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Better Together: Anti-racist Education in our Classrooms
Given the tragic events of Spring 2020 culminating with the police killing of George Floyd, K-12 educators throughout the US have been looking for effective ways to talk about racism with their students. Several of our leading educational organizations in the Commonwealth–MASCD, MassCUE, MSLA, and WBGH–are planning together to host […]
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Aspiration and Inspiration
by Abbey Dick On March 6, I was lucky enough to serve as a Social Media Ambassador at the MassCUE and MASCD’s 2020 Spring Conference, focused on a personalized approach to school change. It was a great day of learning and collaboration at Holy Cross. Here’s my main takeaway: Massachusetts schools are the best in […]
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Pronouns: Be a Part of the Conversation
Pronouns. That one word encompasses so much. We hear people introducing themselves using pronouns. Social media profiles and email signatures now include pronouns. They are used to identify gender. Students as young as elementary are sharing their choice of pronouns. However the conversation is absent from many professional development opportunities, and it is one topic […]
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MassCUE Winter Googlepalooza 2020
MassCUE’s Googlepalooza event is a full day of G Suite for Education hands-on workshops taught by experienced Google Certified Trainers and Educators to promote better learning in the classroom. Participants will have a choice between presentations at varied ability levels – all covering a wide variety of G Suite tools, devices (Chromebooks, iPads, Android Tablets), […]
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MassCUE Champions
Do you have what it takes to be a MassCUE Champion? The MassCUE Champions program is a terrific opportunity to take on a leadership role within your community and to support the mission and initiatives of our organization. MassCUE Champions are a cohort of active, passionate member-educators who have a variety of experience within the […]
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Spring Conference 2020
Friday, March 6, 2020 #MALeads20 MassCUE (Massachusetts Computer Using Educators) and MASCD (the Massachusetts affiliate of ASCD) have joined forces to bring together classroom and educational leaders for a one-day event of powerful presentations, workshops, hands-on sessions, and informal gatherings to address the critical issues of education. Both organizations believe in the importance […]
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A Reflection on ISTE19
As an ISTE affiliate, the MassCUE board members arrive a day early to meet with affiliates from all over the world. This year the schedule included a round table and an Edcamp session both in the morning and afternoon. Some of the topics included Marketing, Strategies and Tools, Building Diversity & Access in Your Organization, […]
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Psst!! Top 3 Reasons Why You Want To Get To Know MassCUE Grants Committee
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 the name of the game! […]
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Seekonk Summer Googlepalooza 2019
#MassCUE MassCUE’s Googlepalooza event is a full day of G Suite for Education (formerly Google Apps for Education) hands-on workshops taught by experienced Google Certified Trainers and Educators to promote better learning in the classroom. Participants will have a choice between presentations at varied ability levels – all covering a wide variety of G Suite […]
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Making A Difference through Collaboration
“All of us are smarter than any one of us.” These words by Ken Blanchard repeatedly resonate for anyone acquainted with Chris Parker. As the Technology Coordinator for Gateway Regional District in Huntington, Massachusetts, Chris is a model collaborator in his quest to improve education through involvement in his own community as well as outreach […]
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Lee Tighe
For the Love of Learning “From the moment I saw my daughters’ faces light up when they ‘got it,’ I knew that providing children with access to knowledge was my passion.” These are the words of December’s Featured Educator, Lee Tighe. After raising her children and working outside of education for many years, Lee found […]
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BLC Conference Experience, Part 4
November Learning’s Building Learning Communities Conference was abuzz with education’s greatest challenge: the need to shift its course to meet the needs of an innovation driven society instead of the agrarian era on which the system was built. The focus of the conference was our collective goal of bringing educational practice forward, not on tools, […]
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