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Simplifying the Hunt
Our students need to see themselves as readers. Reading needs to be part of who they are and, fortunately, our ever-changing digital world makes this endeavor both possible and more interesting with each passing year. As more electronic resources dedicated to books and reading pop up, we are presented with...
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Trying Something New
We summer staff watch the annual building renovations with excitement and apprehension. Will all of these new “improvements” work like we hope they will? Will they be finished in time? Will our staff like them? As we enter the last two weeks before school starts, we find ourselves wondering the...
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MassCUE Looking Forward
Just as technology evolves, our organization needs to keep pace. The mission of MassCUE, an organization of technology-using educators, is to create, share, and support visions of teaching and learning that focus on uses of technology that enhance the educational environment. For more than 30 years, MassCUE members have been...
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Meet Our New Board Members, 2013
MassCUE is very fortunate to have a dedicated and accomplished Board of Directors, each of whom donates many hours to ensure that MassCUE continues to flourish! It is our pleasure to welcome three new board members: Wendy Espinoza Cotta, Rayna Freedman and Alan Graham. Wendy is the Director of...
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We Are All Self-Directed Learners Now
We are experiencing a renaissance of information and ideas with our country’s leading educational institutions like Harvard, MIT, and Stanford offering Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The introduction of Apple’s iPad released April 3, 2010, has ushered in new era of popular interest in the quality of software development in...
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Message from the Executive Director to the MassCUE Membership
Welcome back to another school year. Most of us start the year with recounting a summer experience. I would like to tell you about the MassCUE/LearnLaunch Beta Teacher event that was held on July 23, 2013 at the Hoag Center in Waltham in partnership with LearnLaunch. Let me give you...
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Visit LearnLaunch at our fall MassCUE/M.A.S.S. Conference
October 23 and 24, 2014 Welcome back to another school year. Most of us start the year with recounting a summer experience. I would like to tell you about the MassCUE/LearnLaunch Beta Teacher event that was held on July 23, 2013 at the Hoag Center in Waltham in partnership with...
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Authentic Digital Assessments: Web2.0 tools to prepare students for the real world
As a technology teacher, I often focus on tool instruction. As an integration specialist there is less emphasis on tool instruction but more emphasis on choosing tools to accomplish a task. As an adult looking at the whole picture, my primary goal is to prepare students for life during and after...
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Solid State of Mind
Solid-state storage technologies have greatly elevated our computing devices in the past few years. From flash memory storage found in iPads and other tablets to solid-state drives (SSD) found more commonly in laptops, Ultrabooks, and now even desktops, SSD technologies provide tremendous speed advantages to their spinning hard disk drive...
May Featured Educator – Kristina Ierardi
April 30, 2024
MassCUE is pleased to announce Kristina Ierardi as our Featured Educator for May 2024! Digital literacy skills empower students, promote critical thinking, bridge divides and prepare students for life in the digital age. That’s why Digital […]