Get a CUE Podcast

John O'Sullivan interviews Dr Rayna Freedman and her students, Tracy Sockalosky interviews Caitlin Krause, and Brandon Hall interviews Grace Magley live from the 2025 MassCUE Fall Conference. This is part two of a two part episode looking back at the Fall Conference.

Brandon Hall interviews Michael Rubin, Jared Perrine interviews Rachelle Dene Poth, and Brandon Hall interviews Greg Kulowiec live from the 2025 MassCUE Fall Conference. This is part one of a two part episode looking back at the Fall Conference.

Dr Rayna Freedman and Karen Janowski join the program as we chat about the upcoming Fall Conference, how to apply to present a session, and new and exciting events surrounding MassCUE's annual signature event at Gillette Stadium. The conference's theme this year is "Forward" with three conference strands: Educate Forward, Connect Forward, and Inspire Forward. Requests for Proposa...

In the latest episode of the podcast, the team behind the Communications Committee introduced themselves and shared what brought them to this important work. They reflected on how they were feeling coming back together after a brief hiatus and rebooting the committee’s efforts. The group discussed their approach to selecting stories—whether for the podcast, social media, or the Featured Educator s...

A variety of Get a CUE hosts including Chris Gosselin, Jared Perrine, and Brandon Hall join guests live from the MassCUE Fall Conference. The trio of hosts interview Howie the Dog, MassCUE President Casey Daigle, Fortinet's Greg Bleux, and Quizizz's Jacob Bebar.

We got a big one here - three separate mini episodes, all recorded at the 2024 MassCUE Fall Conference! First, we check in with Keynote Ken Shelton and talk about his new book with Dee Lanier. Then, we learn about the work that Sue McLaughlin and the team at Custom Computers does for school districts in the area. Finally, we check in with Rediker and Ted Chmura to learn about their Student Informa...

Welcome to the Season 7 Premiere of the Get A CUE Podcast! This episode's special guest is 2024 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year De'Shawn Washington, a fourth grade teacher from Lexington. Brandon and De'Shawn talk about the process of becoming the Massachusetts Teacher of the year, how looping students benefits both the educator and the children, his talk at the upcoming MassCUE Fall Conference,...

We drop this special episode in honor of our recently completed Spring Conference at Polar Park in Worcester, home of the Worcester Red Sox. Some familiar faces drop by the podcast, including MassCUE Board member TJ Carron, and MassCUE SIG Leader Mike Tinker, as well as JFY Networks Gary Kaplan talking about a brand new AI tool used to assess student writing. Play ball!

Thank you for checking out our Better Together virtual panel discussion, AI: Impact on Education, featuring educational organizations from across the Commonwealth. We hope you will enjoy the discussion. As we said during the event, this is just the beginning of the conversation about AI in education and we look forward to learning and growing along with our members and partner organizations. If yo...

Welcome back to the Get a CUE Podcast! It's been a while, but we're back with MassCUE's brand new Director of Operations Kyra Hunter. We talk about her new role, planning events in venues large and small, the differences between non-profit and for-profit event planning, the importance of a good song as a backing track, and much more. Join us, won't you? This episode was recorded li...

This episode of the Get A CUE Podcast features Jen Dawson and Danielle Rourke from CDW’s eSports division and we spent the time talking about the growth of eSports, eSports in the EDU space, how schools can get started with an eSports program, the most popular games offered, and CDW’s offerings in the scholastic eSports field. Contact them at esports@cdw.com Focus on EDU Podcast Coaching Clinics t...

Get a CUE Live from the 2023 MassCUE Fall Conference at Gillette Stadium on October 18 and October 19, 2023, featuring guests Greg and Jeff from Fortinet, Tom Driscoll from EdTech Teacher, Karen Winsper and Colleen Terrill from the Influence and Advocacy committee of MassCUE, TJ Carron from Bay Path Regional, and Erika Sandstrom the GreenScreen Gal! Fortinet Information available at   https://view...

