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EDUCATION MADE EASY WITH GOOGLE CHROMEBOOKS • Chromebook devices

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BE CHROME-READY OUT OF THE BOX • Google Chromebook Management Console • CDW White Glove Configuration Service

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GET INSIDE THE VAULT •G  oogle Vault

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5 ENHANCE YOUR GOOGLE APPS AND CHROMEBOOK CLASSROOMS •H  apara Teacher Dashboard • Hapara Remote Control

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PROTECT YOUR CHROMEBOOK INVESTMENT • Security Carts • Carrying Cases

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PREPARE AND DEVELOP YOUR STAFF FOR CHROMEBOOKS •P  rofessional Development Services

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BECOME AN EXPERT • eLearning Course • Google Summits

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MANAGE YOUR MOBILE ENVIRONMENT SUCCESSFULLY • CDW Total Mobility Management • Mobile Solutions Offerings

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PASS THE NETWORK TEST • CDW Networking Solutions • Network Optimization Benefits

SHIFTING LEARNING TO THE WEB WHAT’S THE PURPOSE OF THIS GUIDE? At CDW•G, we’re committed to getting you everything you need to make the right purchasing decisions — from technology and solutions to services and support. Google Chromebooks are changing education and we want you to stay ahead of the learning curve by providing you with the latest information on the hottest technology. Our Chromebook Solutions Guide is designed to provide a look into exactly that. We hope you find this guide to be a useful resource.

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EDUCATION MADE EASY.. WITH GOOGLE CHROMEBOOKS.. Chromebooks are designed for students to create and learn in a mobile and interactive environment, with files and settings stored in the cloud so that they can be easily shared and accessed from any device. These fast, affordable and portable Chromebooks give students and teachers access to all the rich educational resources of the web. Plus, with Chromebooks, enjoy the fast boot-up time, built-in virus protection and a battery life that can last the whole school day. Acer C720 Chromebook CDW 3174961

• 11.6" LED-backlit widescreen with webcam • Intel Celeron 2955U Dual-Core processor (1.4GHz) • System memory: 4GB • Flash memory: 16GB SSD • Battery life: up to 8.5 hours • Bluetooth 4.0 • 100GB Google Drive Cloud Storage for two years ®

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HP Chromebook 14 CDW 3197508

• 14" LED-backlit widescreen with TrueVision HD webcam • Intel Celeron 2955U Dual-Core processor (1.4GHz) • System memory: 2GB • Flash memory: 16GB SSD • Battery life: up to 9 hours • Bluetooth 4.0 • 100GB Google Drive Cloud Storage for two years Lenovo ThinkPad® X131e Chromebook CDW 2947389

• 11.6" LED-backlit widescreen with webcam • Intel Celeron CU1007U Dual-Core processor (1.5GHz) • System memory: 4GB • Flash memory: 16GB SSD • Battery life: up to 7.5 hours • Bluetooth 4.0 • 100GB Google Drive Cloud Storage for two years ®

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Samsung® Series 3 Chromebook XE303 CDW 2857041

• 11.6" LED-backlit widescreen with webcam • Samsung Exynos 5 Dual-Core processor (1.7GHz) • System memory: 2GB • Flash memory: 16GB SSD • Battery life: up to 6.5 hours • 100GB Google Drive Cloud Storage for two years ®

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Take learning to the web. To order or view our full line of Google Chromebooks, contact your dedicated CDW•G account manager or visit CDWG.com/k12

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BE CHROME-READY.. OUT OF THE BOX.. Get the most out of your Google Chromebooks. For school or districtwide deployment, CDW•G offers a central web-based Google Chromebook Management Console and White Glove Configuration Service to ensure that your Chromebooks are easy to set up, deploy and manage.

