Chromebooks are popular with students — but Google wants teachers using them, too
by Monica Chin from The Verge - All Posts on (#6A8H5)
Big news for Chromebook users. | Image: Google Google has announced a laundry list of classroom-focused updates to its services, across ChromeOS, Google Classroom, Docs, and more. Many of the tools center around teachers - in particular, using AI to save teachers time.
It's safe to say that Chromebooks are a classroom staple, with many tens of millions currently circulating in schools. But demand in that space has slowed, and the past few years have seen various OEMs release a number of flashy, premium Chromebooks in efforts to target older (and perhaps deeper-pocketed) audiences.
Google itself appears to have its eye on one such demographic: educators. The company has spent the past year speaking to teachers about their computing habits and computing needs. A lot of teachers were...