Chrome Extensions

Avra Robinson

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Big Ideas

vs.

Step-by-Step

Procedures

Outside the Box

Kittens in a BOX!

Drop the computer

& slowly back away!

How can I cover them all?

demo each one??

Chrome Extensions within the Framework of Learning

21st Century Skills

Content

Success

& Self-

efficacy

Productivity

organization

Time Mgmt

A good friend/colleague KNOWS me well!

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Avra,

STOP!

We’re confused!

Avra,

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SLOW DOWN!

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Avra,

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GO!

This makes

sense &

is helpful to me!

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How do Google Chrome Extensions play a role in learning?

• Finding & organizing information
• Time management
• Troubleshooting & solving problems

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Self-Efficacy & Success

Extensions are meant to make your life EASIER & more productive...and even fun!

Believe in

Yourself!

You can’t get it wrong because you

never get it done!

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Life, technology, & teaching is always evolving.

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To admit defeat or say you “did it wrong” is past-tense!�That means that you are done & starting over...instead…

just keep GOING, keep LEARNING!

What is an Google Chrome Extension?

• Program that runs inside of Google Chrome to extend its capabilities
• Adds features
• Increase functionality

How do I get extensions?

• Chrome Web Store
• Search and select the extension you want
• Select the blue button

How do I get RID of extensions?

• Extensions can cause problems at times
• Can be easily uninstalled by:
• Going to the Settings Menu & selecting Extensions on the left
• Deselect (uncheck) the box that says “Enabled” OR
• Use the Garbage Can icon to remove from Chrome

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Reading Information:

differentiation--so many ways to read on the web

Searching for Information Made Easier

Working with Images

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Manage tools & resources

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Web Resource Management & Organization

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URL Shortener:

Huge long URL’s shortened can facilitate the use of web tools and resources for all learners!

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Working with Tabs & Windows

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Increased Time Management or Time Saver

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Presentation Tools

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Cloud Storage

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Screen Capture Tool:

Show evidence of learning,

Get help, Give help, Save time!

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Streaming Video Tool:

Focus

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Especially Great for Classroom Procedures

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Save to Google Drive

• Quickly save images to Google Drive
• Right-click on the image
• Select “Save to Google Drive”
• Select “Save Image to Google Drive” or
• Select “Save Link to Google Drive”
• Quickly save screen capture to Google Drive
• Click on the extension icon in the extension bar
• Saves as an image file in your Google Drive

Google Docs Quick Create

• Extension icon is a drop down menu to QUICKLY create any of the Google files
• New Doc
• New Spreadsheet
• New Presentation
• New Form
• New Drawing

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How many tabs do you have open right now?

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1-10: Show with your fingers

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10+ Stand Up

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(No pointing or laughing allowed!)

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One Tab

• Do you have an addiction to open tabs?
• Quickly consolidate all open tabs into a list
• Speeds up computer

TabCloud

• Creates a “cloud” of open tabs
• Allows you to name the cloud
• Quickly & easily saves

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Trash Can

• Restore accidentally closed tabs with one click!
• Great because closed tabs are all listed, so you can choose which one you want...even if it isn’t the most recently closed tab.

Split Screen

• Splits your screen into two windows quickly and easily
• No more creating two windows with the browser open in each of them
• Easily assess student work

Tab Scissors

• Splits browser tabs into 2 different windows
• Tab Glue is the companion to put them all back together

Copy ALL URL’s

• Any open tabs will have their URL’s copied into the clipboard of your computer
• Can be PASTED into an email, text document, etc.

Whitelist for Chrome

• Create a list of websites that are the only ones accessible on a computer
• Great for keeping student focus when necessary

Favicon Changer

• Change the favicon of a website
• (Obviously just for YOUR computer)
• Makes it easy to decipher tabs when you have multiple email accounts open in different tabs or multiple Google Presentations, docs, or sheets open

TechSmith Snagit

• Create Screenshots
• Create Screencasts
• Annotate
• Save to Google Drive

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Awesome Screenshot

• Take a screenshot
• