Yesterday, we were using our new, district-mandated Chromebooks (which are mini-laptops functioning half like a Mac and half like a PC, with a touchpad but no mouse) to take the district-mandated SAGE test, a 9th grade boy clicked the wrong tab at the end of the test and then couldn't find his test score. He raised his hand, and I came over to help him.
I leaned over the Chromebook and said, "It's easy; just hit the 'back' button here."
I tapped the button with my finger. Nothing happened. Frustrated, I tapped three more times. No results. Both the boy and his neighbor watched me, saying nothing.
It took a good 15 seconds of tapping before I rolled my eyes in disgust.
"It's not a touchscreen. Duh," I said -- and used the touchpad to move the cursor to tap the back arrow.
Then the boys laughed.
I suspect I may not be getting enough sleep at night.
One good thing I did find out is that the district is so into these Chromebooks that if you have a problem in your classroom you can get it fixed fast if you say it prevents you from using them. the wi-fi sucked in my classroom, I sent in a work order that mentioned I couldn't use the Chromebooks for testing, and they fixed it within a week. Fastest fix ever! I'm going to try to get my carpet fixed, claiming that I can't get the Chromebook carrier in my room because of the bubbles. Think it'll work?
ReplyDeleteI didn't have wi fi for weeks. The district guy came out and poked in corners. Finally, our librarian (whom you know) realized that something was unplugged outside. It's fixed now. :P
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