This document provides tips and procedures for implementing Chromebooks in a K-5 public elementary school. It recommends starting with a small pilot to test the devices on the network infrastructure and ensure staff and students are ready for deployment. It also advises enrolling devices in the Google domain using Control-Alt-E to allow management through the Admin console and considering a generic first account as the device owner to manage permissions centrally. Wiping devices rather than power washing allows re-enrolling them in the domain. The summary emphasizes that Chromebooks are easy to implement with many online resources available for support.

1. Chromebook Implementation:
Tips & Procedures
Simple K12.com webinar - 8/19/14
Chris Casal
Technology Coordinator/Teacher
P. S. 10 Brooklyn (15K010)
chris@mrcasal.com
Twitter: @mr_casal

2. Introduction
K-5 public elementary school
Google Apps (GAFE)
4-12 Chromebooks in every 3-5th grade classroom
avg 30 students per room
moving toward 2:1

3. Tip #1
Pilot
Buy a few, don’t buy dozens
See how they work within your network infrastructure

4. Tip #2
Know your network infrastructure
Why 2:1 for us?
our access points only support 20 devices
30 student per room plus teacher…

5. Tip #3
Know your goal
Chromebooks take literal minutes to deploy, are your
staff & students ready to roll as soon as the devices
show up?

6. Tip #4 (more “procedure” than tip)
Enterprise enrollment
Control-Alt-E
If you don’t do this, you wont be able to manage the
devices within the GAFE Admin console

7. Control-Alt-E
Don’t sign in. Enroll your device in the domain
first

8. “enterprise enrollment”
Now, sign-in…

9. Tip #5
Consider a generic account
the first account to sign-in is the “device owner”
owner can manage device permissions
maybe it’s the classroom teacher or maybe it’s a
generic account since all permission managed
centrally

10. Tip #6
“Power wash” is different than Wiping the device
Do Not Power wash!
If you Power wash you wont be able to re-enroll the
device
Wipe the device to clear all data & re-enroll
wiping (entering “developer mode” varies by device
https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/1360642

11. Tip #7
Enrolling the device adds it to the overall domain
be sure to move individual devices to appropriate
sub-organizations if you are creating custom settings
changing “Chrome” settings in the Admin panel
impacts all Chrome users, even those on Mac & PCs

12. Summary
Chromebooks are very easy to implement
Great resources available online
http://edutraining.googleapps.com/chromebooks
https://support.google.com/chromebook/?
hl=en#topic=3399709

13. Contact
Christopher M. Casal
Technology Teacher/Coordinator
P. S. 10 (15K010)
Email: chris@mrcasal.com
Twitter: @mr_casal
Diigo: mrcasal
www.mrcasal.com
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