Posts Tagged ‘ Technology ’

Early Adopters: It worked for me

Apr 20th, 2010 | By Nathan Tinner | Category: Opinion & Commentary

For months, I saw it on TV, read about it in the news and got emails about it. The iPad was coming and I knew that I needed one!!!
When I first saw them, I immediately went and pre-ordered mine. I sat and home and watch the tracking information, following its progress from [...]



Early Adopters: Loyalty vs. Dependability

Apr 20th, 2010 | By Nathan Tinner | Category: Opinion & Commentary

In the market of electronics, there always seems to be that one product or brand that the majority of the public trusts in a way that causes somewhat of a monopoly in a certain branch of technology.
Today, “that” branch is portable technology and it’s located on an Apple tree.



Digital Reader To Change The Way We Read

Oct 29th, 2009 | By Jacob Gibson | Category: Arts & Entertainment

Technology has taken a great rise in the United States in the past fifty years. Every American has the ability to access the Internet at any time, music players can hold over 10,000 songs, games have some of the most realistic graphics, televisions have perfect color and high definition and we can call or [...]



The Digital Revolution: Estee Williams

Sep 29th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Opinion & Commentary

Guest Writer Estee Williams
The world in which we live is changing exponentially. That was the message of the speaker Ian Jukes when he addressed EVSC high school teachers at an eLearning workshop on July 10.
In simplest terms, it means that as time passes, change happens faster and faster and



The Digital Revolution: Gernitria Ladson

Sep 29th, 2009 | By Gernitria Ladson | Category: Opinion & Commentary

This school year brought new changes for everyone. The freshmen were introduced to the high school life, but everyone got introduced to a new way of learning with the new netbooks.
Each student and teacher in the EVSC was given a netbook along with their books. When school started, everyone was excited to see how we



Revolution Brought To The Classroom

Sep 29th, 2009 | By Hillary Chang | Category: Feature

Teachers are constantly looking for ways to create a better atmosphere for their students. They change their learning techniques by adding creative methods with colors and objects and by other means, such as singing songs so that students remember the lesson that they are teaching. Now, teachers are forced to change their ways due [...]



Netbooks: not toys, not free

Sep 29th, 2009 | By Ty-Rah Wiley | Category: Feature


Netbooks now part of freshman transition

Sep 29th, 2009 | By Nathan Tinner | Category: Feature

The transition from 8th grade to high school is no laughing matter, as arguably the toughest educational transition a student will ever face. So with the changes instituted over the summer, has the EVSC has placed another burden on the freshman student population with their decision to distribute netbooks to high-schoolers this year?
The HP [...]



Locked Down and Locked Up

Sep 29th, 2009 | By Marika Garrett | Category: Feature

In this day in age, technology makes everything that much easier, from a child’s play thing to running your own business. Computers have always been needed in the classroom. They make projects, such as word processing a paper or making a PowerPoint, that much simpler. However this year the EVSC high school students have been [...]



The Revolution Has Come

Sep 29th, 2009 | By Hillary Chang | Category: Feature

Ten years ago, students in the EVSC sat in the same classrooms that students are occupying now. They took notes by hand as teachers lectured, researched information through books in the library looked up with a physical card catalog, and tracked down and talked to teachers after school to get help over an assignment. [...]