Google is celebrating 10 years of Chromebooks this month. This year marks the 10th year of the life of Chromebooks, and what a journey it’s been. Although the Google CR-48 was released before 2011, it wasn’t until 2011 Acer and Samsung shipped the first models. Most people were not sold on the idea of a…
Source: Chrome OS Capture Mode: Say hello to your Chromebook’s new snippet tool I would bet that it won’t be as nice as screencasting tools such as Screencastify or Loom, but I could image several scenarios where it would be really nice to have a screen recorder built in.
Considering how education-focused Chromebooks are, it’s genuinely surprising that it took this long for Google to improve its printing and scanning situation in a real way. No doubt the impending demise of Cloud Print was a deciding factor in finally starting these efforts. As the work is only just beginning though, it’s likely we won’t…
We live in a world where the Chromebook, and Chrome OS, should be thriving. But increasingly, it looks like Google’s cloud-first laptop platform has hit a dead end, and I’m not sure there are many available detours that can get it back on track. Source: Chrome OS has stalled out
Google announced at ISTE 2019 the release of the Chromebook App Hub, a collection of web apps and ideas for teachers and students to use. Although it is called the CHROMEBOOK App Hub, most of the ideas and web apps work on any browser, so feel free to browse even if you are not a…
Thinking of buying a new Chromebook but not sure which one to choose? Use our comprehensive specs comparison table and buying guide to quickly see the differences between each model, and find the best Chromebook for your needs. Source: Chromebook specs & performance comparison chart (2019) When shopping for a Chromebook, it’s sometimes difficult to…
Beautiful Editor is almost Audacity for Chromebooks. Source: Beautiful Audio Editor I hope you like green gradients, because Beautiful Audio Editor is a full feature audio editor that runs in the browser. Students can record directly in to the editor, copy/paste or duplicate audio. Final projects can be exported as mp3 and wav. There is a browser limitation…
Are you a Chromebook user under the age of ten? While you may not be, quite a few students among the almost thirty million students in U.S. schools. Luckily, there are many Chrome add-ons which are age-appropriate for young learners. In this blog entry, we will explore a few common Chromebook apps. Source: Chromebook Apps for Young…
Thanks to the early focus on preventing cyberattacks, Chromebooks are also a hit with the security community. Security experts commonly recommend Chromebooks, whether it’s for the relative who somehow always ends up with spyware toolbars or the researcher heading to a hackers’ meetup. And it’s not about complicated encryption or security tricks — Chromebooks have…
Apple has been making a push for the iPads in the classroom, and their latest salvo is an iPad that works with the Apple Pencil and Logitech Crayon. Unfortunately for Apple, I don’t believe the new iPad and the push for multimedia creation will be enough to sway schools from the lure of Chromebooks. To…