Aloha Boston! You’re Invited to a Student-Run Google Hangout

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…

Dear iOS 6…

…we miss you Senior Help Desk Bloggers Shams and Marko present the results of the survey they conducted comparing iOS 6 to iOS 7.  Shams: Marko and I were assigned the special task of creating and pushing out a wonderful survey on iOS 7 to the students and faculty at BHS, as well as local…

Quick Notes in Evernote

I’m proud to introduce Senior Blogger Dora Kadish, our resident Evernote genius. In this post, she shares some practical tips on how to use Quick Notes in Evernote.  7 Sure Is The Magic Number… I am sure you all are eager to have the newest versions of everything.  And, luckily for you compulsive note-takers, Evernote…

“Oh I forgot!” Use Remind101 & Never Hear That Again!

Senior Help Desk Blogger Nick Merlino makes his debut post by providing an excellent overview of how teachers can use the tool Remind101 to improve student and parent communication. With parent-teacher conferences right around the corner, now is the perfect time to integrate this meaningful technology. Please remember the Help Desk is open all periods…

Finding YOUR iPhone

Senior Help Desk Blogger Dylan Smith provides a brief tutorial on Find My iPhone.  As technology continues to advance, we still have to deal with problems that plagued even the cavemen; we misplace and lose things quite often. Apple seems to have a clear understanding of how the common man’s brain works, which is why…

Hot Off The Press: WordPress Tutorial

For those of you who use WordPress, you might want to have posts of a certain subject sorted into a different feed; one other than the home page. You might also want these feeds on the menu. This tutorial will show the difference between static pages and dynamic feeds, and will also show how to nest…

The Great Device Debate: iPad Vs. Chromebook

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…