• Through the Eyes of a Child- A New Lens

    Posted on September 1, 2014

    I remember sitting in my elementary school listening to what my classmates wanted to be when they grew up. Popular choices were an astronaut, a sports player, a nurse,…

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  • Tales of a Tech Gypsy – Slippery Slopes

    Posted on September 1, 2014

    “Educational change is not constrained by lack of technology but a lack of sociological imagination.” Diana Rhoten As a new school year begins, and our high school library undergoes a…

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  • Tales of a Tech Gypsy – AASL Intellectual Freedom Award

    Posted on July 28, 2014

    This is my first blog post in “OnCUE,” and I’m happy to begin this process of sharing ideas about all things tech, library and education-related, on behalf of…

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  • Providing a MassCUE Online Course

    Posted on July 22, 2014

    MassCUE offered me the opportunity this past winter to offer an online professional development course through their site. Although I had offered online and asynchronous courses before through Moodle,…

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  • Making Connections

    Posted on July 20, 2014

    I was fortunate to be able to be part of two exciting conferences this past month: ISTE 2014 in Atlanta and BLC 2014 in Boston. If you have never…

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  • ISTE2014

    Posted on July 17, 2014

    The annual ISTE conference is always packed full of sessions, meetings with vendors on the exhibit floor, networking, crowds, and, almost always, heat and humidity. This year’s conference in…

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  • ISTE Wonderland

    Posted on July 7, 2014

    Attending my first ISTE conference was much like what Alice must have felt like when she entered Wonderland. As Lewis Carroll boldly stated, “I can’t go back to yesterday…

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  • Presentations with class . . . yours or another!

    Posted on June 30, 2014

    As the winner of a MassCUE Initiative Grant this year, I was pleased to incorporate new technology in my classroom for a twist on an existing project. My Entrepreneurship…

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  • Freedman Gossip Project

    Posted on June 27, 2014

    A HUGE thank you to MassCUE for their support of the Freedman Gossip project. This grant was used as part of a cross curricular project between writing, technology, music,…

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  • Professional Development through MassCUE

    Posted on June 23, 2014

    The plight of the “busy teacher” is one that, as MassCUE Professional Development workshop facilitator, I can relate to on many levels. Doesn’t it seem like the 21st Century…

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  • Is Coffee All We Have in Common with Curriculum

    Posted on June 11, 2014

    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,…

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  • Techie Wonderland

    Posted on December 18, 2013

    IPhones ring Are you listening In the room, iPads glisten A beautiful sight, we’re happy Tonight Walking in a techie wonderland Gone away…

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