JACKSON TWP — Some Seneca Valley School District secondary students got a new perspective on the effects of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, on the 16th anniversary of the event.

Diane Krauland's computer programming students learned about how technology has changed since 9-11 in their CHS Introduction to Programming classes Monday.

After learning about the history of the event many times, junior Nate Lozito said it was refreshing to talk about its impact on our everyday lives.

“I think it's interesting to learn about it from a different perspective like this, like a cybersecurity perspective,” he said.

Lozito and classmate Josh Pelloni weren't even a year old when the attacks happened, so most of what they know has been learned from family members or in school. One of the major differences they've heard about is how air travel drastically changed since September 2001.

Krauland presented information about how fewer people had cellphones at the time of the attacks and how phone systems did not work because they were overloaded. They also talked about how people may rely on technology too much in the modern world as compared to 16 years ago.

She also talked about different professions developed in recent years as a response to new terroristic threats like cyberwarfare. Fields like ethical hacking and cryptography have become necessary to defend against such attacks, Krauland said.

Students across Seneca Valley remembered and recognized 9-11 in a variety of ways on day Monday. A moment of silence was held in the secondary buildings during morning announcements.

Bobi-Jean Alexander's chorus classes discussed a Boston Conservatory welcome address given by Karl Paulnack, where he talks about living in Manhattan during the attacks. They also sang “America the Beautiful.”

The Seneca Valley JROTC cadets read remarks at the time of the attacks and held a moment of silence while lowering the flag to half-staff.