Student Blogs

Help Desk students are responsible for maintaining their own personal blogs which contain their weekly reflections on the technology problems they are solving, the research they are conducting related to innovations in educational technology, tech article & TED Talk analysis, and their progress towards achieving the learning goals of their Individual Learning Endeavors. Please take…

Mrs. Price: Teacher Profile

Mrs. Susan Price is a member of the BHS Foreign Language Department and a BHS alumni, class of 1976. Mrs. Price teaches both French and Spanish courses. She is a passionate, enthusiastic and dedicated teacher who cares deeply about her students and creating engaging, meaningful learning experiences for them. What’s so inspiring about Mrs. Price…

Twitter for Teachers

YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE: Follow Justin Bieber or Lady Gaga and yes, you’ll most likely get nothing out of it. Follow Jimmy Fallon, and you will be highly entertained! In fact, Jimmy is such a fan of Twitter, he is now speaking in hashtags! Now that it is in the mainstream media, Twitter has developed somewhat…

Curation Resources

Below are links and descriptions to useful curation resources that can be used for all disciplines. Using digital curation resources will assist in the transition to a paperless classroom and allow you as a teacher to focus on what you really care about…your content! Please visit the Help Desk if you would like one-to-one assistance on…

Movenote

MoveNote is an exciting free app that allows you to create “presentations with emotions. The app allows you to easily record audio and video to narrate images from your camera roll or files from Google Drive. You can then share your Movenote presentations through email or across various social networks including Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. Watch…

October is Connected Educator Month!

“Technology is taking us to a level where we can collaborate beyond our wildest imagination.”   -Tom Whitby Want to learn more about how to become a connected educator? Check out the Connected Educators website. Here you will find a calendar of events, and a community directory filled with resources for collaboration and professional development. Spend some time…

Is Your Drive a Digital Disaster?

CREATING FOLDERS IN GOOGLE DRIVE Image Credit: ite.org Most Burlington High School students, like thousands of students across the globe, are using Google Drive on a daily basis. Teachers share files with students and vice versa, making Drive a powerful and efficient tool for a digital workflow. Lately, I’ve been reading many blog posts and…