Google Chrome is the program that you use to navigate the Internet on your Chromebook. It is known as a "browser". There are lots of things you need to know how to do on Chrome, and it's the program you'll use to access all the programs found below.

Gmail is Google email, and it's the easiest way to communicate with other people who use Gmail! All your teachers and all the students in Framingham schools have a Gmail account, and all you have to do to email them is to remember their name.

Google Drive is where all your Google information gets saved. Every time to work on a Doc, Sheet, or anything else Google, it gets saved in the Drive! You can even save things like pictures, PDF files, and more! Make sure you keep it organized.

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Google Calendar is an easy way to keep your life organized. You can even set up Google Meetings there for later.

Google Docs is what is known as a "word processing" program. Mostly, we use it to type things, but you can also put in pictures, tables, and more.

Google Slides is used as a presentation program, but it can also be used to make digital books or comic books, posters, and much more.

Google Hangouts is an easy-to-use chat program that you can use to chat with anyone on a Google Account.

Google Tasks exists within Mail, Calendar, and Drive. It is found on the right side of those windows. Tasks can be used to create to-do lists that you can see across Google Apps and even on your phone. You can even put tasks in different folders.

As with Google Tasks, Keep can be found in the right side of Mail, Calendar, and Drive. Keep is simply a note taking program that you can access across platforms and on your phone. Unlike Tasks, Keep can be shared with collaborators and has its own location online.

An easy to use drawing app - great on a 2-in-1 device.