We issue all teachers in Elem. and Middle level touch screen Chromebooks
(HP G3 360's EE). Works great with papercut and recently installed
Chromecast in all rooms. High School uses Macbooks with Apple TV's
(formerly and all iPad environments) Allstudents have Chromebooks.
On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 11:35 AM Ryan Dudley <
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> Many of our IAs use Dell Chromebooks and all of our teachers use Windows
> laptops. Our hurdles with moving all teachers to Chromebooks is that they
> lose some functionality with printing through PaperCut and connectivity
> with NewLine Interactive whiteboards. I agree with Tina, that most
> teachers don't really need functionality beyond a ChromeBook and I would
> rather they are using the same OS that our students are using so they can
> teach students on it as well.
>
> The few IAs that were disappointed with being moved to a ChromeBook now
> love it as they have learned the OS and realize that they are faster to
> load and just as easy, once they learn how to operate it.
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> On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 10:14 AM Tina Scheindel <
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>> I have played with the idea of moving to teacher chromebooks. Honestly,
>> most of our teachers don't need functionality beyond a chromebook. I
>> agree with Richard that the upfront cost if you purchase a higher end
>> chromebook is about the same as a laptop. Where I do think there is
>> savings is with annual virus protection and MDM. We continue to purchase
>> laptops because there is just too much going on to try to manage the change
>> to chromebooks.
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 9:57 AM Richard Adams <
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>>> We tested Chromebooks for faculty/staff extensively throughout last
>>> year, and I honestly believe the success of this initiative is entirely
>>> dependent on the culture and climate of the organization. We tested fairly
>>> higher-end models (Acer Spins, HPs) with a lot of support behind them, but
>>> we ultimately ended up signing another multi-year Apple lease this summer.
>>> (To note: our paraprofessionals are using those Acer Spins -- and they
>>> will stay that way.)
>>>
>>> Funnily enough, the Apple lease (with bundled 4-year Applecare + ADP)
>>> was only marginally higher than what we would've likely paid in those same
>>> four years with any of the higher-end models we were looking at. I toyed
>>> with coupling Chromebooks with ADP -- the cost was almost the same.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 9:50 AM Travis Vigneau <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> I don't have much 'power user' type folk here but I just upgraded all
>>>> the staff that wanted them to HP 14" Fortis G10 and they like them so far
>>>> in the week that they've had them. 8GB of RAM and 64GB on board storage.
>>>>
>>>> T
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>>>> On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 9:46 AM Keith Puffer <[log in to unmask]>
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>>>>> Hey folks!
>>>>>
>>>>> I was wondering if anyone is testing/using any newer line of
>>>>> Chromebooks with Faculty/Staff this year and how it is going. I would be
>>>>> curious about your experience on/off list (pros, cons, and hardware
>>>>> details).
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Keith
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