K12 Dir. of Tech & Innovation MA, Google Trainer & Innovator #NYC19, METAA Board Member, #GEGNewEngland Leader, Executive Dir. of pdcollab.org/

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A national autism registry isn’t an innovation — it’s a privacy threat. Protecting student data must be non-negotiable. Why families — and schools — should be alarmed: 🔒 teachingforward.net/national… #StudentPrivacy #DataPrivacy #EducationLeadership #AutismAwareness #EdTech #K12
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Join me to in an engaging session on cybersecurity, complete with simulation exercise Tues 2pm at Mashpee HS for the Annual @massupt Conference
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#Woburn 10th graders sharing their Civics Projects in today's showcase event. Great research & solutions are being shared! @WMHSAP @WMHSTanners
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WMHS students learning about financial literacy from #Woburn volunteers & @RocklandTrust @WMHSTanners Thx to our HS Math staff and Paige Crowley for your efforts!!
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WMHS's legendary Lip Dup is out! Congrats Seniors! Looking fwd to celebrating graduation tomorrow night! piped.video/qn4dhoaLU0M #Woburn @WMHSTanners Thx @WPMC_Woburn and @WoburnK12Arts and of COURSE our Seniors for another incredible Lip Dub!!
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Learning about Visible Thinking w. @BetterLesson at @KMSWoburn today. Great resource w/ curated Visible Thinking Routines pz.harvard.edu/thinking-rout… #edtech #pblchat
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Highlight of my day attending @WMHSTanners multilingual learners Poetry Extravaganza. Students shared their original works - so impressed!! #ElChat
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Wrapping up a great @MASBONet conference w board appointments at general mtg. Really enjoyed meeting new, welcoming colleagues as I start my SBA journey in Woburn!
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Best Mother's Day Weekend ever! Attending graduation of my oldest, Ryan from @UMassLowell #UML2023 Already has his first job, thx to UMLs Co-Op program experience!
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Lots of hands on activities available from art and music staff for young Tanners at #Woburn #Tannerfest
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Design a box one of many displays of impressive student arts projects at today's #Tannerfest
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Moana preview from @KMSWoburn at today's #Tannerfest
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Enjoying a day of walkthroughs @jmswoburn classrooms. Interactive Spanish learning w Ms. Harris teaching about canal systems #edtech
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Eye opening #CyberSecurity self assessment via @K12SIX helps focus our attention- first steps if u haven't already create & print critical contacts! For more k12six.org/essentials-series @TechDirectors #MACTO23
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Day of #Cybersecurity learning @TechDirectors "Data is like toxic waste. Its should be contained and cleaned up!" Via @K12SIX #macto23
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It's going to be a busy fall day of canning!
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Thrilled that #Woburn has been awarded a grant to support #EdTech PD w @betterlesson Thx @MassEducation @WoburnSchools
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So exciting to see our new WPS website launched tonight! woburnps.com/ @WoburnSchools
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Nearly 200 attendees at today's kickoff webinar in series for Massachusetts K12 Data Professionals via @metaa Big THANK YOU to @MASchoolsK12 for collaborating to provide this learning! To learn more: canva.com/design/DAFMTdV7wS4… @Natalie_Croteau @JimSullivanTech
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Great video explaining Multi-Factor Authentication and the use of personal phones that should help staff feel more comfortable: piped.video/watch?v=lEHhivPJ… might be a good one to share @terrenceloftus
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"Tech is the easy part, the hard part is changing hearts and minds is what really matters!" Via @terrenceloftus re: setting up Multi-factor Authentication & communicating real world examples @CISecurity #cybersecurity @TechDirectors
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K12 districts urged to identify project scope and success criteria prior to launching IT change such as implementing MFA via @terrenceloftus @CISecurity #cybersecurity #edtech
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Implementing multi-factor authentication begins w thoughtful planning and robust project management to generate staff buy in for this critical #cybersecurity practice via @terrenceloftus @CISecurity @TechDirectors
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Email is responsible for 94% of all malware and other stats to keep Tech Directors up at night via @CISecurity at MS-ISAC Conf #cyberattacks #CyberSecurityAwareness #cybersecurity @TechDirectors @CoSN
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Great conversations happening w IT professional at @CISecurity MS-ISAC conference in my Tabletop Exercises session! Missing my peeps @cterrillteach @kwinsper #CyberSecurity
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Straight talk about the reality of #cybersecurity risks for municipalities incld K12 at Annual @CISecurity mtg
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Over 20 PD sessions for MA educators from The PD Collab (formerly Salem Collaborative Project) now open for registrations pdcollab.org/ including sessions from @NCassamassino @joliboucher @csheil and others. Pls RT! More reasons to join @cterrillteach @kwinsper
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Looking for high-quality #digitalliteracy curriculum? Check out the amazing resources from cyber.org including #Cybersecurity Basics with content 4 Gr K-12 #Digcit #onlinesafety Sign up for free teacher account for full access @WPSInnovCoach
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Are u incorporating these skills in your school? Being challenged by @molapus to think about the importance of #digcit as it relates to civic engagement @CommonSense @vitalearn #DynamicLandscapes
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Teachers & caregivers can help bridge the gap btwn civic skills & digital life w #digcit education in context @vitalearn #DynamicLandscapes @CommonSense
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Media use by Ss has been growing rapidly since pandemic via @molapus #DynamicLandscapes conference - no wonder given the rate of content creation online! #digcit
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SO great to see many friends at #Google tonight including fellow #GEGNewEngland leaders @MrsDi @elawson1977
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One of our #Kibo robots helped @reevesklh Kindergarten Ss to practiced story recall and sequencing w @KinderLabRobot #Kibo today! #Coding is a great way to learn and practice so many concepts! @WoburnSchools
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Time to re-think our outdated strategies for evaluating web content - learning with @ErinInfoPro @JWagnerEdTech #digitalliteracy at #NHCTO clinic today docs.google.com/presentation…
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Ransomware - what are you gonna do about it? Be prepared! Check out @CISecurity #Cybersecurity Ransomware Guide cisa.gov/stopransomware/rans… for prevention best practices & response checklist @TechDirectors @MassCUE
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Digital Equity is the goal but we have a long way to go! Learn more about effort to address these gaps & the Feds efforts to mitigate them: tech.ed.gov/deer/ @TechDirectors Thx to @mrsmacgregor206 via @MassCUE Influence & Advocacy Committee for sharing!
