google chrome apps and extensions
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Google Chrome is so much more than a browser. Check out the apps and extensions you can use with your students to streamline your internet and aid struggling learners.TRANSCRIPT
Google Chrome:Apps and Extensions for
Education
ICEChip Mini-Conference March 23, 2013
Win Biernacki [email protected]
@winbiernacki
Why Chrome? All preferences saved & synced
Apps Extensions Bookmarks Design
Each user can manage their own
Omnibar allows URL or search
Extensions
Tool barBookmarks bar
Apps and ExtensionsWeb apps: websites accessible
from your browser. Do not require downloads
Extensions: affects browser globally. An example: ability to perform text to speech functions
Click ‘New Tab’ to view apps
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Chrome Toolbar Manage your bookmarks Open ‘Incognito’ window’ ‘Tools’: manage your extensions Chrome settings
Chrome Web Store Click link at bottom right Search ‘Apps’ or ‘Extensions’
Apps Speech Recognizer: speech to text,
also offline access VoiceNote: speech to text in word proc Magic Scroll: use to read ePub files on
desktop or laptop, no internet needed Remote Desktop App: allows your
computer to be accessed by another with app-generated code from you
Study Stack: generate flashcards or choose from those already created
Apps (cont’d) Blackboard: use your monitor as you
would an actual blackboard Periodic Table of the Elements:
Handy reference guide for students VoiceThread: Recorded cloud
conversations include voice, text and video.
Planetarium: Check out the night sky in any location in the world
Typing Test – Key Hero: online typing tests and skill builder
Extensions Evernote Web Clipper: allows you to
take a screenshot – all or portion - and add it to your Evernote files
Evernote Clearly: removes sidebars and other data from a webpage. Allows you to highlight, add text, print, and add to your Evernote docs
EasyBib: evaluate websites for credibility, add citations to EasyBib acct. To use: type ‘easybib’ then TAB, then search
Select and Speak: Highlight text, click icon and listen
Extensions (cont’d) Announcify: text to speech. Click on
icon, page is read to you. Removes sidebars and enlarges text
Dualless: allows you to split your screen. Students can see two websites at once, or a doc and a website, etc.
Google Dictionary: select text on any webpage, click to get definition.
ImTranslate-Google Translator: select text on page, choose language and receive text and speech translation.
Extensions (cont’d) Awesome Screenshot: screen
capture, annotate, save A Cleaner Internet: Allows your
students to view YouTube videos without all the side content, comments, etc. Not available in Chrome store, do search.
Oweb Voice Input: allows voice input on any web pages with textbox
Bookmarklet Printliminator: works in Chrome, Safari
and Firefox. Select only the elements on the webpage you wish to print.
Today’s Presentation:Google Docs http://bit.ly/YuNtV7
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THANK YOU!