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Technology. It brought sh ivers to those
who struggl ed with it and pure delight to all who
• saw its va lue .
Teachers with PC's, and students in
• computer lab cl ass rooms all knew what problems
techn ology caused.
• Internet Explorer software. We had to sca n and
"A virus infected the Microsoft Office and

patch each computer individually to fix the
• Technology brings problem. Th ere were 425 infected computers and
mixed feelings it took us about three weeks worth of work in the
technology department," technology facilitator
Tim Barner said.
Ce ll phones also created problems when
they were banned from the hallways because
ad ministrators thought they were too much of a
distraction to the learning environment.
"Cell phones are of course a nuisance
item in the class room, but students can not use
them in the hallways. We are trying to prevent
tardiness," vice-principal Greg Tiemann sa id at a
class meeting.
Technology was also a good thing. This
yea r the announce ments were brought to eve ry
classroo m by live video syste ms and for the first
time teachers worked with a new grad ing
program. Next year th is program will make it
poss ible for students, and parents, to access
grades on the In ternet at any tim e.
Technology had the power to make
someone's life a lot eas ier, while making others
mo re difficult, but w hether a
perso n li ked or hated it, technology made its
di,.e presence throughout the yea r.

Junior Dave Binderup
talks on hi s cell phone
outside of school. Cell
phone use was not al-
lowed during the school
day.
photo by Allie Jones

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What do you think life will be

like in 50 years?

"I think my gra ndkid s' school will be nothing like what (:: ... !J .....
we have now. Everything will be computerized."
-Junior Alyssa von Gillern ::::~
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"I dont think life will be a lot different, but I think ~
technology will make things easie r. " ~~
- Senior Annie Filkins ,f/\,/j
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