Student technology awards
 
 
 
Students at O’Neill Public Schools have proven their creativity and talents time and time again.  The area of technology is just one of the many categories of successes O’Neill Elementary’s students are known for.  Keep up to date with the latest student technology awards and honors by visiting this blog.
 
 
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Sunday, April 22, 2007
And the winners are...
 
The 2007 Digies Awards Ceremony was held on April 21, 2007, at the University of Nebraska Student Union.  O’Neill Public School showed up in full force with its finalists mentioned in the previous post.  The students brought home even more hardware and once again made our school and community proud.  These are the projects that won Digies Trophies in the 2007 Competition.
 
 
 
 
(Best Community
Promotional Video)
 
 
 
 
 
(Best Comedy
 
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Digies Finalists Again!
 
Nearly 650 entries were judged by Apple to determine the Nebraska Finalists for the 2007 Digies Competition.  O’Neill Public School is proud to announce the following projects are from our students:
(Click on the project titles to view most projects.)
 
 K-6 Community Video
by Sarah, Cierra, Blake, Jonathan, Walker, and Brook and the rest of Mrs. Sullivan’s 3rd grade class.
 
K-6 Comedy Video
by Alyssa Sobotka and Maranda Winter
 
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Friday, April 6, 2007
State FCCLA Champions from O’Neill
 
Heidi Hostert and Haley Hull just continue to take their technology skills to higher levels and even more outstanding accomplishments.  Most recently, at the State FCCLA Star Competition, they achieved 1st place and qualified for the National Meet in the Applied Technology category.  Their project, entitled “Left Lonely” combines video production, website development, and podcast production skills, to name a few.  It can be viewed at http://www.esu8.org/~oneill/hh/
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Monday, April 2, 2007
NETA Newsletter Feature Story: Jordan Peterson
 
“Teens in Technology”
Jordan Peterson
Interviewed and written by Katie Morrow
 
A 16 year old junior at O’Neill Public High School.  Already destined down a path of success.  A teenager with tremendous talent.  Yet he gives credit for his early success to his family and one software program… Garage Band.
 
When I first heard that Jordan was composing, recording, and producing his music in Garage Band, I thought of him plugging in his midi keyboard and a microphone and playing each song once
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Tuesday, February 6, 2007
NETA Student Contests 2007
 
O’Neill Public School students entered 5 entries in 2 contests and won awards for every entry!  They will be recognized more fully at the NETA Conference in Omaha, Nebraska in April.  For now, here are our newest editions to the O’Neill Public Schools Technology Honor Roll:
 
Digital Video Production:
Student Safety
1st place (6-8): Rachel Price, Bobbi Walters, and Molly Shane: “Defy the Lie” (shown to the right)
 
Technology- A Winning Ticket
1st place (6-8): Heidi Hostert and Jennie Bosn: “
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