This opens up a whole new world of possibilities with Chromebooks, adding thousands of great apps, features and capabilities.
Here are the resources for Admins to get Android apps enabled for their domain:
- Android Apps and
Chromebooks
- As of right now, these
Chromebooks support Android apps: Asus Chromebook Flip, Acer Chromebook
R11 / C738T / CB5-132T, Google Chromebook Pixel (2015)
- All Chromebooks launching in 2017 and after will support Android apps (very soon)
- Chromebooks listed below will
work with Android apps at a time to be announced in the future*:
- Manage Android Apps on Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7131624
Here are some great suggestions for Android apps (and some web apps):
Android App Suggestions for Chromebooks (all are free)
- MyScript
Calculator: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.visionobjects.calculator&rdid=com.visionobjects.calculator
- Turns
handwritten equations into typed and solves them
- Evernote https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evernote
- take
notes (typed, handwritten, audio)
- checklists
- clip
web pages
- attach
files to notes
- sync
offline
- annotate
images and PDFs
- Google
Keep https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.keep&hl=en
- take
notes
- checklists
- annotate
images
- handwriting
- speech
to text
- ArtCanvas https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.smartcalli&hl=en
- drawing, painting, sketching
- Autodesk Sketchbook https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adsk.sketchbook&hl=en
- draw, paint
- lots of features
- iPad app equivalents on Android:
http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2015/08/some-app-substitutions-for-ipad-apps-to.html
- Android
alternatives/equivalents for iPad apps https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qBmhx4jm4eJ7A8It9gz8PtOm164CO9tlvv46Mhv6uCs/edit#gid=640510231
- GeoGebra
has multiple apps
- Math
Apps https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geogebra&rdid=org.geogebra
- Graphing
Calculator https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geogebra.android
- 3D
Grapher https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geogebra.android.g3d
- CK-12
- Practice
Math and Science https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ck12.app.practice
- Flexbooks https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ck12.reader
(all kinds of subjects and topics)
- Physics
Simulations https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ck12.simulations
- Chrome
Apps for Touchscreen Chromebooks https://goo.gl/3UX0He
- Android
Apps "Education" Category https://play.google.com/store/apps/category/EDUCATION?hl=en
- PhET Simulations (Science, Math and more) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixcustomphet
- Accessibility resources and apps http://goo.gl/LskLPm
- Toontastic 3D https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.toontastic
- Science Journal https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.forscience.whistlepunk&hl=en
- Android for Education Resources http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/android-for-education.html
- Adobe has released a suite of Android apps optimized for Chromebooks. The Adobe Creative Cloud apps, including Photoshop Mix, Lightroom Mobile, Illustrator Draw, Photoshop Sketch, Adobe Comp CC, and Creative Cloud Mobile will be available for free download, expanding creative options for students and the capability of stylus and world-facing camera.
I've been using Android apps on my Acer C738T with my personal account for quite a while now and they work great. Handwriting input, offline sync and much more.
Related:
Webinar on Android Apps on Chromebooks - great resource with some panelists and how-to set this up. (slide deck: https://goo.gl/rl4HkD)
Benefits of Google Apps and Chromebooks for Schools
Android for Education resources
Google for Education Resources
A new generation of Chromebooks, designed for millions of students and educators https://blog.google/topics/education/new-generation-chromebooks-designed-millions-students-and-educators/ (Acer and Asus convertible’s with stylus)
A new generation of Chromebooks, designed to work with millions of apps https://blog.google/products/chromebooks/new-generation-chromebooks-designed-work-millions-apps/ (Samsung Plus and Pro)
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