App Review of Adobe Slate

Adobe Slate is a free story telling app for the iPad. The Good:  I found Adobe Slate to be very intuitive. The app contains great projects to explore and get ideas from. The app allows users to insert pictures and text to tell a story about any topic imaginable. Since the app is very easy to…

So, You Want to Know What Hosting Help Desk Live is Like?

Editor’s Note: this post originally appeared on the blog of BHS Help Desk junior Jhymon Moodie. To learn more about VloggedIn, and how it can help your students create a positive digital footprint, visit their site at vloggedin.com  Yesterday, I co-hosted episode 25 of Help Desk Live. It was a fun process and it was even better…

Help Desk Live-Episode 24: What’s Up With Chalk Up?

In Help Desk Live Episode 24, Timmy Sullivan spoke with Justin Chando, CEO and Founder of Chalk Up. Chalk Up is a new learning management system with seamless Google Apps for Education integration. In this episode, Justin discusses Chalk Up’s features which, among others, includes a powerful, built-in rubric creation tool to make assessment of student work a…

Engage Students with Interlace

In Help Desk Live Episode 20, senior Nathan Rippin interviews Eric Coopey, founder of the interactive web tool Interlace. Nathan also speaks with Gary Garber a physics teacher at Boston University Academy and early adopter of Interlace.

Leading with Learning & Student Voice at #NE1to1

Showcasing Burlington’s (and Beyond) Best and Brightest: Friday, April 10th was Burlington Public Schools annual New England 1:1 Summit and the second annual New England Student Showcase sponsored by the BPS EdTech Team. Once again, the focus of this professional development event was exactly where it should be: on student learning. This year’s event was held…