This past weekend, BHS students Cat Hoyt, Kristin Johnson, Mira Mehdi, and Kelsey O’Brien represented the Burlington High School Help Desk program and attended EduCon 2.7, one of the country’s most prestigious educational conferences, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Shortly after presenting on Augmented Reality in the Classroom with Mira at the MassCUE conference back in October,…
Editor’s note: The post below originally appeared on BHS Help Desk Senior Cat Hoyt. At the end of the post, I have embedded the video which Cat created for her 20% time project. I am incredibly proud of the initiative Cat took to create this video. She dedicated many hours of filming and editing to…
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on the blog of Mira Mehdi, a BHS senior and second year member of the BHS Help Desk. Mira, along with her three female Help Desk colleagues; Cat, Kristin, and Kelsey will be presenting next weekend at EduCon in Philadelphia. Their EduCon conversation topic, “Closing the Gender Innovation Gap:…
Note: Currently, the Classroom iOS app is a bit tricky to find in the App Store, but my tech savvy students found it! Here’s how they did it: students launched the Google search app (in the App Store) then clicked on “related.” From there, they scrolled to the end of the second row of Google…
This post originally appeared on TJ Horgan’s blog Osmo, a unique gaming accessory for the iPad, was created by Tangible Play, Inc. in 2014, and that is exactly what Osmo is. Osmo uses groundbreaking reflective artificial intelligence technology and is the epitome of tangible play, as it introduces kinesthetic learning opportunities for developing minds and closes…
This post originally appeared on the BHS Guidance Blog Event: FAFSA DAY 2015- http://www.fafsaday.org/ Date: Sunday January 25, 2015 1 :00 P.M. Location: Burlington High School Description: This is a non-profit volunteer driven effort across the state. High School parents and high school seniors will receive: • Free assistance completing the FASA • Access to experienced…
Purchasing insurance is highly recommended by the BPS Edtech and IT departments and is pleased to offer insurance through GoCare. The GoCare portal is now open for all BHS students. After September 14th, students will be required to submit photo verification of a fully functioning device to GoCare prior to getting insurance. Freshmen are reminded…
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