• Reflections of an Ish-ful Educator

    Cathy Collins In Peter Reynold’s book, “Ish,” a creative spirit learns that thinking “ish-ly” is far more important than “getting it right.” Hearing Reynolds reinforce that important message in his Ted-ish talk at this year’s MassCUE Conference caused me to reflect on my own path toward becoming an “Ish-ful” educator. I have always had “ishful” […]

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  • Learn new skills at your own pace and timing.

    A little more about these online workshops: All instruction and activites for these new four-session workshops are done entirely online. Each session is a week long,  The first session is an orientation and then the next three are content sessions.   Participants have one week between sessions to do the assignments (usually 3-4 hours of work) […]

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  • Leading Future Learning Conference 2014

    Join other educators at Leading Future Learning 2014 Pre-conference:  March 6, 2014 Full Conference:  March 7, 2014 Hogan Center at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA MassCUE has for the second year in a row joined forces with EdTechTeacher to offer classroom educators, principals, superintendents, tech directors, curriculum designers, instructional media specialists, library-media […]

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  • MassCUE: Top 5 Reasons for a Record Breaking Fall Conference!

    Records Broken for Fall Conference 2013 The MassCUE and M.A.S.S. 2013 Annual Technology Conference, Digital Learning, Global Connections co-sponsored with the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents (M.A.S.S.) was our most successful conference to date?  How do we know?  Here are the top five reasons:  Record attendance of Superintendents (60) and Assistant Superintendents (43).  Record attendance […]

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  • Techie Wonderland

    IPhones ring Are you listening In the room, iPads glisten A beautiful sight, we’re happy Tonight Walking in a techie wonderland Gone away is the Walkman Here to stay is the “we don’t know, man” We google along, downloading a song Walking in a techie wonderland In the App Store  we can buy minecraft And […]

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  • NEISTE Webinar Series

    “School Fuel” Matt Mervis Thursday, December 19th at 7 PM School Fuel is a Mobile Learning Platform that allows teachers and school leaders to connect with students in class and on the go. School Fuel provides customized app and resource libraries aligned to Common Core Standards helping schools deliver the right apps to the right […]

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  • Quest For a Mobile Language Lab Solution

    As a former Spanish language teacher, my experience of integrating technology into my Spanish teaching has not yet included mobile technologies. Six years ago, I left a computer language lab with rows of computers in cubicles. While I enjoyed having computers to open the world of cultures and digital discourse to my students, I had […]

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  • App Inventor Boot Camp in Western Mass

      App Inventor Boot Camp was a summer professional development experience for teachers to learn MIT App Inventor, a free visual blocks-based programming system for Android mobile devices that can be used to teach computer science concepts through the creative design of apps for smartphones and mobile devices. In this hands-on workshop, educators built their […]

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  • Grab a Grand for Your Classroom

    What would you do with an extra $1,000 to spend on your classroom? MassCUE offers as many as 7 competitive initiative grants of up to $1,000 each to our members for use in student-centered projects. Learn more at http://bit.ly/156mhg2 Also, look for our presentation at the fall Conference.  Talk with past recipients for tips and learn […]

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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 meeting and sharing knowledge with […]

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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 Technology Integration at Worcester Academy […]

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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 all sectors of life, including […]

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