First let me start out this post by saying, this is somewhat of a rant, and somewhat of a timeline that I've been through to find new things, cool things, and in some cases I may have bitten off more than I can chew! I've been blessed to work at schools with plenty of technology, but not all technology is created equal. More recently my challenge is making the Chromebook compatible with all the STEM projects I want to do for my students. Recently we embarked on a Zoo creation project. Students have spent the last few weeks researching zoos, animals, and habitats. My ultimate goal was have students create a habitat using SketchUp and put that 3D habitat into a playground using the software Playing Mondo . It is a bit of an ambitious project, but the student will be able to do so much with the Playing Mondo (PM) software as time goes by that I knew I wanted to try everything I could. Enter the dragon... or Chromebook in my case. First... most programs that