Comment on Kids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok clout
cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Chromebooks are absolute garbage.
Most computers I have used over the last 15 years will disable USB power if you short out the port (working with electronics you tend to replicate the "sticking scissors into a USB port with some regularity)
Pencil lead I am sure causes other issues though… it gets red hot and melts eventually
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
Is there a better option schools should be buying at a similar price point?
cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I would ask what value chromebooks add to education?
We are not teaching kids to do anything with them other than consume Google and Adobe services.
It’s no better than schools were when I was in school where we used windows and mainly learned to consume Microsoft products.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
I’m not entirely sure, but I found having easy access to a computer helped me with school work. I imagine these level the field a bit since perhaps not all kids have easy access to computers otherwise?
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
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throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
Usually, organizations would want to manage all of then from a single interface and keep the devices locked down. Chromebooks usually won’t allow you to tamper with the OS in any way. (not easily, anyways)
I mean, you can’t have kids playing video games on a school-issued laptop in the back of the classroom, right?
Plus, only a large corporation could even provide the device support like repairs and stuff. Unless small companies can manage to provide support for schools around the country (or even the world, depending on how large they want to expand), for the mean time, its seems like Chromebooks have won. 🤷♂️