Chromebooks in the Classroom: Changing the Landscape of Education

Chromebooks are revolutionizing the way students and educators are using computers. Chromebooks provide students with a wide range of applications that operate the Chrome Operating System (OS) by Google. With Chrome (and the Chromebook) comes the promise of providing universal supports for all learners through a cloud-based system that de-emphasizes the hardware and instead focuses on providing the student support anywhere learning happens. This paradigm shift has the potential to level the playing field and provide universal design for learning (UDL) supports across the curriculum.

The six-page, quick-reference laminted guide Chromebooks in the Classroom: Changing the Landscape of Education introduces teachers to Chromebooks by Google and explores how they can be used in the classroom to provide universal supports across the curriculum to all learners, eliminating the need for specialized assistive technology devices for students with special needs.

Learn about:

• Chromebook features
• Offline mode
• Google Drive
• Google Apps for Education/ Google Classroom
• Recommended apps for reading across the curriculum
• Recommended apps for writing across the curriculum
• Recommended apps for note taking
• Recommended apps to support executive function
• Recommended apps for STEM (science, technology, engineering, math)
• Tips for classroom integration
• Ideas for collaboration activities

The new range of tools that Chromebooks provide make true collaboration possible and alters the way we think about students working in groups or teachers providing students with feedback in real time.