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Google EDU on Air: Why we went all out with Chromebooks and Google Apps

11 May 2015 by Karl Rivers 6 Comments

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This week I took part in Education on Air, Google’s annual series of presentations looking at the use of technology in the classroom. I talked about how and why we decided to switch from a fleet of 700 Windows desktops to Chromebooks and Google Apps.

In the video I cover the decision making process we went though, and why we abandoned a system that had been working perfectly well for more than a decade and turned to cloud based alternatives instead. I also talk about the things that worked, things that didn’t, and challenges we found along the way. I’ll also share how we went about finding the money to give every student in our school a “free” Chromebook from current school budget — no leasing required.

If you’re looking to use Google Apps and Chromebooks in any capacity check out the video above!

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About Karl Rivers

Karl Rivers is a Director of IT who has worked in education for more than twenty years. He won the Naace Impact Award for Supporting School Services.

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  1. Andrew Ray says

    05/12/2015 at 10:59 am

    Hi Karl do you have a link to the Government guide lines on data protection with Google Apps?

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    • Karl Rivers says

      05/12/2015 at 12:00 pm

      Hi Andrew,

      This is the information I was referring to.

      Thanks

      Karl

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  2. Fiaz says

    05/22/2015 at 10:19 am

    Do your students take the chromebooks home?

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    • Karl Rivers says

      05/22/2015 at 11:21 am

      Yes, our students take the Chromebooks home.

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  3. Fiaz says

    05/22/2015 at 10:34 am

    How do you deal with Controlled Assessments if students are using chromebooks? Currently in AD we have separate accounts for the students to use that are disabled when not required. With Google accounts students could log on wherever and whenever they wanted to. Or do you still use desktops and AD accounts for controlled assessment work?

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    • Karl Rivers says

      05/22/2015 at 11:21 am

      Hi Fiaz,

      We use the Chromebooks for some things. You can now block and control access to sites from the Google Apps admin console. There are also products like Securly which you can use to block sites and see what students are accessing.

      You can also control who can logon and on which devices from the Google Apps admin console, so this is an option. If I have time I’ll put together some instructions.

      Hope this helps.

      Karl

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