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Learn about Deploying Google Apps

Registration is now open for the MassCUE & M.A.S.S. Annual Technology Conference.
REGISTER
http://2010tgl2-masscue.com/index.html
I hear from so many that they are thinking about deploying Google Apps in their schools. If you want to hear more from people who have already taken the plunge, here are two sessions that will be of interest to you.
Session 1 – WEDNESDAY, [...]

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Registration is now open for the MassCUE & M.A.S.S. Annual Technology Conference

Registration is now open for the MassCUE & M.A.S.S. Annual Technology Conference.   I’m looking forward to this.
REGISTER
http://2010tgl2-masscue.com/index.html
As promised, here is another session description.
Adobe Classroom Suite – PreConference
Discover new ways to engage students in learning using Adobe Digital School Collection software across the curriculum Today’s technology provides educators with highly effective ways to address a wide [...]

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Themes for 21st Century Education

As one of many volunteers working on the 2010 MassCUE / M.A.S.S. conference (October 27 & 28), I have been active with the conference committee in organizing breakout sessions. This means reading proposals, recruiting presenters, and helping to make sure we have sessions that cover all the strands and that will appeal to all our [...]

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Advice for the Newly Hired Instructional Technology Specialist

So, you are starting your first job as an instructional technology specialist (ITS) this year, and you are wondering, “What do I do first? What are the most important things I should do in my first two months on the job?” Here’s my advice, based on my own experience of almost twenty years in educational [...]

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Upcoming Grants for Schools

School teachers and administrators, especially those of us in technology, regularly look for grants to supplement local funding and to jumpstart new and pilot initiatives. Here are a few grant opportunities worth investigating. If you have submitted a successful proposal to any of these foundations and have tips or strategies for others, please contribute by [...]

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Instapaper & Kindle

Instapaper
Love this tool that I just started using! I got a Kindle for Christmas and have been loving reading books on the Kindle. I tried reading pdfs using the Kindle but found that I couldn’t easily get it to fit the screen and be a font size I could easily read. But now with Instapaper [...]

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Summer Reruns

Some blog posts are more memorable than others and seem to draw more attention from readers.
To kick off the summer, here are some Summer Reruns. If you did not catch these posts the first time around try them now.
Being Googleable (July 08)
Become Better at Teaching with Technology, Conquering One Tech Challenge a Month for [...]

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Chapter Two

In recent weeks I have attended a couple of luncheons in honor of colleagues retiring from other school districts. At one lunch there were three Technology Directors with 40, 41, and 43 years of experience in education, all retiring at the end of this school year. At the next was a Technology Director retiring [...]

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Videos to Share

Sometimes the right video makes all the difference in a Professional Development moment, a  School Committee Presentation, or a department meeting.
Here are a few videos that I have used recently and that have provided good springboards to dynamic conversations.
2020 Vision – Karl Fisch

Joe’s Non-Netbook
Medieval Help Desk with English Subtitles
Periodic Table of the Elements

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Technology Leadership – More

In this series of posts I am sharing DRAFT work of the ETAC and asking for your help.
Please help us through your comments here by adding to the description or by supplying us with a vignette. The vignette can be a very brief example or a “day in the life” – whatever you feel [...]

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