Google Chromebook Management Console CDW 2856676

• C onfigure and manage user access • C ontrol network access • C reate user groups • C ustomize user features • P reinstall and block applications • P rovide layers of security • T rack assets CDW White Glove Service CDW 3254461

• Devices are preconfigured to be up and running out-of-the-box • Get Chrome OS updates • Enroll Chromebooks to your school’s Google Apps domain • Validate device policies (including WiFi networks) fetched to the device • Apply CDW standard asset tag upon request • Receive data capture of serial numbers and CDW standard asset tag numbers to your school's extranet

We’re here for you. To learn more about our services, contact your dedicated CDW•G account manager or visit CDWG.com/k12

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GET INSIDE THE VAULT..

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Add archiving and eDiscovery to Google Apps for Education with access from wherever you are. Google Vault is an add-on that supplements Google Apps with tools for information governance and retention capabilities. And by ordering Vault through CDW•G, you will receive this premium service for a low yearly cost.

Features: Audits Run reports on user activity and actions in the archive. Searches, message views, exports and more are shown.

eDiscovery Be prepared for internal investigations, litigation and compliance audits with powerful search tools that help you find and retrieve relevant email and chat messages.

Email and chat archiving Your email and chat messages are archived and retained according to your policies, preventing inadvertent deletions.

Export Export specific email and chat messages to standard formats for additional processing and review.

Legal Hold Place legal holds on users as needed. Email and chat messages won’t be removed after their retention period expires when they’re placed on hold.

Retention Policies Define retention policies that are automatically applied to your email and chat messages based on rules you choose.

Benefits:

• Archive and manage in place – A single archive for

email and chat messages where your school data is managed in-place. Governance policies are applied directly to the data store, eliminating the need to duplicate data in a separate archive which helps reduce the risks associated with data movement and spoliation.

• Designed for security – Secure and reliable with

features like encrypted connections to Google’s servers, simultaneous replicated storage for your messages, built-in disaster recovery and sharing controls that let your students and educators collaborate securely on matters.

• Find relevant documents – eDiscovery tools allow

authorized users to search through the archive for data that may be relevant to a specific subject matter.

• Information governance – Reduce risk and costs

associated with litigation and compliance audits as well as disciplinary investigations. With our Education-only rates, you can add capabilities that help your school be prepared for these situations.

• Retain school documents – Email and chat retention policies allow schools to define standard retention policies for Gmail and chat messages.

Open the Vault. To order Google Vault or for more information on this service, contact your dedicated CDW•G account manager or visit CDWG.com/k12

ENHANCE YOUR GOOGLE.. APPS AND CHROMEBOOK.. CLASSROOMS.. As an official partner of Hapara, CDW•G now offers the full line of Hapara solutions to enhance your Google Apps for Education and Chromebook experience.

Hapara Teacher Dashboard Organize your Google environment the way teachers do — around classes and students. Hapara Teacher Dashboard easily offers teachers the ability to view student efforts in Google Apps, enabling individual student activity feeds organized by class and shown in dashboards. This results in effortless, formative assessment and increased online student safety.

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• A bility to control student Chrome browsers • C entralized administration that saves teachers from IT management and provided oversight to IT directors • E nhanced and ongoing formative assessment • F ull access to all student work • O versight of student communications • Real-time student activity feeds for each Google App

Hapara Remote Control (add-on to Teacher Dashboard) View and guide student activity in your class with remote, real-time classroom device management for Chromebooks.

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• O pen and close URLs on student devices • S end priority messages to students • V iew student browser tabs and screens

Get the most out of your Google Chromebook experience. To learn more about our services, contact your dedicated CDW•G account manager or visit CDWG.com/k12

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PROTECT YOUR CHROMEBOOK.. INVESTMENT..

