Welcome to season 1 of the Chromebook Classroom Podcast.

This podcast was created to highlight how Chromebooks are impacting education around the world. Season 1 features six episodes with interviews with the head of Chromebooks for Education, a tech director from Ohio, an elementary teacher who figured out how to get 5 year olds to enter their password correctly, a energetic college professor, a tech integration specialist who helped his teachers migrate from iPads to Chromebooks, and a middle school teacher who uses Chromebooks for project based learning. It’s a full season!

You, dear listener, have a strong impact on the future of this podcast. Will there be a season 2? That is up to you! If you enjoy this podcast, please take a moment to rate it on iTunes or Google play or visit chrmbook.com/podcast to vote for season 2.

Thanks for listening. I hope you enjoy season 1.

This is my interview with Cyrus Mistry, Group Product Manager, Android & Chromebooks for Education. Cyrus is in charge of managing the Chromebook for Education team at Google. His early efforts helped the first round of Chromebooks to schools which provided to be amazingly successful. Today, over 50% of devices used in Schools are Chromebooks.

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iPads to Chromebooks? My interview with Dave Bast from Holland Public Schools shows that it's not about the tech you select, but the learning you can enable. 

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How do you protect and repair your Chromebook? My interview with Eric Griffith from Mechanicsburg schools in Ohio discusses key strategies for ensuring that your Chromebooks withstand the stress of the school environment. We also discuss the merits of on-site Chromebook repair.

This wide-ranging conversation with Elliot Soloway, Professor of education, engineering and information at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor was fun. Elliot is a passionate and insightful technologist and researcher who shares how we can collaborate with technology to solve hard problems.

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Elementary students CAN use technology! Jolanda Nederveld is an elementary teacher at Oriole Park elementary school in Wyoming, Michigan who teaches technology and media to grades K-4. Jolanda shares how Chromebooks in Elementary classrooms can provide marvelous learning opportunities and sets students up for future success.

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In this episode I am joined by Wendy Nimtz, 5th grade teacher at Our Shepherd Lutheran school in Birmingham, Michigan. Wendy believes in the power of active learning and project based learning is a big part of her classroom. Wendy's cart of Acer Chromebooks plays a central role in providing students access to new creative tools they can use to create awesome projects.

Thank you for listening to Season 1 of the Chromebook Classroom podcast.

Will there be a season 2? That, dear listener, is up to you. My fate is in your hands. If you enjoyed season one, please rate it on iTunes and Google Play. You can also visit chrmbook.com/podcast to vote for season 2. Your feedback will determine the fate of this podcast.