The Norseman

Paper beats rock

Katherine Keyser, Assistant editor • October 4, 2023

Ever since 2020, schoolwork and homework have become more and more computer-based, oriented, and centered. In classes such as computer science, I’m perfectly fine with all of our work being done online....

Recognizing negative mental health effects of technology in modern society

Madison Thompson • May 3, 2022

How often do you choose to call and hangout with your friends online rather than going over to see your friends in person? Being online has made us disconnected from ourselves and others. It has also affected how we see others with the extreme and unrealistic expectations and the toxic content witnessed.

District transitions online, provides technology to students during pandemic

Jaci Siegert • May 22, 2020

Over Spring Break, Bryan ISD learned they would need an option to ensure instruction despite the COVID-19 pandemic causing the world to screech to a standstill.

One of the first things that they wanted to do was get at least one device in every household. They approached the problem by first identifying how many households there are in the district: 8,972. Then they looked at how many Chromebooks they could pull from campuses and determined that 9,068 devices could be used.

Just what the Doc ordered: Google’s word processing platform meets all consumer needs

Abby Mendez • September 19, 2019

There are important things to argue about in life like political issues, environmental change, and how expensive stuff is (news flash: it’s really expensive). However, there are also completely trivial things to worry about like whether or not Google Docs is better than Microsoft Word, but boy is it fun to argue about.

Misuse, overconsumption of technology negatively affects culture

Owen Gibbs • September 11, 2019

In 2007, society experienced a technological breakthrough when Steve Jobs and Apple introduced the iPhone. Fast forward to 2019 and almost everyone owns a smartphone.

App encourages students to focus on school, not phone through local rewards

Payton McKeehan • March 4, 2017

Phone apps have recently entered a new market that is aimed to help students pay attention instead of adding to the distractions that plague high school and college students. Pocket Points is an app that...

Art, technology collide to create new experiences for today’s generation

Payton McKeehan • January 28, 2016

The creative section of the mind should not be confined. Art is the expression of creativity that also makes the daily life extraordinary and worth living. With that said, art can be viewed in many ways from music, to paintings, to the performing arts, creating a large amount of employment opportunities in order to keep the human mind intrigued. Art seems to influence the current generation the most by encouraging a free-spirited mind. In fact, they may be lost if all art mysteriously vanished. People like art because they feel that it relates to them and how they feel, making them more comfortable with themselves.

Technology advances, discourages willingness to interact

Valeria Arriaga • April 7, 2015

Technology is, inevitably, a part of our everyday lives. There are infinite privileges to living in a technologically advanced time, like the ease of communication across the globe. Technology is undoubtedly going to keep improving long after our generation passes. But, considering just how absorbed we can be in technology, it can guide us into a world made completely of glowing screens. These never ending privileges of technology seem insignificant, but collectively, they can lead to the elimination of interactions with real people.

Use technology for good, not evil

adviser • February 10, 2015

For decades, students have taken to bathroom stalls with Sharpies in hand to spread gossip and rumors. However, the bathroom stalls have ceased to be the primary avenue for such information. Recently, many have taken to social media as a new means to spread hateful rumors to a larger audience.

Technology in the Classroom: Art, Math, Foreign Language

Jennyfer Tucker • December 17, 2014

Technology has become an integral part of education and teachers must equip students with the tools to succeed in their future careers. Each subject must assess the best way to integrate technology to promote learning and understanding. Norseman staff members took an in-depth look at technology usage across campus and how different teachers utilized it to increase student learning.

Technology in the Classroom: History, English, Science

Lucy Raleigh • December 9, 2014

Technology has become an integral part of education and teachers must equip students with the tools to succeed in their future careers. Each subject must assess the best way to integrate technology to promote learning and understanding. Norseman staff members took an in-depth look at technology usage across campus and how different teachers utilized it to increase student learning.

Esports challenge traditional arenas of competition

Jesse Baxter • October 29, 2014

Cheers erupt from the stadium as the two teams face off, each knowing the only way to claim the championship is by going through the other. Fifteen seconds later one team is dead while the other team pushes on.