Doris, Following up Dan's note, here is a link I found with detailed instructions how to install OpenOffice on a Chromebook. The article is dated July this year so it is as current as possible.
http://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2020/07/how-to-install-openoffice-on-chromebook.html I saw that Google Docs includes an app called "Forms". It may or may not enable teaching the database concepts in your lesson. From the looking I did, there didn't seem to be a way to review the underlying structure. I also found that Google has a product called "Google Cloud Databases". These included traditional SQL, e.g. MS SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and others, as well as noSQL databases. There is a free option with this product. You would have to check with Google to ask if there is an educational option. These two options are mentioned because Chromebooks are designed for connected use and it generally requires some extra work, per the instructions in the link, to install local programs on them as is done with a traditional Windows pc/laptop. On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 2:08 PM Doris Gardner <gardner...@augusta.k12.va.us> wrote: > Does Open Office offer a solution for users on ChromeBooks? > > Our county schools will have 'blended learning' where students have > face-to-face instruction two days a week and work at home online three days > a week. Our county is have 1-to-1 digital initiative where all students > grades 4-12 will receive a Chromebook to use for at-home distance learning. > > We have traditionally used Microsoft Office Access to teach units on > database concepts. We are looking for options that will enable us to teach > that unit using other platforms on Chromebooks. > > Thank you for any insight you can provide > -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011
