Chrome Book - What Can I do?

Introduction:

This page is a resource of how I can leverage a Chrome Book to teach.  I'm going to document how I use the different tools from my class on a Chrome Book... because that is what many students will have next year in the time of Covid-19...

Getting Connected With My School Provided Chrome Book... 

• Had to log in on my managed MetroEd account... could not log in as jim The STEAM Clown...

• I could after longing into the chrome book, log in to my different gmail email accounts... 

• AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH the keyboard is small and not spaced right... and I keep hitting ==== rather than backspace. I might have to connect a standard side key board... 

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Stuff to Try:

• Try the Linux (Beta) 

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Things I can Do:

• Was able to log into Slack accounts

• Log into GitHub

• Log into TinkerCad

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Can I connect to a MicroBit?

• https://microbit.org/ 

• I can't seem to get it to work on my Win7 system... maybe it's time to move to Win10... Ughh

  • Seems if I install the ARM Mbed Win serial port driver

  • and then follow the Manual Transfer step to select the .hex file and send it to the drive (microbit(D:) it works

• But it seems to work just fine  on the Chromebook...   

  • Opened the MicroBit Python browser editor https://python.microbit.org/v/2.0 

  • plugged in my MicroBit to the USB

  • Selected "Connect" and selected the BBC microbit" and then clicked "connect"

  • This then shows the left most menu option as "Flash" rather than "Download"... click on FLASH

  • Current program loads.