Tag Archive | "Technology"

The secret to super productivity: is communicating less the key to achieving more?


By Will Abbottsmith ‘15, Contributor. Technology is inevitable in our modern world… but does it reduce your IQ score more than smoking marijuana?

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HUMOR: Seven Hills invests in Wii technology for varsity sports


By Edwin Sam, ‘13, Sports Editor. The Seven Hills School has decided to reward sports credits for playing the Wii, Nintendo’s motion sensor game console. This controversial decision may define the way we view sports.

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Electronic textbooks both help and hinder Middle Schoolers


By Holly Dayton, ‘13, Contributor. Of the many kinds of learning at CCDS, learning through online, or electronic textbooks is a method unique to the middle school. Using this modern medium of learning can be helpful for some and difficult for others.

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How many hours do you spend in front of a screen?


By Amanda Young, ‘11, News Section Editor. According to a recent New York Times article, the average American youth (ages eight to 18) spends more than seven and a half hours in front of a screen, an hour and a half texting, a half-hour on a cell phone, and another hour with some other form of electronics, for a total of eleven hours daily of use.

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Scroll forum: Acceptable Use Policy


In light of interest generated by a recent article on the school’s Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) regarding laptops, The Scroll has posted the AUP verbatim. Students, faculty, and parents are invited share their thoughts by commenting below.

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Is acceptable use policy in need of revision?


By Avery Maier, ’13, Contributor. If students are using their laptops to watch the latest viral video or check their Facebook accounts, have laptops simply become an expensive distraction? Should the acceptable use policy be rewritten?

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Scrolling through the decades: the 1980s


By Jayne Caron, ’10, and Kathryn Black, ’11, The Lens Editors. As CCDS expanded technological development, it continued to be at the forefront of high schools in Cincinnati.

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Tablet Conferences showcase technology program


By Avery Maier, ’13, Contributor. CCDS, the first school in the country to implement a one-to-one laptop program, held its most recent Tablet Conference the week of Oct. 19. At Tablet Conferences, educators from all over the world come to see the school’s innovative use of technology, especially tablet PCs, in action.

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