While I have been unsuccessful in convincing my school district (mostly since Pearson cannot yet run their end of the year state exams in the cloud - amazing for a company as big as they are) to let me buy Chromebooks, for our students, 22% of US school districts are now using them. I am practicing what I preach as my wife and I have bought two of them for our kids and they love them for their school work and everything else they do (except for games that require Java downloads). The best ones are only $250 which kills the price of the iPad and other laptops and the go from completely off to fully functional in 10 seconds. Since they are cloud based they also keep updating themselves.
If you or your school district is thinking of purchasing them, the slideshow above is very balanced on the pros and cons (pro = cheap to purchase if your students use the cloud and your school district approves the use of Chrome apps; con = no Java and no Microsoft Word).
Here and here are two great pages on using Chromebooks and the slideshow above is a perfect place to start with lots of apps.
If you or your school district is thinking of purchasing them, the slideshow above is very balanced on the pros and cons (pro = cheap to purchase if your students use the cloud and your school district approves the use of Chrome apps; con = no Java and no Microsoft Word).
Here and here are two great pages on using Chromebooks and the slideshow above is a perfect place to start with lots of apps.
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