Highlights of Recent Ed Tech Conferences – Spring 2016

By- Jean Tower   CoSN Annual Conference, Washington D.C. The annual CoSN conference was held in April in Washington DC. The theme of the conference was Accelerating Success, Powered by an…

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Think, Design, Create, and Sell

  By: Julie Giglia Whitman-Hanson Regional School District The 3D printer technology had a positive impact on both me and my students. The opportunity to have a 3D printer in my classroom…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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Getting the Most Out of MassCUE Winter Camp: Featuring Google Apps for Education (or any conference for that matter.)

By Jonathan Schmid We’re looking forward to this year’s Google-themed February break workshop, MassCUE Winter Camp. Building off of last year’s Googlepalooza, we were struck with the overwhelming response by…

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Special Interest Group: Southeast Coast, Cape and Islands Technology Coordinators (SCITT)

By Karen McGrath and Ryan McGee SCITT Special Interest Group has had a very active 15-16 school year so far! The group meets monthly on Fridays to explore many different…

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