E-Mail 101  Despite advances in technology, e-mail has remained the preferred mode of communication in virtually all industries, including education, and it is not going anywhere anytime soon. Many of you attend schools which have transitioned to using Google Apps for Education and part of that involves having a school issued e-mail. As a result, you…

Students from Burlington High School in Massachusetts and Seabury Hall, located in Maui, Hawaii will be hosting a Google Hangout Thursday, November 7th from 1:40 to 2:10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Co-moderators, Nikhil Thakkar and Jasmine Doane, both of whom have been involved with TED, will facilitate a discussion centered around what it is like to…

Editor’s Note: In December of 2012, Help Desk blogger Tyler Desharnais authored an excellent post titled “The New Chromebook v. the iPad” which was quite popular. The post was shared via Twitter 126 times, Facebook 18 times, LinkedIn 5 times, and has had 4,062 views (and climbing) since it was first published, making it the second most…

GOOGLE SCHOLAR: Educators across all content areas realize it is critical for students to be able to conduct effective online research. When students are assigned a research project for their classes, most go straight to Google. A better strategy, and one more suited for academic purposes, would be to help your students learn to use Google…

“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…

This is a series where two Help Desk students trade their remarks and thoughts on current tech events. The big event this week, obviously, is the WWDC 2013, Apple’s field day. Apple announced the iPhone 5S, the iPhone 5c, and iOS 7, all of which will be available later this month. The New iOS Ronak: After…

If you are like most BHS students, you are using many different apps and digital tools and have a lot of different passwords to remember. Since school started, one issue we have encountered quite often in the Help Desk is students forgetting their passwords. As a result of this I decided to research 3 different…