Digital Learning Newsletter
Week of 12/6/2021
MassCue Classroom Grant Opportunity
MassCUE’s competitive Classroom Grants offer up to $3,000 to current MassCUE members. Requests will be accepted until December 10, 2021. If you have an idea for infusing technology purposefully into the classroom, then this is the grant for you! The grants fund hardware and almost anything else you need to make your idea come alive. (Grant funds cannot be used for stipends). If you would like to apply for a grant and are not a current member, please email me for help. I will also get your quotes for you, give you a letter of administrative support, and/or write your grant for you. For more information, go to MassCUE’s web page to read about their grant opportunity.
Here are the things to do before you submit your grant proposal:
1. Read the grants' obligations and timetable document.
2. Read the grants rubric:
3. Check the primary/lead applicant's MassCUE membership is valid until February 1, 2022. If you don't have MassCue membership, contact clewis@duxbury.k12.ma.us for help.
4. This application includes a Project Description of up to 1000 words detailing Teacher/Student Goals, Lesson Activities, Assessment, Timing, and Sustainability.
5. Have ready for upload the 3 files which are required for your grant application to be complete.
Letter of Administrative Support (PDF)
Detailed Budget
One Photo of Applicant/Applicants (JPG)
6. The name and photo associated with your Google account will be recorded when you upload files and submit this form.
7. Please use public sharing (anyone with the link may view) when uploading files. You will need to log in via a Google account to upload files.
Other News from MassCue
January 5, 2022: Virtual Datapalooza 2022 3:15 pm. For more information, visit MassCue's Datapalooza Conference web page.
February 1-3, 2022: MassCue Virtual Conference in partnership with M.A.S.S. For more information, click here.
Differentiated Instruction with Choice Boards:
Choice Boards give your students the ability to choose how to learn a particular concept. This encourages students to be more responsible, accountable, and independent in their learning. Most importantly, students are able to work at their own pace, providing differentiation in your classroom.
Resources for Choice Boards:
Slide Deck Tutorial (You will need to click a second link.)
Caitlin Tucker's Choice Boards 101 (You will need to click a second link.)
Kasey Bell's Choice Board templates and directions (Click second link.)
Some basic Choice Board Templates (You will be forced to make a copy)
Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board (You will be forced to make a copy)
Novel Study Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board by Kasey Bell (You will be forced to make a copy)
If you need help designing your first choice board, email me to set up a help session with me.
Instructional Technology Coaching:
I am available for individuals or PLC-based instructional technology coaching during the school day. Let me know the date/time and topic.
Any of the Google apps--Slides, Docs, Sheets, Jambaord
Choice Boards
Google Tools for Writing in Google Docs-- Multiple Spell Check/Grammar tools, Dictionary, Voice typing, Word count, document set up, spacing, Grammarly set up, extensions to add fonts
Kahoot
Pear Deck for Google Slides
Screencastify
Teacher Self Care: How to Organize your Google Drive
Other topics
If you need instructional technology support, file a support ticket and choose the instructional technology category at http://dps.jitbit.com/helpdesk or email me at clewis@duxbury.k12.ma.us