Inside the Google Innovator Academy-Days 2 & 3

It’s been close to two months since I returned from the Google Innovator Academy in Mountain View and published my first post about my Day 1 experience. I’ve been busy preparing for the second annual TEDxYouth@BHS event, however I wanted to highlight the rest of my time at Google and share what resonated with me the most about days 2 and 3.

This Is My 50th Post

As educators, we often become passionate about certain things and we end up putting 110% of our energy into helping instill that same passion in our students. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t. For me, the passion I developed last year was for blogging. Not so much for me personally, although I have published 49 posts on my personal blog

Friday

As an educator who strives to continuously improve upon what I’m doing in the classroom, I know how important it is to stop, take a breath, and reflect. Despite knowing this, I’ve been finding it challenging to document my teaching and learning experiences. I think it is because I am still adjusting to life at Burlington. I’m still adjusting to

Another Burlington High School First: The TED-Ed Club Pilot

This fall, Burlington High School, along with approximately 100 other schools throughout the world, had the opportunity to pilot a TED-Ed Club. I had the privilege to serve as the facilitator of this club and was able to work with five exceptional Burlington High School students. The TED-Ed Club pilot members for the fall of 2013 were Nikhil Thakkar, Manas