Jeanne Tuthill, an assistive technology specialist at the CCATT Center, has prepared a post for Carole Zangari’s PracticalAAC Blog, and we are pleased to share the blog with you: If…
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Climbing the SAMR ladder
A learner sent us this question: How can you augment or embellish the technology tools you are already using to reach higher levels of the SAMR model? Here is our…
Mohawk gets planning grant for agricultural program
…Mohawk received a $6,000 Perkins Career and Technical Education Partnership planning grant from the state to put together a program that explores agriculture through middle school STEM (Science, Technology, English…
Northfield Environmental Educator honored by town
…28 years teaching sixth-graders at Northfield Elementary, where he also leads the 20-week-long afterschool STEM RAYS (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Research Academies for Young Scientists) program for students in…
Gill-Montague school district gears up for another school year
TURNERS FALLS, MA — Expanding critical thinking and technology skills will be front and center in the Gill-Montague Regional School District as it enters the new school year, according to…
Colleen Kelley
…Technology/Engineering Design frameworks. Colleen supports S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) learning in PreK-8 classrooms through designing classroom experiences and fieldtrips that are place-based. Colleen has received the Governor’s…
Melissa Zeitz receives government’s highest honor for teaching mathematics or science in grades K-12.
…D.C., where she received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Zeitz, 40, teaches computer science in the Springfield public schools and coordinates integration of technology into…
Area schools turn to Google’s online software solutions
NORTHAMPTON, MA— Standing before a roomful of 10- and 11-year-olds, technology specialist Andrea Marks pointed to what she calls the “waffle” at the corner of a large computer screen in…
State Senate OKs study on rural school aid
…of Early and Secondary Education to study feasibility and implementation of a new aid formula, needs to be approved by a House-Senate budget conference committee when it convenes next month….
SPIFFY’s “Building Strategies” Youth Event on 8/9/23
On August 9th, 20 Hampshire County teens got together at Smith College’s Conference Center for three hours to help SPIFFY determine which strategies the SPIFFY Coalition should pursue in the…