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The Hilliard City School District has welcomed students to its new “Think Big Space,” a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The “Think Big Space” is an educational environment that combines Hilliard’s curriculum with AWS’s cloud computing technology.  Educational activities that take place in the space are designed to promote career awareness, business, engineering, entrepreneurship, technology, and design. Hilliard teachers will facilitate students’ self-directed learning and develop best practices they can share across the district for implementation in all Hilliard classrooms. AWS selected Hilliard City Schools as the first district in the world to launch this new concept because of the district’s cutting-edge thought leadership, innovation, diverse student population, and location in Central Ohio, which is instrumental in AWS’s global infrastructure.

The Think Big Space is located in Hilliard’s Innovation Campus, in the center of the district which is northwest of Columbus and home to students from 68 countries who speak 56 different languages. Designed to look like an Amazon work environment, the space offers students a place to learn, be curious, and explore passions and interests through hands-on, imagination-sparking learning opportunities. During the inaugural 2019 – 2020 school year, thousands of K-12 students, families, educators, and community members will get to enjoy the space.

Hilliard Superintendent Dr. John Marschhausen said, “The partnership between AWS and our district is a groundbreaking opportunity to prepare today’s students to be Ready for Tomorrow. The Think Big Space creates experiential learning for students to explore interests and develop essential life skills.  It’s a wonderful blend of academics and creativity.”

Hilliard’s vision includes daily student programming, family offerings in evenings and on weekends, and summer enrichment opportunities. In addition, the space will be utilized to offer workshops for teachers and community members. Amazon Future Engineers, a comprehensive childhood-to-career program that inspires, educates, and trains children and young adults from under-served and low-income communities to pursue careers in computer science, has also already committed to hosting a camp at the Think Big Space.

“This project will impact our entire district and beyond. It provides access to state-of-the-art technology and opportunities to work alongside world-class experts in various fields,” said Hilliard Director of Innovation Mark Tremayne. “The workforce of the future is changing, and our students will be ready.”

The Think Big Space is made possible by AWS InCommunities, a program within Amazon Web Services Infrastructure focused on community stewardship where the company builds its cloud. The space was named after one of Amazon’s 14 Leadership Principles.

“Amazon’s ‘Think Big’ principle encourages leaders to create and communicate a bold direction that inspires results. With this new space, we want to inspire students to think big,” said Cornelia Robinson, senior manager, AWS InCommunities. “As part of our commitment to serving the communities where our AWS global infrastructure resides, we are proud to work with the district to bring this space to life, and we are eager to see how this collaboration inspires and delights students.”

The Think Big Space is one of several initiatives Hilliard City Schools and AWS are collaborating on.  AWS will partner with Hilliard City Schools in hosting an upcoming Girls’ Tech Day on October 19. AWS will also sponsor Tech Week in the spring, a Future Family Tech Day, and award STEAM scholarships to seniors from our three high schools.

Dr. Marschhausen said, “We look forward to expanding our partnership with AWS. The Think Big Space and Girls’ Tech Day are only the beginning.”

The following story was written by a student on the staff of The Jaguar Times as part of Hilliard Bradley High School’s Journalism Production course.

by Tre Foley, Staff Writer

iOS 13 is here and you might want to update your phones and iPads. In iOS 13, the most anticipated feature is the dark mode option. Anything that comes with your phone like the App Store, Messages and settings will automatically take to dark mode. Dark mode takes every Apple app and turns the interface and makes it dark. Third party apps can add dark mode options or collaborate with apple. iOS 13 has so much more to offer than you think.

The New iOS brings stunning images to Apple Phones. Photo by Tre Foley (9).

Let’s start with the quality of life features. Remember Animoji? Now there is Memoji, which acts as your contact photo. If you and a friend both have a set of AirPods you can connect to one phone and listen to music, watch a video or movie now. This is an interesting feature that no one saw coming. The newest feature is compatibility with PS4 and Xbox controllers which means you can play some games with controllers on your phone/iPad. There are a few games like Minecraft, Fortnite, Asphalt 9 etc. that you can play with a controller now through Bluetooth on your device.

The more useful features are pretty interesting. Quick path allows you to swipe or tap to type. It’s hard to do at first but if you keep practicing you get used to it, this could be how we type in a decade. Finding any lost devices will be a lot easier, because now if they’re are a couple of other apple devices the lost device will Bluetooth send a signal to them to get a location on your phone. You know those annoying scammer calls that always look like your number. Well now there’s an option to silence unknown callers. 

The new features aren’t as exciting as Dark mode, they mostly consist of app reworks like reminders and maps. The new Apple Arcade is a subscription with a bunch of games without ads you can play anytime, anywhere, offline or online. This subscription can be used by six people on any apple device. Apple Arcade is arriving in the fall. They’ve updated the music apps UI and adding a feature where if you click on the lyrics button it’s timed to your music and synced. If you ever need or want to learn the lyrics of a song it’ll be a lot easier now.

When Miss Cline was asked about whether she had heard of the new iOS 13 update she said “I have not heard of iOS 13″, but once she was informed about it she said  “I would update in a heartbeat” . This update brings features that people have been asking for. Next I interviewed Trevor Peterson(9) When I asked him whether he’s heard of iOS 13 he said “No I haven’t heard of IOS 13.” Once asked if he would update he said, “Probably not because of how old my phone is.” Caleb Treadway (9) said he would definitely update “but only for dark mode honestly”.

Now that you know all about IOS 13 are you willing to update? The update has already arrived for regular IOS devices and should come to school iPads soon. The Apple Arcade, Dark mode, Quick path, Memoji are all amazing features and will hopefully make using your phone or iPad more enjoyable.

Hilliard Schools will host a transition resource fair on October 23 from 5:30-7:30 at Davidson High School.  This is free for students with developmental disabilities and their parents and is designed to assist with future planning for the student.

Representatives from Delaware, Franklin, and Union counties will be available to discuss: adult day habilitation programs, career and technical education programs, agency support after high school, transportation options, recreation and leisure programs, county resources and services, employment supports, financial supports for students with disabilities, independent living supports, future planning, estate planning & wills.

If you are looking for help in preparing your students for life after graduation this resource fair is for you.

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