MassCUE Chromebooks for All

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Chromebooks for all Follow along: http://bit.ly/masscuechrome Adam Steiner Holliston Public Schools and Boston College Twitter @steineredtech

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Chromebooks for allFollow along:

http://bit.ly/masscuechrome

Adam SteinerHolliston Public Schools and Boston

CollegeTwitter @steineredtech

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Chromebooks for All

A Google Chromebook is the most powerful digital device for universal learning ever!▸Personalizable▸Flexible▸Simple to use▸Cheap!

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Who brought one?

Who has a Chromebook with them?

If now, Chrome browser on PC or Mac will work!

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What is a Chromebook?

A Google powered laptop with:▸an OS that boots in 10

seconds▸USB ports▸HDMI▸~7 hour battery life▸Front-facing camera

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Chromebooks for All

▸Hardware features▸Chrome Extensions▹programs that you can use with

any website accessed with

buttons next to the omnibox.

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Hardware features

▸Settings | Advanced Settings | Accessibility▹Make the cursor bigger▹Turn on high contrast mode▹Turn on spoken feedback▹Turn on sticky keys▹Turn on the screen magnifier▹Automatically click when the

cursor stops▹Turn on the on-screen keyboard

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Find accessibility extensions

Chrome Web Store | Accessibility

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/ext/22-accessibility

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Chrome Extensions:Reading

▸Hacker Vision▸Zoom▸Clearly▸SpeakIt!▸Super Simple highlighter

Extensify!

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Chrome Extensions:Writing

▸Bookshare Web Extension▸Read & Write▸Google Dictionary▸Ginger

Extensify!

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Chrome Extensions:Bonus

▸Awesome Screenshot▸WOT▸Google Tone▸Google Docs - Voice Typing▸WAVE Evaluation Tool

Extensify!

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Questions?

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Additional resources

Google Apps user guide to accessibilityhttps://support.google.com/a/answer/1631886?hl=en