What should you be doing with your Chromebook?

"I HAVE TO DOWNLOAD GAMES ON THIS THING!!"... right?. Well unfortunately these kind of laptops, most known as Chromebooks, are manufactured specially for schools, where students can access all the google apps like, google docs, slides, drive, and gmail. As the source "Education World", which is a site where anyone could find content that is school related, such as useful apps, ideas, or simple guides. It points out that there are a lot of different ways that you can use your google chromebook in a beneficial way. One of the first being student able to use Google Docs to write essays or such, and once they're done they have the ability to rename that document and save it in they're google drive.

I don't know if it's just me, but personally i don't like turning my work in late, it's also not a good habit to take on moving ahead in life. Many times teachers in high schools will warn you every week in order to get you back on track or simply to keep you on track. As the source "International Literacy Association", which is a website that its focus is to encourage computer literacy. They want kids or even adults to know how to simply access a computer because as time goes on, technology is getting bigger and bigger. They have pointed out, now with every classroom using google docs, teachers are now able to access into any of they're students documents and write suggestions or simply check on how they're doing. For me, that is probably one of the most useful features of google docs, being able to get feedback from your teacher whenever you feel like you need it.

What better way to finish off from where we started. The website "PCMag" is one of the most reliable sources in the web world that relates to technology. They write reviews about anything ranging from mobile apps to how to build a computer, personally I use It everytime that i'm about to download an app just so that i can take a look at the reviews. They mainly talk if the chromebooks are really good for schools, and if they are really benefiting us, (as students). They're main argument is the fact that its cloud-based and that "any sort of computing is now lost". I can understand where they're coming with this argument, which is any kind of exploration by students isn't available to them with this type of machine, because we aren't able to explore this type of computer like you would any other windows desktop. Talking about the cloud option, personally i think its great for students that normally need constant help on something, and with the cloud based computing, I can share whatever i want with my teacher and have her take a look at. It even eliminates the fact that i have to worry about printing my paper in the morning.

Good Luck!

Sources :

Granata, Kassondra. "10 Ways to Use Chromebooks in the Classroom."Education World:. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Sept. 2016. <http://www.educationworld.com/a_news/former-teacher-10-ways-use-chromebooks-classroom-1591563879>.

Friesen, Janice. "Using Chromebooks in the Classroom." Using Chromebooks in the Classroom. N.p., 14 Jan. 2014. Web. 12 Sept. 2016. <https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-daily/2014/01/17/using-chromebooks-in-the-classroom>.

By John C. Dvorak January 17, 2013 05:23pm EST 10 Comments. "Beware of Chromebooks in the Classroom." PCMAG. N.p., 17 Jan. 2013. Web. 12 Sept. 2016. <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414433,00.asp>.

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