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>> Hi, and welcome to this
edition of "BCPS News."
I'm Mary Beth Marsden.
On today's show, we'll check out
graduates looking to the future,
a paperless classroom,
internship openings,
and video game designers
in the making.
All this and more.
But first, let's check out
what's trending.
Patapsco High School and Center
for the Arts' English teacher
Sean McComb was named
the 2013-14 BCPS
Teacher of the Year.
McComb is a seven-year
educator, has been the AVID
coordinator at Patapsco since
2007 and an adjunct instructor
at Towson University's School of
Education.
As Teacher of the Year, he will
receive a $1,000 gift for
classroom supplies, a laptop
computer, a one-year gym
membership to Brick Bodies,
and other valuable donations.
McComb will compete for the
honor of Maryland's State
Teacher of the Year
later on in the year.
The annual 1,000-hour Volunteer
Tea recently took place to honor
60 dedicated individuals
who serve BCPS.
These volunteers have
contributed 1,000 to 5,000 hours
over the past five years.
Each was presented with a pin
and certificate thanking them
for a job well done.
BCPS honors its longtime
volunteers for the service and
dedication they bring to
improving the academic success
of students.
These volunteers assist
teachers, staff, and
administrators with tasks
ranging from student tutoring to
office assistance and much more.
350 works of art were on display
at the Baltimore Museum of Art
during the annual
Art Is for Everyone exhibition.
The pieces were created by
students from pre-K through
high school using a range of
media including drawing,
painting, sculpture,
photography, and more.
As the largest art showcase of
the year, only two pieces from
each school were selected,
with the participants receiving
a certificate for having their
work on display.
The event attracted more than
500 parents and educators
throughout the county.
Stay with us --
there's more to come.
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>> Welcome back.
This month's STAR video --
Spotlighting Talent,
Achievement, and Results --
students will be
reflecting back on their BCPS
education and looking ahead
to the future.
>> The education that I have
received here at Baltimore
County Public Schools has really
been spectacular.
I feel like the education that
I've received has really set me
apart from all the rest of the
students when applying for
colleges and when
applying for jobs.
>> STUDENT: Baltimore County
Public Schools made me who I am.
Mr. Payne, who was my
Algebra II teacher,
he's like a father to me.
>> You can't take knowledge away
from them.
I always tell the students,
"You can take a lot of things
from you -- you can take
your freedom from you, you can
take this from you, but you
can't take the knowledge away
from what you have."
>> MAN: We don't just sit in a
lab and play with cars.
They have to read, they have to
be able to write clearly in
technical language, they need to
understand, and they need to be
able to interpret all of the
signs that they see, in order to
do the diagnostic necessary to
properly fix the vehicle.
>> I want to be successful, and
I will be successful because of
Sollers Point Technical
High School.
>> Having Mr. Mucci and
Ms. Eisenberg in my younger
years in BCPS, and then going to
Carver, has just really inspired
me to move on to
Towson University to pursue
a career as an art teacher.
BCPS has just allowed me to have
such great teachers that I'd
love to contribute back to BCPS
as one of their teachers.
>> I'm not sure what my younger
sister, Lindsay, wants to do.
I'm not entirely sure if what we
have technologically at BCPS
is going to help that.
>> If I was Dr. Dance, I would
ask the students, "How would --
How can we help you learn?"
And take a couple of ideas and
ask the teachers -- like, ask
them, do they like the idea,
or try it out, and if it doesn't
work, I would ask them again,
until we get their help,
until we help them learn.
>> Well, I really think that we
need to prepare our students for
their future and not our past,
and in order to align that
preparation, there's an absolute
requirement to use digital
resources.
>> I think my parents named me
Faith because I have lots of
faith -- I'm very faithful with
myself and I always have
confidence in what I want to do.
And...
I think teachers should be
teaching us more about things in
the future.
>> Our kids today are growing up
in change, and we need to be
changing right along with that
change so that we can help them
be prepared for whatever it is
that may be coming for them
in the future.
>> We wish all of our graduating
seniors the best.
So, are you interested in the
field of communications?
If so, both high school and
college students are encouraged
to apply for internships right
here at BCPS TV.
Take a look.
>> Are you a college or
high school student interested
in communications?
Well, if so, why not intern here
at BCPS TV,
the Education Channel?
>> BCPS TV is Baltimore County's
own 24/7 television station and
production company.
At BCPS TV, you'll learn from
television professionals about
the communications industry.
>> And the technology is
state of the art!
You'll learn about studio
lighting, shooting and editing,
cameras, and field production.
>> At BCPS TV, you're a part
of the staff.
You'll be researching news
stories, writing scripts,
conducting interviews,
and recording voice-overs.
If it's a part of television
production, you'll be doing it
here at BCPS TV.
>> I'm a senior at
Morgan State University.
