Editor’s note: At this year’s British Educational Training and Technology (BETT) conference, we announced new AI solutions designed to help every learner and educator. Here’s a closer look at what’s new.
ChromeOS provides hardware and software tailored for every teacher and student. As the education world evolves, the spaces where students learn must also adapt. Here’s what we’re working on, and what’s coming to classrooms everywhere this year.
Updates to Class tools for better classroom engagement
Last year, we launched Class tools, a set of real-time control and student engagement features for managed Chromebooks, available with Google Workspace for Education Plus. With Class tools, teachers can share content, see live feeds of students’ screens, and even lock screens so students can’t do anything other than assigned lessons. Now, we’re announcing a new class tools display app, teacher-led screen sharing and screen annotations.
The Class tools display app expands functionality to a new set of devices in the classroom, enabling seamless learning experiences across student Chromebooks, teacher Chromebook Plus devices and classroom displays. With just a few clicks, teachers can now mirror their own or a student’s screen to the classroom display. Have a problem that requires more discussion, extraordinary student work that’s worth highlighting, or need to present lessons to the class? With screen share, any student or teacher device can be mirrored to help foster collaboration across the classroom.
We’re also giving teachers the ability to annotate anywhere on their screen when using Class tools. That means teachers can easily highlight key information in lessons or specify instructions for students, helping the class focus on what’s most important.
