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Introducing the Chromebook

Introducing the Chromebook

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Getting Ready for the HP Chromebooks The first full week at the +William Davies Middle School, I was very busy unpacking, enrolling and testing 75 HP Chromebooks to be used and shared by 6th grade students. Staff and students at the William Davies Middle School have been in a 1:1 environment for the past 4 years. However, because of the cost to maintain the netbooks, the district was not able to afford a 1:1 environment any more. To offset the expense of school devices, administration is implementing a BYOD policy for staff and students. They were able to purchased 75 HP Chromebooks for students and will be purchasing an additional 40 HP Chromebooks for staff.

Screencastify and Chromebooks Screencastify is a great extension that is available in the Chrome web store. It will allow you to create videos or screen casts. Instead of using Screencast-o-matic on my laptop, I wanted to use my new Chromebook. I downloaded the Screencastify extension and created my short video in minutes! It was quick and easy to learn. Google Chromebook Tips I presented on Google Chromebooks to staff at the William Davies Middle School. This presentation was an introduction about the device and it covered needs of staff and students at the school. If you would like to review the presentation, click on this link. However, I found some helpful keyboard shortcut and touchpad tips, for the Chromebook, that I would like to share. I hope you find them helpful when using your Google Chromebook.

How to use an external webcam on a Chromebook I participated in a Mystery Skype connection and did not want to use my traditional laptop. I have an external Logitech webcam that is great, but I wanted to use my Chromebook for the Mystery Skype connection. My problem was, the Chromebook does not have a rear facing camera. So, +Joe Knopp found a way to make it work! In order to use an external webcam on your Chromebook, you must perform the following: plug in your webcam into the Chromebookopen up your browser, Google Chromego to the Menu at the top right cornerselect 'Settings'select 'Show advanced settings'in the Privacy section, click on 'Content settings'scroll down to the Media section, and select the webcam in the Camera drop down list box

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