$40 can get you in on a PDP opportunity with MassCUE. The Digital Educator Recognition Program is a four level micro-credentialing system to enhance and show your skills. Currently, it is free to all MassCUE members. Therefore, it only costs the price of a membership! Also, the higher you go in the badge system, the […]

If you are using iPads, you must check out Apple’s Everyone Can Create series. Five, free guide books were released this month: I attended a session by Apple and did some of the step by step “lessons” in these books… there are so many ideas of how to harness the power or drawings, photos, videos […]

At the New England Apple Tech Update it was shared that Apple Stores would begin offering Teacher Tuesdays. What does that mean? Free Professional Development! I contacted the Apple Store at the Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua, New Hampshire for more details. I was told that beginning in June they will be hosting Teacher Tuesday […]

A month ago, I watched a great SimpleK12 video, “Creation Tools for Web Browsers: Projects for Students on Chromebooks” presented by Monica Burns. One of the tools mentioned was Adobe Spark. At the time I was intrigued, but in consulting with various teachers, I didn’t push it as there were other tools that seemed to […]

Looking for some free summer PD to help you make progress with student and professional practice goals? Here are a few places that may help: SimpleK12 Educational Webinars (Don’t forget that Westford has accounts if something is not FREE, and you can make an individual professional development plan to earn PDPs from the District!) Verizon […]