Does your school provide you or your child with a Chromebook? That’s great! In the last few years Google Chromebooks have become the “go to” device for schools. Device
For security reasons and to save battery charge, Chromebooks will automatically turn off their screens and enter sleep or standby after a certain amount of idle time. This
By giving all of your teachers Chromebooks for the Summer, they will spend all of their free time developing lessons and attending education based webinars. If that is
Google Forms are great for collecting information. You can allow submissions to be anonymous or you can capture the Google account email address of the user by having
Did your school go from a handful of Chromebooks to hundreds this school year? Maybe you went 1:1 with your students or perhaps you added team or classroom
Cord cutting has gone from a niche experiment using a digital antenna to a practical way of watching the shows you want without paying for an expensive cable
Besides their ease of use, another great feature of a Chromebook is they usually just work. However, they are machines and machines sometimes need maintenance. Sending any device
One of the main benefits of using Google Docs, Sheets and Slides is how easy they are to share with others. Google has now released the Activity Dashboard
There are tons of suggestions on the web about how we should not use technology to just recreate what we’re already doing with pencil and paper. I agree
Are you responsible for any technology in your school? If so, my guess is you are considered your family’s resident tech expert. That’s me in our family and
Sometimes you want to see another user’s screen or have a video conversation with one or more users. G Suite includes an easy to use product called Meet
Remember the old “I’m not only the hair club president, I’m also a client” commercials? Well, I’m not only a nerdy passionate tech guy, I’m also a parent of
There are many educational and noneducational videos on YouTube that have child appropriate content. Unfortunately, there is also a ton of videos on YouTube with inappropriate content. The
FCPS has been testing Google File Stream for several months as part of Google’s Early Adopter Program. Now that it is available for everyone it is our recommended
Beginning today, there is a new look for Google Calendar. The functions and features are the same. It just looks “better” and more inline with other Google products.
We’ve been able to set the wallpaper/background image for users for quite some time. Often schools would set a wallpaper that showed their school or mascot. However, until
Several Chrome OS updates were released over the summer. These updates typically download automatically in the background while you use a Chromebook and install the next time you
The other day I was talking with a school administrator who wanted to move to using G Suite for everything. He said he made documents like newsletters using
The spring Kentucky Society for Technology in Education (KySTE) conference is Kentucky’s largest educational technology conference. It’s being held March 8th-10th in Louisville. The KySTE conference is an excellent
Some of our schools are using Chromebooks 1:1. In these cases the assigned Chromebook is only used by one student. Some of our schools let students take them
There are times when it is necessary or convenient to reset a Chromebook back to factory settings. For example, you may find that a Chromebook is not receiving
We are back to using MAP testing again this year. With the influx of Chromebooks in many schools, it only makes sense to use them for MAP testing. NWEA has
Ever since we started using iPads in FCPS, teachers have wanted to be able to mirror their iPad to their classroom projector. We first made this work using
The most popular Chromebook we have purchased in FCPS has been the Lenovo N21 model. A few months ago, the N21 was discontinued and replaced with the N22.
FCPS has had a Google domain now for over a year. All students and staff have accounts and can use Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Classroom, etc… We
We use the “block all apps and extensions except the ones I allow” option for all students. Only apps and extensions approved at the district or school level
One of my favorite features in Windows 8.1 (yes, there were good things) was the ability to start typing on the Start Screen and Windows 8.1 would assume
Hopefully you are aware that all G Suite for Education users have unlimited storage space in Google Drive. The video below will show you how you can easily organize
Do you have both a personal Google account and an FCPS Google Account? Do you ever need to log into Office365 or Google for Education as another student
You hopefully already know that all FCPS employees and students have access to several Google tools using their FCPS email address and password. This includes Google Drive with unlimited
In order for Meraki to be able to assign users apps that you have purchased with your VPP account a relationship has to be setup between Meraki and Apple.
Since I revisited the process of installing free apps, I thought I’d revisit the process of pushing out purchased apps. The process has not changed, but I will go
I talked about my recommendation on how to install free apps on your iPads in the initial setup blog post. The process hasn’t changed, but I decided to
Hopefully this post will help you get through the iTunes account creating maze. If you use logic to create an iTunes account that doesn’t require a credit card
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