1:1 Chromebook Initiative To Enhance Notre Dame High School's ...
1:1 Chromebook Initiative To Enhance Notre Dame High School's Curriculum & Instruction January 2016 Dear ND Students and Families: Notre Dame has been utilizing the technology learning management platform known as Google Apps for Education for the past six years. This free, online suite of tools centralizes all of our technology under one school-managed domain. It is highly interactive and encourages collaboration. Six years ago we started with Gmail Accounts and this past year we moved to Google Classroom. The next step in our innovative plan to improve teaching and learning will be a 1:1 environment using Chromebooks. This will enable all students and teachers to realize the full benefit of Google Apps for Education. The Chromebook is specifically designed to deliver this primary means of communication and curriculum to the students. Furthermore, Google Apps are continually improving and go hand-inhand with the Chromebook device. What are the educational advantages to a 1:1 program?
1:1 Allows all students to have a consistent technology platform 1:1 Allows teachers to prepare lessons enhanced by technology 1:1 Facilitates the “flipped” model of learning outside of the classroom 1:1 Promotes the school’s ability to deliver educational content to all students equally 1:1 Allows considerable savings in the purchase and utilization of e-textbooks 1:1 Allows management software to instantly push out material to all our students at one time without the need to download additional software 1:1 Provides more time teaching and less time troubleshooting technology 1:1 Continues building an atmosphere of collaboration and innovation 1:1 Enables ND students who are entering from schools that had a 1:1 program to continue
What are the educational advantages of a Chromebook?
Provides most of the benefits of a traditional laptop with exceptional value (cost around $300) Preparing students to use an electronic device for reading a textbook so that they are prepared for college-level work Ease of use with no viruses, software updates, or installation of programs needed Students are up and running on a Chromebook in seconds while in a classroom Long battery life (9+ hours) Tested and very durable Long shelf-life as Chromebooks will always be supported by Google Student online safety with firewall protection and content filters Excellent three-year warranty coverage with a break-fix-replacement of the unit in a matter of days Thousands of useful apps, extensions, and add-ons all designed to enhance a learning atmosphere
E-textbooks are more interactive and often have built in current supplementary activity and review activities E-Textbooks can never be forgotten at school as you have access to them at all times Student will own the device and can take it with them to college after graduating from ND
Chromebooks will be purchased by families and distributed by Notre Dame at the start of the 2016-17 school year. The cost of the device with a three-year warranty will be approximately $300.00. The Chromebook must be purchased through Notre Dame. Personal devices cannot be used as a substitute for the ND Chromebook because a management console program needs to be installed on each device. As you can see from the information in this letter, the decision to move to a 1:1 Chromebook school is really a natural progression in our use of Google Apps for Education. We have spent a great deal of time researching the device and strongly believe that the Chromebook will enhance Notre Dame High School’s curriculum and instruction. Additional information will be shared with you relating to the purchasing of the device from Notre Dame High School in the coming months. You will also find with this letter, a cost analysis of the cost of textbooks and E-textbooks. We are very excited about this decision and look forward to the next phase of instructional technology at Notre Dame! Sincerely,
Mr. Robert F. Curis President
Mr. Patrick J. Clifford ‘75 Principal
1:1 Allows all students to have a consistent technology platform 1:1 Allows teachers to prepare lessons enhanced by technology 1:1 Facilitates the “flipped” model of learning outside of the classroom 1:1 Promotes the school’s ability to deliver educational content to all students equally 1:1 Allows considerable savings in the purchase and utilization of e-textbooks 1:1 Allows management software to instantly push out material to all our students at one time without the need to download additional software 1:1 Provides more time teaching and less time troubleshooting technology 1:1 Continues building an atmosphere of collaboration and innovation 1:1 Enables ND students who are entering from schools that had a 1:1 program to continue
What are the educational advantages of a Chromebook?
Provides most of the benefits of a traditional laptop with exceptional value (cost around $300) Preparing students to use an electronic device for reading a textbook so that they are prepared for college-level work Ease of use with no viruses, software updates, or installation of programs needed Students are up and running on a Chromebook in seconds while in a classroom Long battery life (9+ hours) Tested and very durable Long shelf-life as Chromebooks will always be supported by Google Student online safety with firewall protection and content filters Excellent three-year warranty coverage with a break-fix-replacement of the unit in a matter of days Thousands of useful apps, extensions, and add-ons all designed to enhance a learning atmosphere
E-textbooks are more interactive and often have built in current supplementary activity and review activities E-Textbooks can never be forgotten at school as you have access to them at all times Student will own the device and can take it with them to college after graduating from ND
Chromebooks will be purchased by families and distributed by Notre Dame at the start of the 2016-17 school year. The cost of the device with a three-year warranty will be approximately $300.00. The Chromebook must be purchased through Notre Dame. Personal devices cannot be used as a substitute for the ND Chromebook because a management console program needs to be installed on each device. As you can see from the information in this letter, the decision to move to a 1:1 Chromebook school is really a natural progression in our use of Google Apps for Education. We have spent a great deal of time researching the device and strongly believe that the Chromebook will enhance Notre Dame High School’s curriculum and instruction. Additional information will be shared with you relating to the purchasing of the device from Notre Dame High School in the coming months. You will also find with this letter, a cost analysis of the cost of textbooks and E-textbooks. We are very excited about this decision and look forward to the next phase of instructional technology at Notre Dame! Sincerely,
Mr. Robert F. Curis President
Mr. Patrick J. Clifford ‘75 Principal
