by tjohnston | Nov 15, 2012 | CES Stories
NORTHAMPTON, MA – When the Collaborative for Educational Services’ HEC Academy students learned last fall about Monte’s March, they decided to get involved. This was the third year that Monte Belmonte, host of the local radio station WRSI-FM, had...
by tjohnston | Nov 30, 2011 | CES Stories
NORTHAMPTON, MA – When Dr. Joan Schuman was hired as Executive Director of what is now the Collaborative for Educational Services the agency was a “tiny provider of special education and professional development programs to a limited number of schools in...
by tjohnston | Jun 9, 2011 | CES Stories
NORTHAMPTON, MA – For some people, graduating from high school is a given, a stepping stone on a relatively straight-forward path to college and career. For Ben DeMarino, graduating from the Collaborative for Educational Services’ Alternative Learning...
by tjohnston | Jan 1, 1970 | Uncategorized
When it comes to learning about edtech, I’ve noticed a pattern among adult learners (including me!). They/we routinely enter into learning about tech feeling like they are way behind or have little to gain. This observation was affirmed by pre- and post-session...
by tjohnston | Jan 1, 1970 | Digital Citizenship
First things first, we have a very strict rule in our house: ALWAYS ask permission before you touch someone else’s device. We don’t look over shoulders either unless you have permission. If one of my kid’s friends grabs my phone, she makes it known...