• iPad Apps in the Elementary School Library: Learning about Coding with Awbie and Doink

    Posted on June 24, 2019

    In the elementary school library, we focus heavily on promoting books and suggesting new books for students to read. Another more recent emphasis has been on teaching students how to code. The iPad allows students to focus on both reading and coding with fun, engaging and educational apps that also...

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    My Reading, Response and Reflection Cart

    Posted on June 10, 2019

    Each year I try to use a little more technology in my classroom, but I try my hardest to make sure it is technology that will help my students, not just being used to use it. This year I had a crazy idea to let the students use the iPads...

  • Tips and Recommendations to Help Plan Your #ISTE19 Schedule – Sessions, Playgrounds, & Posters

    Posted on June 3, 2019

    by Steve Wick, Original post May 27, 2019 Recharge Learning Reposted with permission Bold Educators Activate Change Philadelphia June 23 – 26, 2019#ISTE19 This post is my third connected to my ISTE 2019 Planning Experience. My first post was ISTE 2019 – 10 Conference Tips for the Engaged Educator and my second...

  • When STEM Meets Creativity

    Posted on May 30, 2019

    There are many ways to expand student learning using technology, but it can be taken to the next level when STEM meets creativity. Margo Bridges has found the formula to make this happen in her classroom. As a teacher of STEM for the past six years, Margo’s class has evolved...

  • The Digital Toolkit: Art for Today’s Market!

    Posted on May 27, 2019

    New digital art assignments are in the works and my formerly traditional art room now has been upgraded to include the array of practical illustration, animation and graphic design lessons I need to prepare my class of burgeoning creative minds for in today’s globalized cloud driven art market. My shiny...

  • Show & Tell in the 5th Grade

    Posted on May 20, 2019

    Our project was named Show & Tell in the 5th Grade. Our plan was to have students record themselves solving math problems to post to a class website. We imagined a Khan Academy-like site for our students. We quickly learned that it was not as easy as it sounded. We...

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    Psst!! Top 3 Reasons Why You Want To Get To Know MassCUE Grants Committee

    Posted on May 13, 2019

    As a member of MassCUE, you have full access to a multitude of amazing benefits and offerings put forth by the organization! The Grants Committee facilitates funding opportunities for members to connect, inspire and educate in a variety of ways.  Lifelong learning, leading up and bringing innovation to classrooms is...

  • Make It Mobile – Traveling Technology Kits

    Posted on May 6, 2019

    Grateful!! That is the word that comes to mind when I reflect on the past several months of technology teaching and student learning in my district’s elementary schools. I was lucky enough to receive a MassCUE grant to create mobile technology units to share with all 5 of our Kindergarten...

  • Teaching: A Reflective Practice

    Posted on April 30, 2019

    Many of us often think of ourselves as creatures of habit. We all have our comfort zones and grow to rely on routines to keep us grounded. It’s natural to shy away from challenges at first, but also rewarding to step outside of our comfort zone and grow through new...

  • Using Chromebooks for Curation of Digital Portfolios

    Posted on April 22, 2019

    The arrival of 15 Chromebooks was something of an oddity in our elementary school where we have primarily turned to Macbooks over the past few years as part of a technology adoption plan. My sixth graders were certainly intrigued as they saw the pile of stylish laptops in the classroom....

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    Recognizing Our Lifelong Learners

    Posted on April 17, 2019

    Are you a lifelong learner who uses digital resources to promote your teaching and student learning? Then the new MassCUE Digital Educator Recognition Program is for you! Since Fall 2018, the MassCUE Professional Development Committee has been developing a program to honor and recognize our members who are competent in...

  • How to Create Google Forms Locked Mode Lessons

    Posted on April 15, 2019

    Article by Laura Cahill Original post Engage Educate, January 25 2019 Reposted with permission Locked Mode Quiz is Released! Google released their long-awaited Locked Mode Quizzes for the Forms app this week and some of its implications are obviously useful for teachers. Being able to give a secure quiz on...