Tools and new Chromebooks to make learning and teaching even better

The physical and digital environments in which students learn must adapt to the ever-changing nature of education in order to prepare them for a changing world. We envision the classroom of the future as one in which students actively participate, collaborate, and create, with a shift away from teacher-led instruction and toward an environment that encourages student-centered exploration and critical thinking. ChromeOS was developed with this shift in hardware and software in mind. Find out what’s new and coming to classrooms worldwide this year by reading on. a brand-new collection of ChromeOS tools for students and teachers alike Make the most of class time with Class tools: Today, we’re launching Class tools, a new teaching mode for managed Chromebooks that lets educators share content to and from students’ screens. Teachers can use Class tools to share a workbook of resources like videos, articles, slides, and quizzes with students directly through Google Classroom or a code.

Using Class Tools, teachers can also change the language of the broadcast and broadcast instructions with captions to students’ screens so they can read along at their own pace. Students who are deaf or hard of hearing, students who are learning a second language, and executive function skills can all benefit from this. With a live video feed of the student’s screen, teachers can also show the class their work or check on a student’s progress. We have been testing Class tools with schools to get early feedback that will help us make the product better. “Setting student devices to focus, which allows teachers to restrict browsing to specific tabs, is very valuable for keeping students on task.” said Michael Steinberg, Assistant Director for Technology at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake. Here, you can learn more about the Class tools pilot. Class tools is available now for teachers assigned a Google Workspace for Education Plus license whose entire classrooms are on Chromebooks, including educators.

New options for apps, including a universal document camera app: If you use a document camera to project worksheets onto paper and handwrite math problems in front of the entire class, you probably know that most document cameras come with companion apps. However, many of these apps were previously unusable on Chromebooks. Camera Studio is a ChromeOS-optimized universal document camera app that will soon be available and compatible with all common document cameras. On your Interactive Flat Panel Displays in the front of the classroom, you can use this app to present, store and share, annotate, freeze, zoom, and mirror. Camera Studio will be available in the Google for Education App Hub in the coming months as well as in Admin console where admins can force install the app to teacher Chromebooks, and you can find document cameras in the Works with Chromebook program. Some even go beyond documents and can record people and objects (like science experiments).

12+ new Chromebooks, Chromebook Plus and Chromebox OPS

Chromebook Plus lets you teach from anywhere in the classroom. It is available as touchscreens with a stylus, detachables, and modern, sleek convertibles with long battery life. Additionally, it offers teachers and staff up to a twofold increase in memory and performance. Hear it firsthand from the teachers at Hillsborough Township Public Schools, who switched to Chromebooks Plus for deeper learning and instruction. Advanced AI-powered features like Quick Insert with Image Generation, which enables you to automatically generate high-quality AI images to add to emails and lesson plans, and Text capture, which enables you to quickly extract information from anything on your screen and receive contextual recommendations on the next steps, can boost teaching and productivity regardless of which Chromebook Plus you select. For one option, check out the brand new Lenovo Chromebook Plus (14”, 10). The world’s first Chromebook with an integrated neural processing unit (NPU) designed specifically for AI workflows and NPU-enabled features is the MediaTek Kompanio Ultra. In order to process AI features more rapidly and effectively, it provides 50 TOPS, or trillions of operations per second.

This device also has the longest battery life of any Chromebook and comes with Google AI including exclusive features like Smart grouping to improve daily organization across your open windows, tabs and apps, and On device image generation to effortlessly edit images and place them into emails, slides and more. On our updated device discovery page, you can also look at the new ASUS Chromebook Plus options we have available to you. Teach with front of classroom displays with Chromebox OPS: Chromebox OPS is a plug-in device that maximizes existing teaching technology, like by upgrading Interactive Flat Panel Displays to run on ChromeOS for better integration with Chromebooks and other devices. This allows educators to use their large classroom displays as giant ChromeOS touchscreen computers with the same OS and apps as students. And by using Chromebox OPS with Class tools, teachers can easily showcase student work in the front of the classroom for peer feedback or to highlight exemplary work. With new Chromebox OPS devices from LG, AOpen, CTL and Newline, you can get your preferred hardware from a reseller today.

We are sharing a lot of updated resources, such as webpages for Chromebooks and device discovery (with a selector experience coming later this year), an updated training course for educators on Chromebooks, and professional development sessions for Class Tools that districts can access with one of our professional development partners. This school year, we can’t wait to see how educators and schools all over the world will make learning and teaching with ChromeOS easier than ever. Our launch guide contains additional information regarding our launches.