Since we have taken several weeks off from posting Extensions of the Week, this post is our “Chrome Extension Thanksgiving Mega Edition” and features 20 extensions for students and teachers to try. Enjoy! Chrome Tips Beta– Beginner to advanced tips to help you get the most out of Chrome Explain and Send Screenshots- Capture a webpage,…
Apple or Samsung? You be the judge! In Help Desk Live-Episode 29 BHS Help Desk senior Josh Boulos (team Apple) and Burlington’s Speech and Language Pathologist Colleen Jenkins (team Samsung) go to head to head in a “battle of the wearable tech.” Find out the features and benefits of the iWatch and Samsung’s watch and…
In Help Desk Live: Episode 28 our guest, teacher, author, and blogger Starr Sackstein, shared with us her philosophy on student grading and homework. Starr has written extensively on this talk and her approach to teaching has received a lot of attention in the world of education. Talking with Starr on Help Desk Live was…
Help Desk Live episodes 25, 26, and 27 focused on the importance of digital citizenship and various ways students can leverage digital tools to create a positive and impressive digital footprint. If you are an educator, parent, or administrator dedicated to digital citizenship education, all three episodes are worth watching, especially if your school is…
Google Classroom has had a significant impact on the digital workflow used by students and teachers not only in Burlington, but worldwide. At the high school, our teachers love Classroom’s intuitiveness and as a 1:1 iPad school, students can easily submit projects they create using other apps directly to Classroom in a few simple taps.…
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on the blog of BHS Help Desk student Kevin Lynch. Free App Friday! Our Free App of the week is TouchCast. Last year we wrote a post on TouchCast, but we wanted to remind people of this awesome creation app and the new features it has. Touch casts is…
The BPS Edtech Team is pleased to announce our November Tech Savvy Parenting Night (TSPN) will be held on Wednesday, November 18th at 6:00 pm in the Marshall Simonds Middle School Library Commons. As we did for our October event, which can be viewed here, the focus of our November TSPN will once again be…
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