So far this year Help Desk students have been experimenting with various screencasting tools including QuickTime, Screencastify and most recently Screencast-O-Matic. In their latest tutorials, you can hear and see the Help Desk students since they recorded both their screen and used the web cam feature in Screencast-O-Matic. This was the first time the Help…
The Google for Education team recently announced five new updates in Classroom that are specific to grading making the tool even easier to use. The recent updates allow teachers to do the following: Sort students on the grading page by status (done or not done) by first name, or by last name. Sorting by last…
December 7th through the 11th was the third annual Hour of Code at Burlington High School. Last year and in 2013, BHS students (Help Desk students in particular) were exposed to computer science through exploring the Hour of Code tutorials. This year the Hour of Code continues to expand at BHS. We had approximately 475 students school…
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on the blog of Don Boermeester
November’s teacher profile is BHS Science Teacher Alex Allaire. Mrs. Allaire has been teaching science for eleven years and has been at BHS for the past nine. She teaches freshmen physics as well as junior/senior physics. Outside the classroom, Mrs. Allaire serves as the advisor to the National Honor Society and Science Olympiad. Since BHS…
On Monday, December 7th the Hour of Code was in full force at Burlington High School. The day began first period when 20 of Mr. Zeigler’s Geometry students came to the Help Desk to embark on their first Hour of Code experience. A few hours later, the Hour of Code continued when math teachers Ms.…
Be sure to check out our Thanksgiving Mega Edition of Chrome Extensions from last week as well as this week’s Chrome Extension recommendations! 1. Lightshot – a quick and easy way to take screenshots, edit, and share. There are great user reviews on this extension. 2. WasteNoTime– helps you manage the time you spend on the Internet…
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