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In March of 2004, the board-approved NKCS District Technology Plan calls for efforts to "increase learning opportunities for students" by exploring learning "outside of school walls."
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Online courses and blended classrooms of both online learning and face-to-face instruction were first implemented district wide during the 2005-2006 school year via Blackboard.
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Wireless networking was installed in all existing high schools throughout the summer of 2006.
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In March of 2007, the board-approved NKCS District Technology Plan focuses on mobility in learning and the desire to find an affordable enough device to provide "student laptops."
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In May of 2007, NKCS Technology Coordinators attended a conference devoted to 1:1 learning. As a result, a proposal to deploy teacher laptops two years prior to student laptops is made and subsequently approved by the school board.
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Upgrades were made to the wireless network and network infrastructure through the summer of 2007 in preparation for deployment of teacher laptops and mobile laptop labs districtwide.
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In July of 2007, all NKCS teachers, K-12, completed laptop orientation training and are issued laptops for the 2007-2008 school year.
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Carts of laptops were deployed to all three existing NKCS high schools for the 2007-2008 school year to allow teachers and students to start getting accostumed to the 1:1 classroom environment.
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Over the summer of 2008, all high school classrooms were updated with widescreen LCD projectors, audio amplification, and digital video player/recorder capabilities.
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In the spring of 2009, the Hewlett Packard company proposed a partnership with North Kansas City Schools that included amongst other services, the affordable leasing of 5600 "MiniNote" laptops to the district for student use at the four high schools.
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Through the summer of 2009, wireless and networking infrastructure is upgraded at all NKCS high schools in preparation for student laptop deployment.
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From August to October of 2009, all high school students and parents are provided student laptop orientation sessions to help prepare them for the deployment of student laptops.
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For the 2009-2010 school year, 70+ NKCS high school teachers volunteered for R3+ ("Rethink, Redesign, Restructure"), a staff development program designed to train teachers to better integrate 21st Century Learning strategies into their classrooms.
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Through October and November of 2009, MiniNote laptops were deployed to all NKCS high school students.
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For the 2010-2011 school year, 70+ NKCS high school teachers volunteered for R3+ ("Rethink, Redesign, Restructure"), a staff development program designed to train teachers to better integrate 21st Century Learning strategies into their classrooms.
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Student laptops were deployed for the 2010-2011 school year for the second year of the 1:1 initiative.
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More than 100 more teachers begin their way through the R3+ Staff Development program for the 2011-2012 school year.
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The 2011-2012 school year marks the third year of NKCS's student laptop intiative.
