Hello, and welcome back!

I hope everyone had a great summer! My name is LeRoy Wong, and I am the new instructional technology support specialist for Burlington High School. I will be working with the BHS Help Desk students and school faculty. I have spent the last nine years working for Boston Public Schools in a variety of positions…

The Story of Storyboard That

Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on the blog of BHS Help Desk student Quentin Inglis. Click HERE to see this storyboard on StoryboardThat.com The Broadcast I had the honor of co-facilitating Help Desk Live episode 32 with my partner Shiv Shukla. In this episode we interviewed Aaron Sherman the creator ofStoryboard That, a web based tool…

2015-2016 Help Desk Highlights

As the third year of serving as the facilitator of the Burlington High School Help Desk comes to a close, I wanted to take this opportunity to recognize and thank all of the Help Desk students, especially the graduating seniors, for everything they did throughout the year to support our 1:1 iPad, Google Apps for…

An Inside Look at Project Adventure at Burlington High School

Can students recognize that their attempt to participate and complete a challenge is more significant than the performance result? Can student participate fully and actively in various team-building activities? Can students understand the value of different forms of communication through challenges and demonstrate inter/intrapersonal skills to accomplish tasks? These are just a few of the…

Easy Accents Google Docs Add-On

Lately, I’ve received several inquires from foreign language teachers at both the high school and middle school levels asking about the best way to add accents to characters when writing in a foreign language in a Google Doc. The web is filled with resources that provide different methods to insert accents in various languages on both…