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2015 Edcamp Boston
It’s mostly true that Educational Technology Conferences and Workshops are very exciting, both the lead-up hype and the actual day’s events. What is even truer, though, is that the people who attend Educational Technology conferences are generally fun, energetic, creative, and hard-working educators. Enter Edcamp. With Edcamp, these fun, energetic, creative, and hard-working people have […]
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Maureen Brown Yoder
Maureen Brown Yoder Professor, Educational Technology Department Lesley University 2003 MassCUE Pathfinder Award Recipient What is the one thing you are really passionate about? Learning. I am so fortunate that my career involves constant learning. If you are reading this than you are also involved with technology, which, as you know, is always changing and […]
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Meet the 2015 Grant Recipients
Meet the 2015 Grant Recipients Congratulations to the 2015 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 these students lives. Grant Recipient #1 Laurena Mott Joseph W. Martin Elementary School 37 Landry Avenue North Attleboro, MA 02760 Grant […]
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Jonathan Schmid
Jonathan Schmid Director of Innovation & Technology Meadowbrook School of Weston, Independent K-8 School MassCUE: So Jonathan, what is one thing that you are really passionate about? Jonathan: I’m excited about helping students become creators by using technology, and having them use it to express themselves by creating new things and unlocking the excitement that […]
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There and Back Again: A Technology Director’s Tale
Beginning in 2013, the theme of our seven half-day trainings with staff has been “Integration.” Any coach or director that planned a half-day training was free to take this theme and apply it to their subject area however they saw fit. As the Technology Integration Director, my focus was on “Integration of Technology Into Specialty […]
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Is Coffee All We Have in Common with Curriculum
This past April, I attended a pair of technology conferences that I had expected going in, would have some degree of overlap. Aside from offering free coffee, the topics, attendees and themes varied widely and didn’t mesh at all. On Thursday, April 10th, I attended a conference offered by the Massachusetts Educational Technology Administrators Association […]
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Meet the 2014 Grant Recipients
Meet the 2014 Grant Recipients Congratulations to the 2014 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. Grant Recipient #1 Kristin Bergeron, Technology Integration Specialist Falmouth Public School 62 Old Main Rd North Falmouth, […]
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20 Education Technology Tools Everybody Should Know About
Although educators tend to feel like they are left all on their own to deal with students that are getting crazier by the day, there are plenty of technology resources that can make their teaching job more effective. Educators should definitely start using some of the online solutions that are meant to promote modern education […]
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Building Learning Communities
This morning’s #satchat initially focused on the faculty meeting, but quickly turned into a powerful discussion about learning communities. I want to capture the essential points I gained so that I can reflect on these issues more in days to come. First, do we consider schools learning communities? In a learning community, all are […]
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IFTTT: A Recipe For Organization
If This, Then That (IFTTT) is a service that allows you to make connections between different sites, apps, and other technology. It allows you to create recipes that when “triggered,” an action takes place. For example, I could create a recipe in which if I take a new photo with Instagram, it automatically is saved […]
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Genius Hour Reviewed
For several weeks the topic of conversation in our classroom surrounded our trial of Genius Hour. Students were excited about being given the time and opportunity to pursue topics of interest to them. They LOVED the term – Student Driven Learning! Most students had an idea right away – while others needed time to think and plan. […]
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Making Connections
A month or so ago, I attended a Common Core conference at UMass Boston, and if you remember correctly, I said there was so much about that day that would inspire future newsletters… Here’s one, now! One of the topics discussed was the necessity for adults to have a strong understanding of social media. Though technology skills do […]
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PARCC Will Replace MCAS For Most BPS Students
In case you missed it in the news last week, the Massachusetts Board of Education voted to accept a two-year transition plan to the PARCC assessment. The original plan to implement PARCC testing called for all Massachusetts students begin taking the new assessment in 2015, but MA Commissioner of Education Mitchell Chester has been listening to […]
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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 increasingly impressive user experiences. Information […]
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