Technology Use

  • 2010- Normal Community High School

    We had not yet become a Google school. Students had yet to have their Chromebooks. There were still actual computer labs at this point, at least five of them in the building.
  • 2011-2013 NCHS

    Computer labs beginning to turn into classrooms which means less access for students to work with computers at school SMARTBOARDS in every classroom. A teacher desktop computer in every classroom. VCR/DVD combo players. Every teacher also has a work laptop computer which is a Windows based device. Email is through Microsoft Outlook. Some students with IEP's have access to iPad's.
  • 2015- NCHS

    Unit 5 school district becomes a Google district. All email is switched over to from Outlook to Gmail and teachers have access to the entire Google suite. This is also when students are beginning to receive their Chromebooks throughout the district beginning at the elementary level.
  • NCHS 2016-2017

    All computer labs removed except for one Mac lab for journalism classes. The computer labs have been turned into classrooms. The IMC (library) has had it's desktop computers removed with the exception for five. All students have access to Chromebooks at the high school level. We are 1:1 with devices.
  • NCHS 2017-2019

    Teachers are using websites for communication, Mastery Manager for assessments, and Google Classroom for their classroom management.