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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...