Scanning documents with your Android phone and Google Drive #YouTube
Watch how to scan documents with the Google Drive app on your Android phone. Check out my other video if you want to scan documents with your iPhone.
Scanning documents with the Android Google Drive app
The Android Google Drive app has a very cool feature, the ability to scan documents directly to Google Drive. Now, you may be asking, can’t I just upload a picture of a document to Google Drive? Yes you can, but if you use the scanning feature, it will crop the document and de-skew it so…
Use any phone as a document camera #YouTube
We’re going to use http://obs.ninja to share our mobile device camera. The video will appear in a browser tab, making it easy to share with any video conferencing software. Windows, Mac, Linux, Chromebooks, Android phones, iPhones, tablets… They all work! The advantages of using https://obs.ninja : * Works with any device * Wireless * You…
Minecraft is coming to Chromebooks
Microsoft announced the Minecraft: Education Edition Chromebook Beta is now open for people to try! There are a few caveats with the beta: Minecraft is the Android version, so your Chromebook must support the Google Play store. You can’t use a managed account (I would assume this means a managed Chromebook too). You’ll need a…
Create an Excel spreadsheet from a picture with your smartphone
This looks really cool, I’m hoping that Google adds something like this to Google Sheets!
Students can use knudge.me to improve English skills
Knudge.me is an Android and iOS app to be used to improve English skills through mini lessons and games. As Android apps come to Chromebooks, apps like Knudge.me can be used in the classroom. Once launched, the Knudge.me app will ask the student to sign up or log in. They can use a Google login, which makes the app really easy…
How will 2-in-1 Chromebooks affect iPad adoption in schools?
Asus released the Chromebook Flip C100 mid 2015, a 2-in-1 Chromebook. At the time I couldn’t see the use of a Chromebook in tablet form. But, in 2016, Google announced Android apps were coming to Chromebooks, and the 2-in-1 Chromebook model became a lot more interesting. So much so that I bought a Flip….
Families can now create Google accounts for children under the age of 13.
Google is making a play to capture the family market. Today it announced its new Family Link app, which lets parents create a Google account for their kids. This account is completely controlled by parents, so that means they can manage the apps their kids use, monitor how long they’re staring at their device, and…
Android Apps for Teachers and Students
We have been receiving several requests from some of our readers asking for educational apps to use on Android devices. The chart below is a good place to start with. This is a work we have published in the past and features a number of curated educational Android apps to use in your instruction. The…
From now on, all new Chromebooks released will run Android apps
Less than a year ago, Google announced that the Play Store and Android apps would be supported on Chromebooks. Now the company has made this feature a guarantee on all new devices. According to the list of Android-compatible Chromebooks, all new Chromebooks that come out in 2017 and later will support Android apps. Source: All Chromebooks debuting in…