. Her humble beginnings in education reach back to 1998, when she joined Hingham High School as a Social Studies and American Studies teacher. Her journey in education continued to expand as Colleen drew...
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Register Now for MassCUE/MASCD Spring Leadership 2019
Reminder of Special Offer: Register by 3/1/19 (date extended) to receive a complimentary copy of Julie Wilson’s new book: The Human Side of Changing Education. Join us for an exciting day of sharing and learning with timely and innovative sessions. Friday, March 15, 2019 College of the Holy Cross, Worcester,...
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Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, EdCamp Style Works For All!
Reflections of #EdCampSEMass by Rayna Freedman, Jacqueline Prester, Karen Winsper and Kim Zajac #EdCampSEMass opened its doors once again to host its 3rd annual event on Saturday, December 1, 2018. We welcomed sixty-seven attendees from forty-four different districts and/or companies to join a day of collaborative learning and professional development and...
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Promoting Literacy in our Elementary Library Makerspace
The main goal of my library makerspace is to support and promote literacy. Those literacies include traditional literacies like reading, writing, and research, but also include supporting students in digital literacy, coding literacy, and making. My main goal is still to get kids to love books and reading. I see...
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Putting the “A” into STEAM
As an art teacher of 33+ years, integrating technology tools into my curriculum is a new and unexplored endeavor. Sure, I have used laptops to look inside art museums and research artists’ work and biographies, used projectors to display images and demonstrate techniques, used social media platforms and blogs to...
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Taking GSuite to a New Level: A Workshop for Administrators and Leaders
Craig Sheil, in this new MassCUE workshop offering, shifts the focus of the GSuite training experience to encompass school administrators and leaders. His onsite, single-day workshop session is geared toward school leaders who work in districts where Google is the preferred tool for creation and collaboration. His training solely focuses...
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Learning Across Borders: Collaborative Global Projects
by Cathy Collins Original post in Education Week’s Global Education blog, January 25, 2019 Global collaboration projects, which allow students to work with peers across geographical boundaries, aren’t just interesting, engaging, and fun. They also address several of the ISTE Standards for Students, including “Digital Citizen,” “Global Collaborator,” and “Empowered Learner.”...
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Making A Difference through Collaboration
“All of us are smarter than any one of us.” These words by Ken Blanchard repeatedly resonate for anyone acquainted with Chris Parker. As the Technology Coordinator for Gateway Regional District in Huntington, Massachusetts, Chris is a model collaborator in his quest to improve education through involvement in his own...
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Kick It Up: Take 21st Century Teaching to A Whole New Level
Susan Kiley, an experienced and innovative certified Curriculum & Instructional Technology Specialist, inspires workshop participants to “kick it up a notch” by infusing their teaching practices with the power of tech. Her workshop explores the ins-and-outs of tech integration and allows participants the opportunity to collaborate using existing class activities to see...
October Featured Educator – Mindy Murphy
September 30, 2024
MassCUE is pleased to announce Mindy Murphy as our Featured Educator for October 2024. Mindy Murphy is a collaborator by nature. So, it makes sense that she would share her interest in learning and technology with both […]