Planning Your Deployment of Chromebooks in the Classroom

Abstract

In this chapter, we will discuss how to plan your deployment of Chromebooks in the classroom. We will start with a quick reality check about your school’s plans to add computers to the classroom and then move along to practical matters. We will then make sure you know the capabilities of Chromebooks and how they compare—both favorably and unfavorably—to alternatives, such as other laptop-style computers and tablet computers. We will then go through what you will need to do to plan the deployment: choose a deployment model, decide how to manage the Chromebooks, and ensure that your school’s network and Internet connection have enough bandwidth to handle the additional traffic that the Chromebooks will generate.