Counting down to the last minute.

Created by: Josh


Dig Pres was started when
Mr. Taylor joined the
GPBS staff in 2002.

Previous Digital Slaves of the Great Taskmaster Mr. Taylor:

  • Dave S.
  • Rachel H.
  • Pete H.
  • Ryan M.
  • Josh T.
  • Todd H.
  • Scott C.
  • Colin S.
  • Eric G.
  • Parker G.
  • Laura B.
  • Krisanna R.
  • Alex C.
  • Michael H.
  • Erik N.
  • Amber S.
  • Noah S.
  • Zack M.
  • Lance H.
  • Shane J.
  • Tim N.
  • Brady F.
  • Dan B.
  • Tanner B.
  • Alyssa P.
  • Jay N.
  • Hilary E.
  • Nathan R.
  • Alyssa P.
  • Jacob S.
  • Devin H.
  • Jon W.
  • David H.
  • Chad B.
  • Chris B.
  • Cara D.
  • Kelsey K.
  • Jason K.
  • Dylan P.
  • Zack W.
  • Kyle T.
  • Jason K.
  • Tate D.
  • Jeff M.
  • John H.
  • Micah W.
  • AJ R.
  • Aaron L.
  • Josh M.
  • Dylan R.
  • Cara D.
  • Sawyer C.


 

 

 

 


Tech Fair
What is Tech Fair? Tech Fair is sponsored by ITEC (Iowa Technology Education Connection). ITEC promotes the use of technology in education by supporting a group competition to display the educational and helpful side of technology. Students construct projects and place them on display. Judges then evaluate the project and rate them with ribbons. This year's fair was held at Iowa State University. Four groups of students brought projects to the competition. For the first time in Grandview history three students received a blue ribbon for their projects. John and Jeff earned a blue ribbon for their Defender Sports website. Micah also achieved a blue ribbon for his Dog Training project. Dylan created a website on space; he received a red ribbon. Aaron and Tate also received a red ribbon for making a website on skateboarding. These are the best results in the three years that Grandview has participated in the ITEC Tech Fair.

Blue
 John and Jeff Grandview Sports
Micah Anna's Dog Walking
Red
 Aaron and Tate Skateboarding
Dylan Space

After the Tech Fair, we enjoyed a feast at Hickory Park. All the students agree that this was the most enjoyable part of the day. This was a very exciting as well as educational day.

In Digital Presentation we learn PowerPoint along with some basic design techniques. We then spend most of the semester learning HTML, which is the language used to code webpages.

In Dig Pres II we learn how to edit photos, collages, buttons, and slideshows.

As opportunities arise we created digital projects for our classroom teachers. We have created a CD-ROM program which is now being used in the fourth grade to teach and review the states and capitols.

As we have interest and ability we may move on into Dig Pres III+ where our number one job in is to update the school website. We handle most of the mundane task of updating the text. More interestingly we learn and gain experience in editing photos, creating original works, making rollovers, buttons, and slideshows.

Micah received
Honorable Mention
in the ICAN Succeed Iowa College Access Network poster contest. The two themes were "College Is Financially Possible" and "College Is More Than Just Dream". The two 1st place posters earned the creator a $1,000 scholarship for college. There where ten honorable mention awards.