Find links to all of the recommendations listed below (and more!) on the “Summer Reading” Symbaloo page.
Glen Picnic and Book Fair, June 12
All books will be Buy One, Get One Free. Great chance to stock up on summer reads!
Learning Every Day In Burlington Public Schools
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Monday, June 10, 2013
Day 139 - BPS EdTech Team, Dennis Villano and Andrew Marcinek
What are the #MADPC content area sessions?:
The Massachusetts Digital Publication Collaborative was designed to provide educators with collaborative time to build digital curriculum content. The event is three days so that educators can have several hours to work together by content area to curate and create digital resources, materials, lessons, and assessments.
Participants can expect an informal conference experience where the conversation and collaboration drives the day. There will be formal sessions for participants to learn new and emerging tools for digital content creation and distribution. We encourage all in attendance to make the most of his or her day and invite participants to attend one day or all three days.
The content area sessions are not traditional presentations. These sessions are led by everyone in the group as educators share ideas and begin the process of building digital content for their classrooms. While three days are usually not enough to create entire digital courses, MADPC process a starting point for educators. Please use the time to make connections with educators from other districts and continue the creation process after the event.
The 2013 MADPC Content Sessions Description
Truly the essence of MADPC…Educators will work together to curate, collaborate, and create digital content for the classroom. Participants will have the opportunity to search for online content and Open Educational Resources. Participants will share content – both digital and analog – that can be used to build fully interactive digital resources, lessons, and courses.
Participants can expect an informal conference experience where the conversation and collaboration drives the day. There will be formal sessions for participants to learn new and emerging tools for digital content creation and distribution. We encourage all in attendance to make the most of his or her day and invite participants to attend one day or all three days.
The content area sessions are not traditional presentations. These sessions are led by everyone in the group as educators share ideas and begin the process of building digital content for their classrooms. While three days are usually not enough to create entire digital courses, MADPC process a starting point for educators. Please use the time to make connections with educators from other districts and continue the creation process after the event.
The 2013 MADPC Content Sessions Description
Truly the essence of MADPC…Educators will work together to curate, collaborate, and create digital content for the classroom. Participants will have the opportunity to search for online content and Open Educational Resources. Participants will share content – both digital and analog – that can be used to build fully interactive digital resources, lessons, and courses.
Please use this unique opportunity to meet other educators from your content area, make connections, expand your Personal Learning Network, and create content together that will the foundation of your digital classroom.
Event Organizers
Dennis Villanovillano@bpsk12.org
Andy Marcinekamarcinek@bpsk12.org
Event Organizers
Dennis Villanovillano@bpsk12.org
Andy Marcinekamarcinek@bpsk12.org
Friday, June 7, 2013
Day 138 - Sean Musselman, Burlington Science Center
Lego League Bringing Students of All Ages Together:
Drop by the Francis Wyman library on a Monday afternoon and you’ll witness some of the most incredible learning and mentorship taking place between Burlington students. Approximately twenty fifth graders work in groups of two and three, constructing robots of all different designs and purposes. Alongside them sit volunteers from the Burlington High School Robotics Club, providing guidance and encouragement but providing the freedom for the younger students to experiment, create and test their own unique machines.
Marshall Simonds student, Michelle Pothier with club participants brainstorming what’s next for their robot. “The club’s main goals are to introduce kids to basics of design, problem solving, what is a robot and how do robots work” says Gerry Pothier III, an alumni of the club who sits beside Michelle Pothier, a middle school robotics team member assisting students assembling a “capture and throw” robot. “The biggest challenge for the kids is to bring a concept they have to reality and communicating with their teammates how they want to do that.”
Constructing the robot using LEGO Mindstorms robotics kits purchased throughgrant by the BEF in 2010. Club coaches and Francis Wyman teachers, Cid D’Amico and Anne Rigby are quick to admit that their role is largely supervisory. They point to the volunteers as the real cogs that move the club forward. From their perspective they see another side to the learning taking place.
“This club is really bringing kids together, forcing them to work alongside partners… work with each other,” says D’Amico a fifth grade teacher at Francis Wyman.
Fifth graders program their robot with guidance from BHS volunteers. The Lego Robotics club is now in its third year at Francis Wyman. It was originally started with the help of the Burlington Education Foundation, spearheaded by the Pothier family who had students in Francis Wyman at the time.
“This in itself is an incredible experience for a high school student,” says Roberta Pothier. ” One of reasons we started a program in the Francis Wyman was to show the younger students what their capabilities are now and in the future. My daughter was in the 5th grade at the time the program started and is [now] an active participant on the high school team. We have started a program on a smaller level at the middle school this year and hope to expand that in the future.”