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CDW•G provides a wide array of Google Chromebook accessories to help secure and optimize your devices. Spectrum Cloud 32 Chromebook Cart shown

Datamation Systems DS-NSC-30 Chromebook Security Cart

Datamation Systems DS-NSC-32 Chromebook Security Cart

Maximum security cart that accommodates up to 30 Chromebooks

Stores, secures and recharges up to 32 Chromebooks

• Built-in recharging capability with externally mounted illuminated power switch • Innovative and secure integrated threepoint locking system • Module shelves are individually removable • Two UL-listed surge-protected power strips, internally grounded and polarized • Wire management ties provided for each power supply cord

• Drill-resistant, pick proof two-point locking system • Easy-to-move footprint • Innovative design allows teachers and students to access cart from both sides • Lower compartment to store multibay battery charger • Vented retractable security doors

Spectrum Cloud 32 Chromebook Cart Designed specifically to keep your Chromebook investment safe and manageable

• Built-in cable holders • Designed to have a charging plug located above each bay • Easy and safe device transporting • Innovative decks hold AC adapters separately to eliminate excess heat • Shock-absorbing balloon wheels • Specifically sized bay area for Chromebook handling

Chromebook Backpacks, Carrying Cases and Sleeves Equip your school with light and durable cases with high-density foam cushioning to protect your Chromebooks while traveling between classes or in and out of buildings.

• Many case options available • Prevent drop damage • Store devices and accessories

Keep your Google Chromebooks safe. To learn more about available products, contact your dedicated CDW•G account manager or visit CDWG.com/k12

PREPARE AND DEVELOP.. YOUR STAFF FOR.. CHROMEBOOKS.. CDW•G and Educational Collaborators are here to help support the success of your Google Chromebook initiative with professional development services. BENEFITS:

• Build internal capacity for ongoing development • Provide administrators a framework to evaluate ongoing progress with the initiative • Provide IT staff the guidance and experience to support the initiative • Provide teachers training for practical use of the relevant tools We offer a wide range of programs that will help prepare and develop your staff’s professional learning needs. ADMINISTRATORS Communications and Social Media Planning One-to-One Leadership Coaching

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FACULTY AND CURRICULUM INTEGRATORS Chrome Apps Core Google Apps: Creating Collaborative Learning Environments Hapara Teacher Dashboard Implementation Consultation Haiku Faculty Introduction

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I.T. SUPPORT STAFF Chromebook Platform Readiness and Deployment Consultation Help Desk and Workflow Planning Workshop Haiku Learning Optional Management System Integration Hapara Teacher Dashboard Implementation Consultation Site-Level Domain Administration Workshop

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SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY Chromebook One-to-One Creating a Culture of Change Chromebook One-to-One Fit and Feasibility Assessment Chromebook One-to-One Tactical Preparation

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We’re here to support you. To learn more about our professional development services, contact your dedicated CDW•G account manager or visit CDWG.com/k12

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BECOME AN EXPERT..

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eLearning Course Leveraging Rich Kiker, one of the most top-rated Google-certified apps trainers for education, Educational Collaborators will facilitate a 6-week online course and guide participants through various activities and classroom examples using media-rich content, web-based tutorials, and video learning libraries. The asynchronous online course can be taken as a standalone or as a complement to other professional development experiences and is best taken prior to or during the first year of a Chromebook implementation. The course will be hosted on the Educational Collaborators Moodle Course Management System.

Learning activities and outcomes include:

• Autonomy to design relevant materials

• Develop a culminating activity

Module Options and Sample Projects:

• Blogger — Create an informational blog for teachers or a weekly parent update blog • Chrome Web Store — Using Apps and Extensions in education • Google+ — Build a complete Google Plus profile or join and/or create a Google+ Community

• Google Calendar — Build public or private calendars for parents, students and staff • Participation in Google Hangouts • Google Docs and Drive — Consider building online rubrics, a gradebook or • Portfolio of resources to include making a presentation professional development plans • Google Groups — Set up or join a Chromebook group or start a discussion group • Sharing resources using the for students or staff Moodle LMS • Google Maps — Build a historic walking tour • Time to develop up to five • Google Sites — Consider building a classroom website, a student e-portfolio Google projects for immediate for reflection and summation

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template or a homework center

• Audience: All K-20 educators, novice to advanced,

• Individual participant requirements:

• Cost: Check with your account manager.

• Schedule: 6-week, asynchronous,

will receive a differentiated experience on how to use these tools in an educational context. School volume discounts are available for 20 participants or more.

