Instructional Technology

Our New Location

Kim Estes — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:14:47 +0000

We are still in the process of moving to our new site. Thank you for your patience as we move our resources. You can visit our new site by clicking the link below.

Visit Our New Site

We’re Moving

Kim Estes — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:30:30 +0000

We are in the process of moving our site. If you experience broken links or cannot access some of our content, please be patient. We will be up and running at our new location shortly! When the new site is ready, you will be automatically routed there from here!

You can visit our new location HERE.

Thank you for your patience as we carefully move all of our resources to their new home.

Technology Assessment

shines — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:11:01 +0000

Students in Burleson are testing their technology literacy this week.

http://burlesonisdtechassessment.howtomaster.com

Embedding YouTube Video into a PowerPoint

Kim Estes — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:15:58 +0000

Ever wanted to jazz up your presentation by playing a YouTube Video in your PowerPoint? Now you can. Click the link below to download the How-to Document and the YouTube PowerPoint Add-In is available to your right in the Hot Box!

Happy YouTubing!

How To Embed YouTube Videos into Your PowerPoint

Having Trouble With Your Website Menu in First Class?

Kim Estes — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:52:46 +0000

Here’s a helpful document for teachers who’s website menu is not working properly! Follow these steps and it will look just like our help videos HERE.

Here’s the document - New Site Menu Fix
and you can also find it on our First Class Help Page - HERE.

Downlink NASA Video - Part 1

Kim Estes — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:07:31 +0000

Stay tuned for lots more video and a ton of photos! We’ll have it all up here soon! For now, enjoy NASA’s YouTube video of the event (part 1). You won’t see the kids, but can hear them.

Successful Downlink with the International Space Station

shines — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:44:15 +0000

Our downlink on June 26th, with the International Space Station was a galactic success. Astronaut Greg Chamitoff entertained the students and audience as he answered 10 of the 20 planned questions. Due to a 9.4 second delay in the video signal reaching us from the International Space Station, it took much longer than hoped to answer each question. Our downlink was covered by several news media including Channels 4, 8, and 11, radio station KRLD, the Star Telegram, the Burleson Star, the Burleson-Crowley Connection and students from Burleson High School and Hughes Middle School broadcast journalism classes. Using Region XI Education Service Center as the bridge, we broadcast the downlink to students and educators around the world to Honk Kong, Chihuahua, Mexico, New York City and numerous schools in Texas. The service center recorded our broadcast and the video will be available here in a few days, so check back soon.

If you attended our day of science and technology and did not take the survey already, please take it now. There are only 7 questions, so it only takes a couple of minutes and it will help us evaluate our efforts. Thank you in advance.

NASA Expedition Downlink Countdown

shines — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:17:09 +0000

On June 26th the place to be is Burleson High School Auditorium. Events begin at 9:30 that day and will include:

A live in-flight Q&A with Astronaut Greg Chamitoff
Fort Worth Museum of Science & History interactive exhibits
Portable Planetarium demonstrations
Monnig Meteorite Museum exhibit
NASA Moon Rock Display
Visit and Q&A with a NASA education expert (open to the public)
Enter your name on a microchip to go into space
High Powered Telescope demonstrations
Student Robotics Displays and Demonstrations
Community Poster Signing for Astronaut Greg Chamitoff
iPod Give Away

It’s a fun day for students, parents, community members, and space explorers of all ages. Don’t miss out on this once in a lifetime opportunity!

The event is free and open to the public! Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend.

Learn More HERE

NASA and BISD: The Countdown to Contact Begins

Kim Estes — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:28:49 +0000

We are at 2 days and counting until the live, in-flight downlink with astronaut Greg Chamitoff aboard the International Space Station. Come join us in the Burleson High School auditorium for a free, public event as 20 of our students interview astronaut Greg Chamitoff as he orbits the Earth aboard the International Space Station. The downlink will occur from 10:50am until 11:15 am.

To celebrate this historical event, for which Burleson ISD was chosen as one of only 5 downlink sites GLOBALLY, BISD will be hosting a day of science and technology fun for the whole community. From 9:30am until 2:00pm, students, families, community members, and space explorers of all ages can enjoy robotics competitions, meterorite displays from the Monnig Meterorite Museum at TCU, and the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History’s mobile science labs and the portable planetarium all free of charge! Visitors can add their name onto a microchip that will orbit the moon on a special satellite, view and learn about high powered telescopes, watch videos about NASA and the MISSION BISD:ALL SYSTEMS GO summer camp, and wander through educational displays about the International Space Station, Expedition 17, and our astronaut, Greg Chamitoff.

Summer classes, church groups, clubs and organizations, daycares and summer camps are all welcome to attend. If you would like to volunteer for the event, or just need more information, please contact Sandra Hines at (817) 245-1000 or via email at IT@burlesonisd.net.

Mission BISD: All Systems Go Summer Science and Technology Camp A Success

Kim Estes — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:27:51 +0000

The Mission BISD: All Systems Go summer science and technology camp, a week long look at science and technology with a NASA theme, ended in the stars on Friday, June 13, 2008 as students visited the portable planetarium provided by the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. Throughout the week students also got to experience geocaching, robotics, data probes and hand-held microscopes, student response systems, digital photostories, lab experiments, and much more. Apangea, a sponsor of the camp gifted each student with a summer license to use their math tutorial program, and the 457^th Fighter Squadron from Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth sent pilot Lt. Chris Bachelor to meet the students and talk about the science and technology of flight. Students spent the week exploring, learning, and having fun. Several students from camp have been selected, along with non-camp students, to ask questions of NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff during the live, in-flight downlink with the International Space Station on June 26, 2008 at 10:55am. Response from students, staff, and parents regarding the camp has been very positive and we hope to repeat the event again next year. We would like to formally thank all of our sponsors for their support and donations. And a special thank you goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Lori Rich, Candace Rich, and the team of videographers, photographers, and audio crew from Hughes Middle School for covering the camp events.