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Google Chromebook as 1:1 Device in the Classroom

After reading Nicole Krueger's  5 questions to ask before choosing a 1:1 device  I began reflecting on how I've implemented the 1:1 Chromebook in my classroom full-time in the last two years.  In August of the 2017-2018 school year, my director at the time made the investment to have 1:1 Chromebooks in the upper elementary all the way through high school. The lower elementary classes had iPADs in the classroom and a large portion of the school funds were also allocated for a new Technology & Design lab. With this new initiative to use Chromebooks, money was now also being allocated for Schoology.com, a learning management system, in order to encourage teachers to use technology for classes, assignments, wiki collaborations (Google.docs), and communication. It wasn't just a tool we were "adding-on" to enhance our school curriculum, it was becoming a cultural shift in the way we saw our learners and how we had to carry ourselves as educators. Krueger quotes Ru...