[NBLUG/talk] Chromebooks in schools?

Zack Gold zack at nblug.org
Tue Mar 11 20:22:11 PDT 2014


My experience with Chromebook, while not school-related, has been similar
to that of claustrophobia. You are limited to your capabilities under the
Chromebook, strictly to the browser, so you're unable to go beyond the
flexibility of the browser itself.


On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Steve S. <northbaygeek at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not quite a general Linux query, but...
>
> Has anyone had experience bringing Chromebooks to a school?  The
> latest generations seem to include reasonably-priced models that
> aren't pure POS units...
>
> My youngest's elementary-school uses Google's educational "walled
> garden" and I'd expect the Chromebook to Play Well there.  The latest
> ChromeOS is also supposed to have available (or about to, I'm not
> sure) the kinds of parental controls needed for elementary-school
> students.
>
> I'm also curious if anyone knows of any grants/etc that could help
> getting them in sufficient quantity that each student could have
> one...
>
> Any info/pointers/etc gratefully accepted!
>
>
> - Steve S.
>
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Zack Gold
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