Chromebooks are significantly well-liked within the training world, and Google has simply revealed a contemporary initiative which goals to get college students concerned in repairing the laptops over within the US.
The Chromebook Self-Restore Program for faculties encourages easy repairs to be made by college students, and Google offers a bunch of assist by way of organising such an in-school scheme, as Ars Technica (opens in new tab) noticed.
That features guides (opens in new tab) to point out which Chromebooks have generally repaired parts – for instance, the keyboard or show – and directions on the way to safely substitute or restore these components (and likewise what instruments are required).
Acer and Lenovo at the moment have 9 Chromebooks between them with producer restore guides like these, with the concept being to broaden this content material going ahead.
In a PDF (opens in new tab), Google additionally outlines the fundamentals of ‘greatest apply’ for an in-school Chromebook restore service, advising {that a} devoted area ought to be arrange for college kids to work on repairs, together with a entrance desk for patrons to go to with their problematic {hardware}, restore benches, and storage amenities for the assorted required parts and alternative components.
Naturally, college students engaged in restore work should full the required coaching first, and extra data on ‘self-maintainer coaching’ may be obtained from concerned Chromebook makers (specifically Acer and Lenovo).
Evaluation: Pushing ahead with sustainability and IT abilities
This scheme is nice information from a sustainability viewpoint – the extra Chromebooks that may be obtained again into motion, somewhat than thrown out, the higher, in fact – though as you may think, the scope of the restore work is proscribed. College students gained’t be getting soldering irons out or something like that, merely taking issues aside and utilizing a screwdriver.
Nonetheless, that is undeniably useful in creating some helpful and sensible IT abilities, and to raised perceive how laptops tick. As James Vick of Acer (VP, Buyer Service within the US) places it: “On campus restore packages allow college students to assist their very own faculty by conducting secure and speedy repairs of Chromebooks, whereas additionally educating them a invaluable transferable ability that may assist them pursue a profession within the IT discipline.”
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