Chromebooks Classroom

The Chromebook Classroom

A Chromebook is an ultralight laptop that is cloud based that runs on Google's Chrome operating system.
They are made by Ace and Samsung and start around $300.00.

What is the key to classroom deployment of the Chromebook -
Management and Scale
Deployment is simple because of the operating system. Each time the device is start it checks for updates and does a security check.

Benefits -
8 second boot up
lighter
better battery life (6 to 8 hours)
web based management
secure
forever fresh

Google Tools
Management - proxy can be set up so all traffic can go through district proxy
Forced login - can be setup so that student have to login each time
Set Homepage -
Blacklist URLs - content management

Pricing Structure-
1 year and 3 year option
Chrome web store
Chrome Box will be released 2nd Quarter- this is a desktop version of the Chromebook.

Chrome Ninja Tips:
https://sites.google.com/site/gapsmidwestsummit/conference-sessions/become-a-chrome-ninja
https://docs.google.com/presentation/pub?id=1ybBgqjohVee4yXoMMyFoBUNTm-nwA7KI-TTrKQBDeq4&start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000#slide=id.g1486ff6_2_14