List of (free) chromebook apps for KS3/KS4 (KS5?) Comp Sci classes

[iscott]

Hi,

 

Does anyone have a list of Chromebook (free) apps they have set up for student use on student Chromebooks in schools, specifically for KS3/KS4 (+ KS5?) Comp Sci lessons?

 

Currently I'm in need of a 'text editor' (looking at "Code Pad Text Editor") for students to build web pages using HTML (can't do this in Google Docs). Students need to be able to 'manage files' including creating a folder to store their web site, create sub-folders for images etc and create their HTML files in their 'web page folder', which are then viewed from their browser.

 

Would be really useful to have a comprehensive list of apps to provide to our IT to push out for student use... a localised Python IDE would also be really useful.

 

I know a lot of this could be done 'in the cloud' but looking for a more 'localised' solution (based on current scheme-of-work I'm working from).

 

Any (free) 'file management' app available, for students to 'manage their files' would also be great.

 

Many thanks,

 

Ian.

[dhicks]

Currently I'm in need of a 'text editor' (looking at "Code Pad Text Editor") for students to build web pages using HTML (can't do this in Google Docs). Students need to be able to 'manage files' including creating a folder to store their web site, create sub-folders for images etc and create their HTML files in their 'web page folder', which are then viewed from their browser.

 

Sorry, can't recommend a particular Google Drive compatible text editor, but the "file management" bit should just be Google Drive - that lets users add / move files and folders. You could have a web server sync with user file areas and look for, say, a "www" folder for each user. That web server could be local to your organisation (running on a server in your building, if you want), or you could have something on a small cloud server and put the content behind a Google login gateway of some sort.