This past semester, the BHS Help Desk and Ms. Tyrrell’s Exploring Computer Science classes were fortunate to be selected by ISTE (The International Society for Technology in Education) to pilot an AI (Artificial Intelligence) Chatbot curriculum. This pilot was made possible through ISTE’s partnership with General Motors. We are doing a poster session at the…
On February 26, 2018, five members of the BHS Help Desk spoke with students at Fox Hill about cyberbullying and digital citizenship. The students who spoke are seniors Mel Thibodeau, Dan Xue, Sean Surabian, Dakotah Scalzi, and Vibi Wigneswaran. Fox Hill students asked BHS students about their own personal experiences with cyberbullying and advice for…
Here are the second semester blogs and websites for my new students (with the exception of a couple we’ll be adding very soon). There’s a lot going on with the Help Desk with our drone grant and other things we’ve been working on and discussing in class. Many of these students may have additional class…
I’m thrilled to announce that Burlington was recently selected for a MassCUE (Massachusetts Computer Using Educators) grant which we are using for drone projects in the district. The list of recipients can be found here. The theme of our grant is “SOARing with Drones in Education.” The SOAR model comes from an ISTE (International Society for…
I’m excited to introduce a new group of students for second semester. We have a very diverse group of students whose interests include business, engineering, programming, and robotics. I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know a couple of these students this year because one of them (Gati Aher) is the CAD design leader of…
Mrs. Tyrrell, the Help Desk Students, and I have been very busy preparing for Computer Science Education Week or Hour of Code at the High School. Mrs. Tyrrell worked very hard contacting the companies who will be coming, and Charlie Paras did an excellent job creating our flyer and logo. We’re looking forward to an…
I’m pleased to announce our student blogs for the first semester of the 2017-2018. Most of the students on the BHS Help Desk have had some experience creating blogs in other classes, but we have a few who are beginners. The students had their choice of using whatever platform they wished, and some of those…
Burlington High School Help Desk 