Chromebook trial at St Aidans

St Aidan's at Rooty Hill are the first school in the Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta to trial a set of chromebooks with students and staff.

St Aidan's were provided with 30 Chromebooks for students and 5 Chromebooks for staff.  Students and teachers from Year 4 will trial the Chromebooks over the next two terms.  There are approximately 50 students in Year 4.

The Chromebooks have been enrolled in the Chromebook Management Console by the CEDP ICT team and the Google set of K-6 Apps have been pushed out to the Chromebooks.


Last week the Chromebooks were delivered to the school and Learning Exchange spent some time with staff to briefly introduce them to the Chromebook.  We covered:

• What is a Chromebook?
• Uses in Education
• Navigating the Chromebook

The students and teachers will be exploring the use of Google Apps and Chromebooks Apps via the Chromebook.  Teachers at St Aidan's recently attended a Google Apps Bootcamp to equip their school in the use of this cloud based virtual learning environment.

Both students and teachers will be expected to blog at least once a week about their learning and experiences in using the Chromebook.