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#Cybersecurity Policy Templates via @CISecurity organized by NIST standards and downloadable as Word docs for easy modification to meet district needs @kwinsper @METAA @cterrillteach cisecurity.org/wp-content/up…
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Who has time to keep up with #GoogleEDU updates?! #GEGNewEngland has the perfect solution! Check out our latest newsletter docs.google.com/presentation… & go to gegnewengland.com/ to sign up so you'll never miss and issue @GEGNewEngland
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Ms. McElheny's Gr 6 @jmswoburn Social Studies Ss test their knowledge of Africa w @breakoutEDU today thx to the help from Innovation Coach Mr Gaffny! Great problem solving & teamwork on display! @WoburnSchools @emhistory
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If only it worked that way! #DataPrivacy
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Enlightening & engaging presentation about the "Seven Deadly Sins of Data Visualization" Thx @tchrjmc and @ILS_Dave #NobodyCares #DataNerds #FETC @Schmidjon
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Learning about #Data Interoperability and the "Small but might #ProjectUnicorn team" and their advocacy on this critical topic via @s_bearden projectunicorn.org/state-of-… #dataprivacy @InnovateEDUNYC @futureofprivacy #FETC
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Great conversations about Emerging Trends, Accelerators & Tech Enablers driving change in education via @keithkrueger @COSN MA Tech leaders can see him live at METAA's @TechDirectors CTO clinic March 11th techdirectors.org/learning/c…
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Just curated resources w/ @wakelet to share at the end of the #datastudio session I'm doing w/ @Schmidjon Thurs 10am in C46 @fetc wakelet.com/wake/GoaJpbUwkl9… Shout out to @MishelleManning @tiltondata @2min_tech
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Counting down my favorite spreadsheet formulas - If you don't already know and use vLookup teachingforward.net/merge-da… #data #spreadsheets. #GoogleSheets @Schmidjon
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#Jamboard is a great platform for K-2 kiddos - learning more from @MrsDi LIVE @GEGNewEngland piped.video/watch?v=aSmy18Dl… @AskTheTechCoach @joliboucher @BlendedLibGirl
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Mark your calendar! Join @GEGNewEngland crew this Thursday for "#Google Workspace for Little Learners (K-2)" LIVE at 8:15pm piped.video/watch?v=aSmy18Dl… #kinderchat #elemchat #GoogleEDU @GegProgram #GEG
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Coming up at 7pm EST free webinar from @pbsteachers on Culturally Responsive Literacy for All wgbh.zoom.us/webinar/registe… #EngChat #ELAChat #Diversity #DEI
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Oh no you don't @Verizon @VerizonSupport As someone who values #dataprivacy just followed instructions via @gizmodo to disable data tracking gizmodo.com/verizon-may-have… Sharing out for others who may want to do the same #DataProtection

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So many reasons to be part of #GEGNewEngland- free newsletter highlighting the latest updates and free PD for teachers. Check out our latest edition! sites.google.com/view/geg-ne… #Google #EdTech @GEGNewEngland
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Always experience new learning when I join my @GEGNewEngland co-leaders - tonight's livestream is no different! I had no idea about #GoogleSheets & @canva integration to create beautiful graphs & infographics! Thx @elawson1977 Check out the show: piped.video/watch?v=qrPiSRky…
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Steaming LIVE on YouTube sharing #GoogleSheets goodness piped.video/watch?v=qrPiSRky… @MrsDi mentions her favorite resource for new #Spreadsheet learning @benlcollins - I'm also a HUGE fan! benlcollins.com/ @GegProgram @GEGNewEngland
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Streaming live w/ my @GEGNewEngland friends and sharing out our favorite Chrome Extensions - Every Extension addict needs to use @ExtensityChrome to easily manage these resources! Thx @elawson1977 piped.video/watch?v=qu9ylHom…
Did you know you can curate content using @wakelet ? Thx @joliboucher for sharing this great extension #GEGNewEngland @GEGNewEngland
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Teachers, did you know you can speak formulas and have them transcribed correctly into Docs, Slides, Forms and more w/ @texthelp #mathchat
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Middle & High School students - Check out the Congressional App Challenge #coding @CSforMA congressionalappchallenge.us… #CSTA @RepKClark
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Custom themes available on #GoogleSites now!! Will work well to create a theme for staff to create webpages with consistent look or great for the district & school sites we are developing in Google, right @cterrillteach ? @GEGNewEngland
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