How to supercharge your and your students' Chromebooks to maximize learning.

1. 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 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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Chromevox
for touch
screen

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Find
accessibility
extensions
Chrome Web Store |
Accessibility
https://chrome.google.com/we
bstore/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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Bookshare
Web
Extension

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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?
Adam Steiner
Holliston Public Schools and Boston
College
Twitter @steineredtech

14. @steineredtech
Additional
resources
Google Apps user guide to accessibility
https://support.google.com/a/answer/
1631886?hl=en