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Learning, teaching and creating digitally made easy with Wacom and ChromebookTOKYO and PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Wacom continues to expand its efforts to support the education sector with the necessary solutions and services to create teacher and student-friendly technology for the digital classroom. As a next important step, Wacom announced today that its One by Wacom pen tablet is the first Wacom device to be fully compatible with Chromebooks and holds the Works With Chromebook certification. To help teachers and students to get the most from using a Wacom pen in education, Wacom is building a library of content consolidating all information on Wacom for Education with Chromebook and launched a Teachers for Teachers support network. And to meet the wide-ranging requirements of the education sector, school administrators and institutional buyers now have access to all Wacom products through one point of contact – from stand-alone tools for teachers and students to integrated solutions for schools and institutions. "Digitalization has great benefits for the education sector. But it has proven to be challenging," says Faik Karaoglu, Executive Vice President of Wacom's Branded Business. "As a pioneer of digital pen technology, Wacom is committed to provide teachers, students and administrators with reliable, sustainable and easy to use solutions. The new compatibility with Wacom pen tablets and displays will make creating, working and teaching digitally as natural and intuitive as possible and offer users more possibilities to work with their Chromebook." Wacom and Chromebook take digital learning to the next level Combining a One by Wacom pen tablet with the advantages of Chromebook offers students and teachers a valuable upgrade to their existing set up and provides schools with a worry-free solution – be it on premise, in hybrid scenarios or for teaching and learning from home. Together they work with a wealth of online educational tools, so that teachers and students can easily connect, interact and collaborate from different locations and across multiple devices in real time. Chromebooks give students, teachers and administrators a simple yet powerful solution for fast, intuitive, and easy-to-manage computing at a low total cost of ownership. And even though recent Chromebooks are often enabled with pens that work o their build-in screen, users now have an option to attach a simple accessory in case they want to upgrade or complement their Chromebooks with dedicated pen input on a separate surface other than the main screen. Wacom is therefore working with Google to expand compatibility to include additional Wacom devices and bring more pen tablets and displays to a growing group of Chromebook users. One for easy beginnings One by Wacom and Chromebook also offers a great start to explore digital creativity with a growing number of drawing, painting and photo editing applications created especially for Chrome OS. One by Wacom is fully supported by Celsys' recently launched CLIP STUDIO PAINT drawing software for Chrome OS. "Clip Studio Paint for Chromebook includes all features and offers the same capabilities as the Android, Galaxy, Windows, macOS, iPad and iPhone versions" says Celsys President Kei Narushima. "While our long-time collaborator Wacom joins the Works With Chromebook certification program, Celsys is working towards Chromebook support for Wacom devices to provide a smooth creative experience for all digital creators. With the foray into the Chromebook space, the alliance between Clip Studio Paint and Wacom is further enhanced." One by Wacom is now compatible with Chromebook, Windows and Mac OS devices. It uses a proprietary Wacom technology exclusively for the dedicated tablet surface and works independently from, and will not interfere with, on-screen pens based on the Universal Stylus Initiative (USI)* pen standard that either comes with the Chromebooks or can be purchased as accessories. One by Wacom is available at the Wacom eStore and select resellers with a recommended retail price of $59.95 (USD). Support and solutions from teachers for teachers *Wacom has been a USI member from the beginning and supports its direction. About Wacom For further information and review units please contact: Douglas Little The digital press kit with images and logos can be downloaded here: View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/learning-teaching-and-creating-digitally-made-easy-with-wacom-and-chromebook-301214927.html SOURCE Wacom |