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Celly for Weather Alerts and Disaster Relief

By Rebecca Nguyen On May 21, 2013 · Add Comment
Our hearts go out to those in Oklahoma. We want to help. If you’re manning disaster relief and/or working directly with victims and families, contact Celly. We know that communication has been difficult for those in the area, and Celly may be able to help facilitate connection. Celly can also be used as an alert [...]
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Meet Jeremy!

By Jeremy Lawrence On May 17, 2013 · Add Comment
Hi, I’m Jeremy Lawrence, a new developer at Celly. I’m incredibly excited to be joining the team here in beautiful Portland, OR. Though I have only been in the office for a short time, I have experienced great kindness from everyone here and felt immediately welcome to the Celly family. I graduated from college last [...]
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Celly is for Leaders

By Rebecca Nguyen On May 15, 2013 · Add Comment
Celly is happy to announce the launch of our premium package and some enhancements to our free service. We’ve heard from educators, business owners, organizers, activists, even students. These Celly leaders are our most avid supporters, and with their help we’re finessing the Celly experience. Celly Basic includes all the features you know and love, [...]
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Our Teachers

By Rebecca Nguyen On May 10, 2013 · Add Comment
Greg My most influential teacher was my mother. As I was growing up, my sister and I enjoyed school and learning so much that every summer we would “play school”. My mom would give us little assignments and we would relish working through them. She also taught me to sew my own clothes, how to [...]
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Meet Allan of r/alaska

By Rebecca Nguyen On May 7, 2013 · Add Comment
Allan C. is one of the moderators of  r/alaska, a subreddit dedicated to all things Alaskan. The group actively uses Celly to communicate and schedule meet ups. You can find Allan on Reddit or Celly at his username sourdoughabc. Tell us about yourself! I live in Alaska.  It’s remote and full of natural beauty.  I love [...]
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Travel Abroad with Celly

By Rebecca Nguyen On May 1, 2013 · Add Comment
The language barrier. Pick pockets. Getting lost (a lot). Hiding between bites of baguette and that afternoon drift down the Grand Canal are the pesky pitfalls of international travel. Unless you’re willing to dole out some major cash, roaming charges are a particularly sneaky problem.  Take the proper precautions and you have nothing to worry [...]
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BYOD

By Rebecca Nguyen On April 17, 2013 · Add Comment
Twitter’s hashtags have introduced an eternal stream of acronyms and phrases that flare into existence and just as quickly pass into the black hole of cyberspace. Some of these phrases manifest on Twitter, others are adopted by the Twitter hash-tagger. Twitter’s educator user base will be familiar with #BYOD, a hashtag that has little to [...]
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Meet Mr.Matera

By Rebecca Nguyen On April 15, 2013 · Add Comment
We’d like to introduce Mr.Matera, a World History teacher living and working in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mr.Matera is an active Celly supporter and our first user interviewee! You can find Mr.Matera on Twitter @mrmatera and at his blog 1. Tell us about yourself! I have been a teacher now for 10 years. I graduated from Xavier [...]
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Celly at EdCamp

By Rebecca Nguyen On April 11, 2013 · Add Comment
Educators! Celly will be at EdCamp Portland and EdCamp Spokane on April 27th. EdCamp is an “unconference”-essentially a local conference organized and attended by local users and professionals. EdCamp was created for K-12 educators, from instructional technologists to teacher librarians. For more information check out the EdCamp websites: EdCamp Spokane and EdCamp Portland See you there!  
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Cellphones and Education

By Rebecca Nguyen On April 8, 2013 · Add Comment
The advent of the cellphone brought many things; fast and convenient communication, independence from landlines, newfound safety, and the nearly universal demise of pay phones. Since its inception in the 1970s (remember “the brick”?) the cellphone has evolved with amazing swiftness, from a hefty weapon-like piece of plastic to the sleek do-everything smartphones we know [...]
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