The Francis Wyman Robotics Club is an eight-week program that runs through the end of the school year. Keep your eyes open on this blog for final robot designs from our budding robotics engineers!
Drop by the Francis Wyman library on a Monday afternoon and you’ll witness some of the most incredible learning and mentorship taking place between Burlington students. Approximately twenty fifth graders work in groups of two and three, constructing robots of all different designs and purposes. Alongside them sit volunteers from the Burlington High School Robotics Club, providing guidance and encouragement but providing the freedom for the younger students to experiment, create and test their own unique machines.
Marshall Simonds student, Michelle Pothier with club participants brainstorming what’s next for their robot. “The club’s main goals are to introduce kids to basics of design, problem solving, what is a robot and how do robots work” says Gerry Pothier III, an alumni of the club who sits beside Michelle Pothier, a middle school robotics team member assisting students assembling a “capture and throw” robot. “The biggest challenge for the kids is to bring a concept they have to reality and communicating with their teammates how they want to do that.”
Constructing the robot using LEGO Mindstorms robotics kits purchased throughgrant by the BEF in 2010. Club coaches and Francis Wyman teachers, Cid D’Amico and Anne Rigby are quick to admit that their role is largely supervisory. They point to the volunteers as the real cogs that move the club forward. From their perspective they see another side to the learning taking place.
“This club is really bringing kids together, forcing them to work alongside partners… work with each other,” says D’Amico a fifth grade teacher at Francis Wyman.
Fifth graders program their robot with guidance from BHS volunteers. The Lego Robotics club is now in its third year at Francis Wyman. It was originally started with the help of the Burlington Education Foundation, spearheaded by the Pothier family who had students in Francis Wyman at the time.
“This in itself is an incredible experience for a high school student,” says Roberta Pothier. ” One of reasons we started a program in the Francis Wyman was to show the younger students what their capabilities are now and in the future. My daughter was in the 5th grade at the time the program started and is [now] an active participant on the high school team. We have started a program on a smaller level at the middle school this year and hope to expand that in the future.”
The Francis Wyman Robotics Club is an eight-week program that runs through the end of the school year. Keep your eyes open on this blog for final robot designs from our budding robotics engineers!
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Day 137 - Marshall Simonds Middle School Grade 6
Grade 6 Students Go to Mars at the McAuliffe Center:
Last week , sixth grade students participated in a field trip to the Christa McAuliffe center at Framingham State University. Students had the opportunity to participate in a “Mission to Mars”, in which students played the roles of astronauts and scientists in the Mars lander spaceship and in mission control. They learned the importance of teamwork as they finished the tasks necessary to land the spaceship on Mars, and to launch a new crew back to Earth. In addition, the students viewed “Oasis in Space”, a digital multimedia presentation in the planetarium. They followed the presentation with a lesson on constellations by the planetarium staff, and a viewing of a scale model of the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
Last week , sixth grade students participated in a field trip to the Christa McAuliffe center at Framingham State University. Students had the opportunity to participate in a “Mission to Mars”, in which students played the roles of astronauts and scientists in the Mars lander spaceship and in mission control. They learned the importance of teamwork as they finished the tasks necessary to land the spaceship on Mars, and to launch a new crew back to Earth. In addition, the students viewed “Oasis in Space”, a digital multimedia presentation in the planetarium. They followed the presentation with a lesson on constellations by the planetarium staff, and a viewing of a scale model of the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Day 135 - Mrs. Olshaw, Memorial School Fourth Grade
Bridges Program:
We just met for the last time with our new friends from the Senior Center. What a great seven weeks we had while we learned side-by-side every Wednesday afternoon. We will miss their company as they, I am sure, will miss ours.
Monday, June 3, 2013
Day 134 - Eric Conti, Superintendent of Schools
Deborah Dressler Selected As New Memorial School Principal:
We are excited to welcome Deb Dressler to Burlington as the new Memorial Principal. Ms. Rickershauser and Ms. Dressler will be working together over the next month to ensure a smooth transition. Ms. Dressler’s Burlington email is active if you would like to send her a greeting – Ddressler@bpsk12.org.
Here is a short introductory video we recorded with Principal Dressler last week.
We are excited to welcome Deb Dressler to Burlington as the new Memorial Principal. Ms. Rickershauser and Ms. Dressler will be working together over the next month to ensure a smooth transition. Ms. Dressler’s Burlington email is active if you would like to send her a greeting – Ddressler@bpsk12.org.
Here is a short introductory video we recorded with Principal Dressler last week.
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