Intel releases App to easily transfer contacts, photos and files to Chromebooks

Chromebooks are extremely popular devices, especially in education. Many use ARM processors but more and more are using Intel processors, increasing their computing power (Acer's C720 was the first Intel powered Chromebook).

Intel's new "Easy Migration" app lets users easily transfer files from their Android, iOS, and Windows machines over to an Intel-powered Chromebook. This information goes to your Google Drive account associated with the account you are logged into the Chromebook on. Photos go to Google+ Photos, contacts go to Google Contacts and the rest of the data goes to Google Drive.

This is a nice tool for users to migrate their data to their Google account, and therefore Chromebook. Especially useful for schools going from one system to Chromebooks.

It is a one time sync and does not modify anything on your phone or PC.

You can read more at the source link below.

Source: Intel

K12 Blueprint - great resource for technology in education

K12Blueprint is a great resource for technology in education. There are toolkits with information and resources for developing and deploying technology initiatives, information on choosing the right device for your schools, software and apps, curriculum, news, research, and blogs from educators and edtech leaders. The information and resources are timely, relevant and easy to use.

Here are the list of toolkits:

There are a ton of resources and information on this site - take a look around and see what it has to offer.

It is sponsored by Intel Education, Tech&Learning, and Clarity Innovations.



Disclosure: I am a Tech&Learning TL Advisor and blog for them, write articles for them, and  present at TechForum events. 

Win some new tech gear for the new year from Tech&Learning

Tech&Learning (a great edtech resource) is having a contest - easy to enter and you could win some new tech for yourself.

Want some new gear for the new year? Enter Tech&Learning’s Live @BETTcontest What’s in your Toolbox? 

Participating is easy: 

1) Go onto Twitter and follow IntelEDU (contest is sponsored by Intel)

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3) Check back here to see both finalist and winners! 

Post a Youtube video, Instagram, or Vine. Write up a Tumblr or just link to your classroom homepage. Finalists and winner will be selected on ingenuity and creativity.

Intel AppUp - app store for your computer

Intel AppUp is an online app store for your computer. There are paid and free apps, searchable by topic, available for Windows XP and Windows 7 as well as Moblin.

Intel markets it as an app store for your netbook, but I've found some cool free apps on it, including some for education. I was also happy to see that Angry Birds is now available for Windows. How will I ever get any work done?

There are apps for education, games, reference, sports, books, utilities, and much more. You can also search by paid or free.

This is a good resource for teachers and students looking for free apps for their Windows computers (desktop or notebook.).

Copyright for Educators

Free technology for Teachers has a great post on Copyright for Educators with a video that explains it really well.

This is something all teachers should watch and then share some of it with their students. Too many students, and teachers, don't understand copyright issues and are violating copyright laws.

Intel also has a great resource. You can find a copy of the presentation here on my site.