Printing from Chromebooks at Home

Allen Falcon | Printing from Chromebooks at Home | September 2, 2016For many students in Westborough the Chromebook is their new computer choice for school. But when they take them home, printing from them has been a question arising from some students. Allen Falcon of Cumulus Global and a founding member of WETF has put together an ebook to make it easier to get your Chromebook printing. ...

Want to Accessorize?

Allen Falcon | Blog Snipet from Our 1 to 1 Site | June 16, 2016For students in the 10th, 11th, and 12th Grade at the Westborough High School they may want to accessorize their new device for the 1 to 1 program here in Westborough. Allen Falcon of Cumulus Global and a founding member of WETF has some suggestions. A number of our customers ...

What about Word and Office?

Allen Falcon | Blog Snipet from Our 1 to 1 Site | June 10, 2016Many folks are wondering, "Do we need to buy MS Office?" and "Will our students need Word and Excel?" Continue Reading Here Visit the ONE to ONE store now.http:www.westboroughetf.org/1to1

Do I Need Data Protection?

Allen Falcon | Blog Snipet from Our 1 to 1 Site | June 6, 2016In today's connected world, you are 20 times more likely to get malware or virus on your computer by visiting a website you trust than you are by clicking an attachment in email. Fortunately, for those buying Chromebooks, the Chrome Operating System (Chrome OS) includes advanced malware protection.  Google ...

The 12th Grade Dilemna

Allen Falcon | Blog Snipet from Our 1 to 1 Site | May 24, 2016After the recent parent meeting at Westborough High School, I was approached by a parent in a near panic about what device she should choose for her daughter entering 12th grade. Looking beyond the last year of high school, she was wondering which device would be best to ...

Osmo – It Makes you Not Want to Stop

Written by Arina Khotimsky | Freshman at Westborough High School | Volunteer at Armstrong Elementary Osmo-- “It Makes you Not Want to Stop” For many of us, the technology in our elementary school classroom consisted of a giant, box-like tv and an overhead projector. Of course, there would also be an occasional venture to the computer lab, where after a ...

The Urgency

Written by Dr. Anna Nolin | Assistant Superintendent in the Natick Public Schools, Vice President of the WETFThe UrgencyNearly twenty years ago, the influential A Nation at Risk (Gardner, 1983) report sparked national anxieties relative to the future of American schools and their inability to keep pace with the educational development of other countries. Further, this anxiety fed worries that American schools would not, ...