I am pleased to announce the first Tech Savvy Parenting night which is a new “Digital Bootcamp Series” designed to educate and connect parents and community members of Burlington Public Schools. The first event is being held on Tuesday, October 7th from 6:00 to 7:30 pm at Marshall Simonds Middle School in the Library Commons.…
Digital storytelling is a powerful tool to use in all grade levels and content areas in a 1:1 classroom. As the term indicates, digital storytelling is essentially telling a story through the use of digital tools. While video and audio are obvious examples, interactive timelines, ebooks, and maps may also fall under the umbrella of…
This post originally appeared on the blog of Dan Pais, a BHS senior. Dan is a student athlete and leader, member of DECA, Best Buddies, and the TED ED Club. He is a first year team member of the Help Desk program. His post below has an important and powerful lesson on what it means…
Google recently released an update to Forms which included a whole new set of themes as well as the ability to create a fully customized form. Now you can easily customize every area of your form including the header image, title, questions, page background and more. To take advantage of Forms customization, you simply select…
Each BHS Help Desk student maintains his or her own blog which chronicles their learning experiences in the program. A central component of the individual blog is the weekly reflection. Weekly reflections are a summary of the skills and knowledge each student is developing throughout the course. Students are asked to identify and analyze situations…
Today’s Help Desk Team Member Spotlight is on Cat Hoyt and Dan Pais, both current seniors and first year Help Desk team members. In addition to their love of technology and willingness to help students and teachers with technology integration, both Cat and Dan have very impressive resumes. Dan manages the BHS Varsity boys Soccer…
Today’s Help Desk Team Member Spotlight is on senior TJ Horgan. TJ brings technology experience and knowledge to Help Desk as well as strong leadership skills. He is currently the President of the Student Council Executive Board, the National Honor Society and is also the Editor-In-Chief of the BHS paper “The Devil’s Advocate.” He’s also…
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