MassCUE 2023 Fall Conference keynote speaker Dr Liza Talusan drops by the podcast to talk about Diversity and Identity work in schools from Pre K through college, how her professional positions and schooling have shaped her, and a preview of her keynote speech that will kick off the conference! You can find Dr Talusan and her work at lizatalusan.com

A very special double episode for Get a CUE features MassCUE Executive President Chris Gosselin giving us a full preview of the Fall Conference including updates to Gillette Stadium. The second half of the episode features MassCUE Professional Learning and Program Coordinator Jen Thomas talking about Building Capacity through Digital Equity, MassCUE's new customizable professional learning opp...

Welcome to season 6 of the Get A CUE Podcast! In the first episode of the new season, Brandon sits down with Pembroke Science Curriculum Coordinator Jonathan Shapiro to talk AI in the EDU space. They discuss ways teachers, students, and administrators can leverage the emerging technology and some potential pitfalls for districts. 

For our Golden 50th Episode Spectacular, Chris Gosselin takes over the podcast to interview Brandon and we talked about the first 50 episodes of the podcast. Special guests Jared Perrine (Narragansett Regional), Colleen Terrill (Seekonk), and Karen Winsper (Norton) join to talk about their favorite memories and great conversations and moments from the beginning of the Get A CUE Podcast. Chris also...

Brandon connects with Jackie Gantzer, director of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Office of EdTech and School Support, and boy is this episode chock full of goodness. They talk about the effect of pandemic funding on schools and districts, plus where it's going next; equity work out of DESE's EdTech office; the EdTech Systems Guide; and digital equity res...

If you want to stay on top of advances in technology, find something you are passionate about in and out of the classroom and make it your hobby. That advice comes from this month’s MassCUE Featured Educator, Kevin Murphy, who is a Computer Science and Digital Literacy teacher at Frontier Regional School in South Deerfield. Kevin and Brandon chat about Kevin's work, his career path, and what h...

We got a big one, here folks! Four, count em, four guests make up this episode! Morning Keynote speaker Dr Kandice Sumner spoke about the current revolutionary situation we're in with education, MassCUE Executive Director Savvy Demers spoke about the conference's theme "Equity, what's next?" and MassCUE's work, Triton Director of Technology Greg Kulowiec spoke about meeting the needs of all learne...

Ritamarie Benoit is the Grades 3-5 Curriculum Supervisor for the Duxbury Public Schools, where she is responsible for the oversight and implementation of curriculum, professional development, technology integration and digital learning. She’s also the MassCUE Featured Educator for the month of February! She sits down with Brandon to talk about how tech has changed over the time she's been in Duxbu...

Brandon sits down with Kristina Ishmael of the US Department of Education's Office of EdTech to talk all things teaching and learning! As the leader of the Office of Ed Tech, Ishmael executes the office mission of developing national edtech policy that enables everywhere, all-the-time learning and supports digital equity and opportunity. Brandon and Kristina talk about funding post-Covid education...

For Tom Williams, there is no better time than right now to be a teacher. As a history teacher at the Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School in Charlton, Williams uses technology to turn lessons from something students HAVE to do, to something they GET to do. Tom and Brandon chat about their shared love for history education, comics, and student engagement. Tom is MassCUE's featured ed...

Brandon sits down with fellow #TitanTech comrade Michael Tinker of the Pembroke Public Schools and they talk about the brand new Assistive Technology Special Interest Group through MassCUE, their favorite Google tips and tricks, and some general silliness and high-fives. Join us, won't you!?

Got FOMO from missing MassCUE? Check out this episode! A series of guests and co-hosts stop by the MassCUE Live Broadcast Booth sponsored by ProAV. Hosts Brandon Hall, Chris Gosselin, Colleen Terrill, Karen Winsper, Dr Rayna Freedman, and Neal Sonnenberg are joined by guests Savvy Demers, Dretavius Porham, Michael Bonner, John Sowash, and Heidi MacGregor talk through all the happenings of the Fall...

In the latest episode of Get a CUE, Brandon welcomes Beth Barra to the program. Beth is a K-5 Innovation Specialist for the Marshfield Public Schools and will be speaking at the Fall Conference on the topics of being an ally and using UDL in the classroom. You can find Beth on Twitter and Instagram at @mrs__Barra