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Meet the 2016 MassCUE Grant Winners
Meet the 2016 MassCUE Grant Winners Congratulations to the 2016 MassCUE Grant Winners. Each recipient has a great story to tell. See how these grants were utilized to make a difference in the classroom and in their students lives. Join us in congratulating these innovative educators!
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Jennifer Judkins
Jennifer Judkins Technology Integration Specialist Lynnfield Public School What is the one thing you are really passionate about? Making technology accessible for all students and teachers is something I am very passionate about. I focus on free, easy to use resources and work hard to encourage and empower teachers...
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From Conference to Concept to Completion
By: Kelly Ogden Mathematics Curriculum Coordinator, 6 – 12 Virtual High School Site Coordinator Littleton Public Schools In September, my school principal approached me about whether I was interested in attending the MassCUE conference. I had never been, or even knew what it was about. However, over the past couple...
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MassCUE’s Learning Tours: Coding and Robotics in the Early Elementary School–A Tour Worth Taking!
By: Mary Werlin Instructional Technology Specialist, Needham Public Schools Professional Development Committee, MassCUE Last week I had the opportunity to observe students demonstrate their coding skills at Broadmeadow School in Needham as part of MassCUE’s first ever Learning Tours. Kibo’s, BeeBots, Makey Makey, WeDo and Scratch were the tools showcased...
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iPads to Support Literacy Across the Curriculum
By: Peggy Harvey PK-12 Instructional Technology Specialist Acton Boxborough Regional School District Students in Cindy Holt’s first-grade class have become masters at creating digital content and curating their own digital portfolios. Thanks to a MassCUE grant that funded a set of seven iPads for Cindy’s classroom at Gates Elementary...
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Jennifer Scheffer
Jennifer Scheffer Mobile Learning Coach Burlington Public Schools What is the one thing you are really passionate about? My entire teaching career I’ve been passionate about creating real-world learning opportunities for students. I believe it’s imperative students see a clear connection between what they learn in the classroom...
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METAA CTO Clinic 2016 Recap: Blended Learning
By: Michael Minihane President, METAA Director of Information Technology, Notre Dame Academy The Massachusetts Educational Technology Administrators Association (METAA) held its seventh annual CTO Clinic in collaboration with the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) and March 10, 2016 at the Doubletree Hilton in Milford, MA. A record breaking 150...
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#LFL16 in tweets, bits and bytes
By Laura Gardner Tweeting at a conference is one thing; I love to do it and always do. Rather than take notes, I tweet out what I hear, think and see. I figure I can always look back at my tweets (hello, Twitter advanced search!) and members of my PLN...
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MassCUE Makerspace Special Interest Group (SIG)
by Cathy Collins The idea of collaborative learning spaces for creative activity has gathered a great deal of momentum in education recently. The makerspace movement is being embraced by the arts as well as the sciences, and energy is building around multidisciplinary collaborative efforts and STEAM topics. A makerspace is...
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Laura Gardner
Laura Gardner, NBCT School librarian Dartmouth Middle School What is the one thing you are really passionate about? School libraries have the potential to be innovative hubs of their schools — places where students can explore, find their passion and discover new ideas. Unfortunately not every school has a school...
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Introducing MassCUE Learning Tours
By Shelley Chamberlain Learning Tours: A new exciting match program by MassCUE Is your school or district thinking about implementing a new initiative and teachers from the district would like to see first-hand how another district has done it? Is your school or district willing to host a tour showcasing...
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Leadership in Social Media — #LFL2016
By Sara Ahern In honor of the upcoming MassCUE/EdTechTeacher spring conference, Leading Future Learning, I thought I’d write my first blog post. This year, the theme of the Friday, March 11, 2016 conference is “Leadership and Social Media”. If I’m going to be an effective leader in the area of...