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Personalize Google Chrome with Extensions

What:

Chrome extensions are excellent tools that personalize your browser assisting you in being the most productive professional possible. Chrome extensions are available in numerous categories including productivity, accessibility, social and communication, and more. Chrome extensions are easy to install and offer excellent shortcuts for everyday tasks. 

Favorites:

Some of my favorite chrome extensions are listed below.

Eye dropper is an extension that allows you to choose any color from anywhere on the web to learn the RGB code for that particular color. You can then copy the code and paste it into any custom color tool. I do this in Google Slides all the time so that I have the perfect color that matches my school color, or the Google colors, or a color palette online. 

Save to Drive allows you to save web content and screenshots directly to your Google Drive. 

OneTab allows you to collapse numerous tabs into one tab. This function saves bandwidth use on your computer but you can also create a shareable link to those tabs to share with students. 

Grammarly is an advanced grammar tool that will allow you to be mistake-free anywhere online, including email and social media. 

AdBlock Plus is one of the most popular ad-blocking extensions that will do just what it says – block ads on webpages.

Ultidash is a productivity extension that is utilized when you open a new tab. The new tab includes a unique picture each day along with a to-do list, a tracker for sites visited, and more. The goal for ultidash is to eliminate distraction on the web. 

Bitmoji is a great extension that allows you to create an avatar of yourself. Once the avatar is created Bitmoji creates numerous memes, saying, and images using your Bitmoji that you can send to friends. Bitmoji comes as an app, extension, and addition to your keyboard on iOS. 

How to:

You can install extensions by navigating to the Chrome Webstore and selecting extensions. You can search for a specific extension or browse the extensions available. You can also filter the results by choosing a specific category. Select the desired extension and click the blue ‘add to chrome’ button and choose “add extension” when prompted. Some extensions may have additional prompts for you to accept their terms and conditions. Please read through the terms before accepting. Once the extension is installed its small icon will appear to the right of your omnibox (the search bar). You can enable each extension when you desire to use it or some extensions function solely in the background. 

Next Steps:

Interested in learning more? Check out the websites below for great information. 

References:

All sourced information is hyperlinked as applicable above. 

TLDR (too long didn’t read):

Chrome extensions are excellent tools that personalize your browser assisting you in being the most productive professional possible. Chrome extensions are available in numerous categories including productivity, accessibility, social and communication, and more. Chrome extensions are easy to install and offer excellent shortcuts for everyday tasks. 

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12 of Google Photos’ Most Amazing Features


“Google Photos has grown into an awesome service. From automatically backing up your phone’s pictures to letting you easily share your photos, there’s a lot to love for anyone who works with photos. Whether you want to make a mini stop-motion animation or just make a slideshow of related pictures, Photos can help. Select the Animation button under the Assistant tab, and you can choose from 2–50 photos to add. Once you’re satisfied, click Create and you’ll have a neat little GIF ready to share.” — Ben Stegner

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Apple vs. Google: A Rural School District’s Perspective

Chrome AppleI enjoyed listening to the following interview from Robert Scoble. On his Facebook wall Robert states that he learned “from an Indiana school superintendent, all about how Google Chromebooks are really changing what he can do and why Android tablets are coming on strong against the iPad” (Source).

What are your thoughts and experiences related to these platforms and tools?

School-Wide Implementation of Evernote

Evernote makes it easy to remember things big and small from your everyday life using your computer, phone, tablet and the web. Evernote is a great tool for teachers and students to capture notes, save research, collaborate on projects, snap photos of whiteboards, record audio and more. Everything you add to your account is automatically synced and made available on all the computers, phones and tablets you use.

The Montclair Kimberly Academy, a K-12 school in Montclair NJ, has deployed Evernote to all student laptops. Here’s their story.

Learn more in this interview as Bill Stites, Director of Technology at the Montclair Kimberley Academy, describes the school’s Evernote deployment.

Evernote Premium For Schools offers all the features, services and benefits, bundled together for your school at a discounted rate. Perfect for groups of teachers, classrooms, whole schools or entire districts. Evernote Premium For Schools is available at a 50% discount off of individually purchased premium accounts.

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