Have you ever wondered how to help your students (or yourselves) become better organized and more productive? This workshop will introduce attendees to a multitude of apps used by life-long learners in the areas of productivity and executive functioning skills. Walk away with a list of popular apps used for organization, schedules, checklists, chores, assignments, note-taking, augmented reality and more.
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Nashoba will provide a brief history of how technology in the district has evolved and become an integral part of teaching and learning. Learn how we have made decisions that have supported the necessary backbone of the network infrastructure and the purchase of equipment. We will share our next steps as we prepare to move towards the mobility and the cloud with the use of Chromebooks, Google Apps and bring your own device initiative.
Creating a 21st Century learning environment that is student centered requires new visions and meaningful collaboration. How do superintendents and principals play an active part in setting the vision in your district and school and enabling a digital conversion? Of all the challenges you face as an education leader, technology leadership may be the one that leaves you feeling the most unprepared, uncertain, and vulnerable. You are not alone and there is help available from the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN). In this session we will explore the resources included in the Revised Superintendents Toolkit developed by the CoSN. Learn more about the Teaming for Transformation initiative that focuses on Leading a Digital Conversion for Student Learning.
Come see the new and improved EDW and why over 2,000 users ran 172,814 in the first 13 days after the release of 2012 Official MCASresults.In addition to speed new reports and standards are available. No longer limited to the State, District, School and Student levels the EDWnow has classroom-level disaggregation. Analysis via the new Common Core Standards is also available.
ESE is launching Edwin, Massachusetts’ new, comprehensive teaching and learning platform. Edwin will provide educators with quality resources to continue to promote high-levels of student achievement and help reduce persistent achievement gaps among the state’s most and least-advantaged student groups. This system will support educators and foster teaching and learning at every level—classroom, school, district, and state—by providing on-demand access to instructional resources, curriculum planning tools, model curriculum units, and a variety of assessments including curriculum embedded performance assessments.
