middle and high school Social Studies classrooms. Some of them are also appropriate for older elementary students. These tools and sites take advantage of the higher speed and bandwidth of today's Web with full-motion video, 3D animations, and interactivity.
The Web site Figment-founded by Lewis and New Yorker staff writer Dana Goodyear in 2010-gives young writers a forum to freely publish their work. The site now boasts more than 220,000 registered users and has stocked a library of more than 350,000 individual pieces, ranging from reflective poetry to multi-chapter
"Chromebooks are getting more and more popular in education, the workplace and at home. They are very useful and capable, but I still hear "but they are only a web browser" "they can't do much" etc. when in reality, they can do pretty much everything."