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NCA is fortunate to have two computer labs for student use, one for the elementary grade levels and one for the secondary grade levels. They also have a set of computers for student use in the library. Each elementary classroom is also equipped with one or more computers for student use. Thanks to the fund raising efforts of our PTF Northeast Christian Academy has several Smart Boards, which are interactive whiteboards that help captivate and motivate learners.
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Technology Acceptable Use Policy NCA requires all students using technology within NCA to read and sign, along with their parents, the school's Technology Acceptable Use Policy. Students are not allowed to access the school's technology unless they have turned in the AUP. Internet NCA subscribes to a web filtering application that limits students access to the internet based on web site content. Students attempting to circumvent the filtering system will lose internet privileges. NCA is equipped with several wireless access points throughout the school for wireless access. Students will need a password to access the WAP. Students should see Mrs. Mears in Room A210 to obtain current passwords. -Top-
Student Login Students from grade six through grade twelve are assigned unique network usernames and passwords to access the NCA school network. If a student forgets his/her password they can request a password reset in Room A210 from Mrs. Mears. -Top-
Student Email Students from grade seven through grade twelve are assigned school email addresses in the form of first initial + last name@nca-kingwood.org(example: teststudent@nca-kingwood.org). NCA student emails are provided via a partnership with Google Apps and students can check their school emails on or off campus by entering the following URL in a web browser of their choice: http://mail.nca-kingwood.org. Students enter the same username they use when logging into the NCA school network in the form of first initial + last name; for the password they enter their unique choice. (See Mrs. Mears in A209 for default passwords assigned at the beginning the each school year) -Top-
Renweb Students and their parents have the ability to access Renweb to review school related items. Examples being: seeing students' real-time grades, student absences and tardies, service hours, homework, weekly class assignments, and the school calendar. Visit the Renweb page for instructions on how students/parents gain access to Renweb. The school code for access to Renweb is nca-tx. The student email address assigned in Renweb is the student's school email address. If the student experiences problem accessing Renweb or if they receive an error when trying to log into Renweb (usually means that you have entered an incorrect password, please check your password and try again), otherwise please see Mrs. Mears in Room A210. Click here to visit Renweb Page. -Top- Elementary Classes The Elementary Computer Lab is used by first through sixth grades. First and Second Students in these grades will work on logging on procedures and saving items to the network. Programs include: Kidpix, Kidspiration, Excel, Power Point, Word, Clip Art, Internet. Projects include coupon books in Power Point, graphs in Excel, Sequencing in Kidspiration, research on the internet. Third Grade Third grade students start keyboarding and continue keyboarding all the way through sixth grade with some students achieving over 80 words per minute. Fourth and Fifth Grade Older students work on all the above items as well as: Type To Learn 3, Photo Story, Publisher. These students create more slide shows and intricate projects incorporating sound and voice-overs. Sixth Grade Sixth grade students begin utilizing school email accounts and office projects incorporating multiple processes. -Top-

Middle School Classes The Secondary Computer Lab is used by Seventh and Eighth graders. Student in grades seven and eight dive into learning about the software applications that will help them in their middle school and high school years. They learn how to use word processing, spreadsheet, database, desktop publishing, presentation software and about minupulating multimedia items to create fantastic presentations. -Top-
High School Classes The Secondary Computer Lab is used by ninth through twelfth grades. NCA requires one computer credit during the high school years. Computer courses can also can be taken as electives. NCA offers a wide variety of technology classes for high school students. Business Communication Information System otherwise known as BCIS teaches students how to use Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, and other programs in a business environment. Computer Science offers students the ability to learn a programming language to solve problems including creating computer games and simulations. Multimedia teaches students how to work with and integrate audio, images, video and text into media presentations. It teaches picture editing techniques, how to create one's own video masterpeices, awesome presentations, crazy animation and even build one's own game. Web Mastering teaches student how to create web pages and build websites. Students learn to create web pages in html and Adobe Dreamweaver. They learn how to edit images as well as create flash items to integrate into their pages. -Top-
Databases NCA is pleased to announce to our school that we have subscriptions to three electronic databases (Questia, World Book Online, Thomson Gale). These databases may be accessed from NCA or from your home computer. To find detail information about accessing these please visit the Library Page. -Top-
Smart Board Combining the simplicity of a whiteboard with the power of a computer, the SMART Board interactive whiteboard engages students and audiences around the world. The touch-sensitive display connects to a computer and digital projector to show a computer image. One can then control computer applications directly from the display, write notes in digital ink and save the work to share later. Having technology in the classroom can bring tremendous benefits to learners. NCA has eight Smartboard throughout our campus. -Top-

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