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Transitioning to Chromebooks for NCSD Staff
Staff Chromebooks
We are in the process of transitions teacher MacBooks to touchscreen Chromebooks with stylus. The tentative rollout of Chromebooks is:
2024 - 2025: Middle school school teachers
2025 - 2026: The first half of our elementary school teachers
2026 - 2027: The second half of our elementary school teachers
2027 - 2028: High school teachers
Please reach out to either Amy Gertenrich-Dwyer or Kristin Montagano for support.
Chromebook Casting
We have been using Google TVs to enable teachers to be "untethered" from their TV display. This provides the flexibility and mobility within their classrooms while teaching.
We are continuing exploring other casting issues as new technology becomes available
The Chromebook Keyboard
Left side
Right side
The Chromebook's Shelf
[similar to MacBook's Dock]
Chromebook Settings and Applications we RECOMMEND!
Chromebook Support Resources
Learn Chrome Features [video series]
Chrome Accessibility Features [video series]
Native Applications within a Chromebook
We recommend using the LAUNCHER to search for and pin the following apps to your Chromebook's Shelf.
ChromeGoogle Apps - Drive, Calendar, Google Classroom, Slides, Docs, Forms, Sheets, Gmail, YouTube, Meet, Chat, Sites, Photos, Keep, Gemini...
Screencast: record your screen while explaing a concept. Use annotations to markup important aspects of your recording.
Recorder: with a click of a button, record yourself talking. Great for podcasts, fluency, explaining one's thinking.
Camera: take a photo, capture video, scan a QR code or document, translate it, create a GIF,
Files: find & manage all of your local files [screenshots, downloads, audio, video, PDFs, images, etc.]. Delete or move them to your Google Drive for access from internet enabled devices.
Gallery App - Open files [images, screenshots, PDFs] and draw/annotate on them.
Canvas - Draw or sketch
Cursive: Take handwritten notes with Cursive [capture, edit
Screenshot: Take a screenshot by clicking on the time icon in the lower right hand corner.
Video Tutorials of Creative Chromebook Apps for Student Learning ---> Coming SOON!
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