This internship has given me an
opportunity to apply what I've
learned and, I hope,
add to my résumé.
>> Being able to see your ideas
come to life on TV and the
Internet is very rewarding, and
this internship looks great
on college applications.
>> So come join us!
>> For internship information
and to learn about the
application process,
go to our website...
>> Maybe we'll see some of you
right here next year
at BCPS TV.
Next up, we head around the
county for a glimpse of future
video game designers.
And then we'll visit
Catonsville Middle School, where
Towson University interns get to
show off their skills.
>> Gaming is a way -- a fun and
engaging way -- that you can
still learn the same kind of
things that you'd be doing in a
traditional book method.
>> REPORTER: Students from all
over the county participated in
an awards ceremony which was
part of Project LiVE,
a video game design contest for
Baltimore County Public Schools.
>> We were all very interested
in games as it was, and we're
all very -- a gaming kind of
group, so the idea that we could
create a game that would also
teach you things was extremely
interesting to us.
>> REPORTER: The young game
designers were given the task to
either design a concept with
story boards and PowerPoints,
or create an actual game using
various software and
technologies.
>> STUDENT: I was working on a
project called Red Room.
It's a game that focuses around
forensic science and finding
evidence and processing it.
>> REPORTER: Congratulations to
both the Parkville High School
crew for your gaming design
concept and to the Chesapeake
High School crew for creating
a working video game.
For "Around the County," I'm
Abby Kousouris.
Throughout the year at
Catonsville Middle School,
Towson University student
interns have been working
alongside the faculty to gain
experience as future teachers.
>> We were brainstorming one
day -- Miss Anderson,
Mr. Jaffe, and I -- and we
kind of wanted to do something
for the interns to give back.
So this is a showcase of
the strengths of our interns.
We wanted to show the faculty
what we could do, what we've
gained from CMS, and maybe
something that they could take
back to their classrooms
and use.
>> KOUSOURIS: Towson University
interns were able to showcase
their talents, skills,
and strengths to the faculty of
Catonsville Middle School and
Towson University.
>> So, my strength is
leadership.
I took the 10 habits of mind
that CMS has created, and I
applied my own experiences
to the entire thing.
>> KOUSOURIS: It was pretty
clear that the showcase proved
to be successful.
For "Around the County,"
I'm Abby Kousouris.
>> In the wave of new
technology, 7th and 8th grade
students at Loch Raven Technical
Academy are moving away from
traditional to a paperless
classroom.
Let's take a look.
>> REPORTER: We live in a
fast-paced society.
[Horn honking]
Information is instantly
at our fingertips.
[Cell phone chimes]
This is how today's students
learn.
But these days, students are
putting away their binders and
their pencils for their tablets.
>> WOMAN: 1, 2, 3, show to me.
>> It's important to have a
program such as this, the
paperless classroom or the
tablet program, in order
to increase the engagement and
rigor in classrooms,
and that we didn't restrict
ourselves to a textbook,
but that we allow students to
have resources from
the World Wide Web in order to
be able to accomplish their
goals and to learn the material.
>> REPORTER: The new tablets
have been in the students' hands
for about six months now,
and these "digital natives"
love it.
>> STUDENT: With the tablets,
all you have to do is
get the document, put it in the
file, come to class, open the
file, and boom, the document
is right there.
>> When we come in in the
morning, it's less commotion,
getting papers and doing
all this other stuff.
You don't have to worry about
sharpening pencils, finding
pens, asking somebody to help
you with this work, because it's
always right there.
>> I like using the tablets
because it's more efficient and
it's kept me more organized.
>> REPORTER: Teachers can upload
class assignments, tests,
and homework to the tablets,
which allow the students 24-hour
access.
>> MAN: The kids are much more
engaged than they were before.
They're able to take the work,
they're able to go
a lot further with the work.
The way that they're able to get
live information, real-time
information, and incorporate
that into their answers, it just
gives them a better product, and
it gives them a much better
and deeper understanding.
>> REPORTER: This program has
increased engagement, which
allows these students to go
beyond the traditional four
walls of the classroom.
>> WOMAN: This is how they
access information.
This is how they
process information.
And without this kind of
technology being taught,
students won't know how to
effectively use this type of
data processing information
and develop real, true critical
thinking skills to enter our
21st-century workplace.
>> The paperless classroom will
continue next year,
with the hopes of expanding.
Well, that does it for this
edition of "BCPS News."
If you have any story ideas,
comments, or suggestions,
contact us at
bcps-tv@bcps.org.
And follow us
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the BCPS Now mobile app.
And as we leave you today, let's
take another look at the BMA art
exhibit.
Until next time,
I'm Mary Beth Marsden.
Thanks for watching.
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>> Hi, I'm Dallas Dance, the
Superintendent of Baltimore
County Public Schools,
and you're watching BCPS TV.