We hope everyone is staying healthy and safe during the extended closure. Distance learning is a challenge, and we were asked by a teacher to create a video to help the school community get up to speed with Google Classroom and to learn about the new Hangouts Meet feature built into Google Classroom. Thanks to…
Since we received the MassCUE grant to purchase drones last spring, we’ve been very busy learning about their capabilities and trying different things with coding, flying, and recording. We’ve made a series of videos on coding, safety, piloting, photo/video settings, and a creative Christmas tale on drones. We’ve also started working with classes like physics…
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…
We were honored to present at the MassCUE (Computer Using Educators) Conference on October 25th at Gillette Stadium. Anusha Datar from the Class of 2017 joined seniors Nirmal Patel and Melanie Thibodeau to demonstrate some of the projects we have worked on during the past year. Unfortunately Eddie Reis from the Class of 2017 could…
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…
BHS history teacher Michael Milton has created a guide on how to use Online Rubric, a Google Sheets Add-on which allows you to create and send customizable rubrics and scores to students by email for any assignment. Thank you, Mr. Milton!
The following was written by Help Desk student Jared Smith: Burlington High School is one of the amazing schools in the area that celebrates National Peace Day! National Peace Day is September 21st of every year. Started by film maker/actor Jeremy Gilley, the Peace One Day organization is thriving. Celebrating the 15 year anniversary of…
