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• How to transfer school apps from Chromebook to Windows

  Posted on August 23, 2020 at 21:05 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  DISTANCE LEARNING

  By Woody and Andy Leonhard

  Over the past few months, I assume many of you have become the local support center for an extended family of kids, all of whom are trying mightily to get into the swing of online learning.

  My fifth-grade son, Andy, is in a school district that spent USD $6 million this year on new Chromebooks. Here’s what he says:

  “You get a Chromebook administered by the district along with supplies. The district mainly uses Zoom for communications. But what I quickly discovered is that the Chrome’s sound output, camera quality, and screen are inferior to our Windows-based home PCs.”

  Fortunately, your school district probably doesn’t require the use of a Chromebook. Ours doesn’t. So our weekend project was to migrate Andy’s entire distance-schooling environment — applications, data, procedures … the whole ball of wax — to his trusty and comparatively beefy Windows PC.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.33.0 (2020-08-24).

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• Moving your kid’s schoolwork from a Chromebook to a Windows PC

  Posted on August 23, 2020 at 20:00 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Chromebooks have a lot of advantages, but the Chromebooks that most school districts hand out tend to be wimpy – little screens (no touch!), tinny sound, cramped keyboards.

  If your student already has a Windows PC, they may fare much better if you can move them from the Chromebook to the PC.

  My fifth grade son and I made the transition over the weekend. So far we haven’t hit any burps. We have full details in Monday’s AskWoody Newsletters (both Plus and Free).

  Have a different setup? Need some help? Here’s where to ask.

  (NOTE: The discussion has been moved here.)

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