Chromebooks in Education

A look at why Huntsville ISD uses Chromebooks.

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1. Chromebooks for Education
2. Hello~ Kim Johnson Innovative Learning Specialist at Mance Park Middle School. kmjohnson@huntsville-isd.org
3. • A personal device that runs Chrome as an operating system. • It is made to connect quickly to the Internet. • Uses apps that are on the web, not ones that are downloaded to the device. WHAT IS A CHROMEBOOK?
4. • Easy to use • Empowering students • Teaching technology WHY CHROMEBOOKS MAKE SENSE FOR EDUCATION
5. Chromebook Filtering Derek
6. EDUCATORS USE CHROMEBOOKS TO SUPPORT LEARNING: • Publishing • Productivity • Communication • Collaboration
7. EDUCATORS USE CHROMEBOOKS TO SUPPORT LEARNING: Publishing Students can use a variety of websites for digital storytelling. Digital storytelling allows the students to “show what they know” in a creative, digital format. It allows for publication and sharing of projects with a wider audience. A few examples of websites that allow for digital storytelling are: • Prezi: book reviews/reports, research reports, storytelling • Animoto: field trip pictures, creating slideshow classroom events • Voicethread: biography poems, small research projects, author studies, poetry share • Blabberize: research projects • Glogster: book posters, character posters, who am I posters
8. EDUCATORS USE CHROMEBOOKS TO SUPPORT LEARNING: Productivity Students can use productivity tools on the web that allow them to access their work anytime and anywhere. Students can use the Chromebooks to access Google Apps. Some examples of the ways that the students can work in the cloud using the Chromebooks include: • Google Docs: personal narratives, fiction stories, paragraph writing, internet safety presentations • Google Maps: social studies standards, state studies projects, Texas history mapping of important places • Google Earth: book setting trips, geography tours, literature trips
9. EDUCATORS USE CHROMEBOOKS TO SUPPORT LEARNING: Communication Students can communicate using 21st century tools while using Chromebooks: • Students have access to gmail which allows communication with students and teachers, book club communication and reader response journals • Students have access to video conferencing: video conferencing can be used for state studies research, geography mystery quests video and even learning outside the classroom walls • Students have access to calendars where classroom projects and assignments are posted
10. EDUCATORS USE CHROMEBOOKS TO SUPPORT LEARNING: Collaboration Collaboration is one of most important 21st century skills that we can teach our young students. The Chromebooks allow students to collaborate face to face or on the computer while working on projects. The following apps support collaboration: • Google Docs • Google Slides • Gmail
11. No internet? How about you?... • How many homes have access to internet? • How many homes do not have access?
12. No internet? No problem! • Create and edit documents. • Search for and write emails. • Read, read and read.
13. No internet? What to do... Work on Google Drive files offline on your Chromebook: • Go to your Google Drive: • A window will open. Check the box to work offline: • Go to Settings:
14. You can create, view and edit files with changes that automatically synce back to the cloud as soon as connection is restored.
15. Search for and write emails
16. Google Suite: • Google Classroom • Google Forms • Google Slides
17. Google Classroom Benefits of Google Classroom include: • Exposure to an online learning platform • Easy Access to materials • Differentiation • Less paper • No lost work • Engagement
18. Google Forms • Polling purposes • Quizzes • Student feedback
19. Google Slides • Means collaboration for all students! • The ability to easily share and simultaneously edit a Google document is the platform's biggest benefit for our students. • Google slides gives the user the option to view, edit, and run Google Slides presentations when offline.
20. 3 Great Websites to Get University Level Education for FREE • Khan Academy • Coursera • Academic Earth