Chromebook or notebook with the Chrome browser and Internet access. facilitator-led course online.

Google Summits Held at various locations throughout the country each year, a Google Summit is an open 1-2 day event primarily focused on Google Apps for Education, Chromebooks, Google Earth, YouTube and many other educational solutions in the Google suite of tools. These events are organized by Educational Collaborators and most sessions are led by Google Certified Teachers and Trainers providing a rich learning and networking opportunity. Through its ongoing support of these events, CDW•G customers receive participation rates and preferred opportunities to host.

Become more knowledgeable and teach others. Contact your dedicated CDW•G account manager for dates and registration.

MANAGE YOUR MOBILE.. ENVIRONMENT SUCCESSFULLY.. CDW•G can help ensure Google Chromebooks deployed throughout your school run seamlessly and securely. CDW TOTAL MOBILITY MANAGEMENT Our Total Mobility Management is a comprehensive end-to-end solution that integrates, controls and simplifies all aspects of mobility management. CDW•G has extensive experience in network planning and optimization. We can evaluate the impact mobile devices will have on your wireless and wired networks, and help you develop a network plan to ensure users have persistent, reliable and secure network access.

OUR UNIQUE OFFERING INCLUDES: PLAN

We can help you develop a plan — from policies and integrated security to application and network strategy.

ENABLE

We offer a wide range of devices, and can help you easily procure and provision devices through our Mobility Management Portal.

PROTECT

We offer security and software solutions, such as MDM and MAM, to protect and manage student-owned or school-provided mobile devices. Make expense management easy, across multiple carriers and all your users.

SUPPORT

We offer the type of support that is expected by end users such as BYOD Help Desk and enhanced warranty services.

EMPOWER

We can help take productivity to the next level with custom app development, a branded app store and app virtualization strategies.

Discover the mobility solution that’s right for you. To learn more about Total Mobility Management, contact your dedicated CDW•G account manager or visit CDWG.com/mobility

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PASS THE NETWORK TEST..

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Your wireless network is the heart of your school, pumping vital data between educators, students, classrooms and devices. But new technologies are beginning to take their toll. We have the people, the partners and the plan to help your network MAKE THE GRADE.

CDW•G OFFERS A COMPLETE SOLUTION

ASSESSMENT/PLANNING/DESIGN

Led by your dedicated CDW•G account manager, your account team works closely with you to meet all your wireless networking needs and add value to your technology investment.

We offer comprehensive network infrastructure audits and security assessments to evaluate your current environment and provide the foundation for upgrading your wireless network; we can then recommend the right technology components to meet your expanding mobility requirements.

We can help you design and install a wireless network upgrade that securely integrates mobility into every aspect of your lesson plan and keeps your school steps ahead of fast-expanding mobile demand. Our knowledgeable experts bring in-depth understanding of the latest advances in WLANs and can leverage our strategic technology partnerships to deliver the broadest choice of solutions. You can count on our objective guidance, responsive support and comprehensive services to optimize your technology investment so you can meet your IT goals and boost learning outcomes.

CONFIGURATION We can preconfigure your new technology components to your specific IT requirements and ensure they arrive ready to deploy.

INSTALLATION We work with our partners to ensure your components are rolled out as efficiently as possible and seamlessly integrated into your environment.

PRODUCT LIFECYCLE SUPPORT We provide extended upgrades, warranties and comprehensive service offerings to support your wireless network investment over the long term.

OPTIMIZING TODAY WILL KEEP INEFFICIENCIES AWAY. INCREASED PERFORMANCE

TOUGHER SECURITY

Your data will be moving at the speed you need.

Easily monitor traffic and detect threats before there’s a problem.

STRONGER RESILIENCY

MORE EFFICIENT WORKERS

Through redundancy and flexibility, no single issue will bring down the network.

When your network’s working and your applications are responsive, so is everyone else.

Optimize and secure your network to changing demands. To get started, contact your dedicated CDW•G account manager or visit CDWG.com/wirelessnetwork

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