Last month I shared directions for
privately sharing videos through Google Drive. This morning through
The Next Web I learned that Chromebook users who also have a Chromecast device can project their videos from Google Drive. To do this you will have to use the
development version of Chrome OS and have the
Google Cast extension installed. With those two items in place you will be able to project the videos stored in your Google Drive account.
Applications for Education
Using Google Drive to share videos is a great option when you or your students have videos that you want to share, but don't want to make public for the whole world to see on YouTube. Chromebook using teachers users who want to share and project videos without using YouTube should investigate this new option to project videos stored in their Google Drive accounts.
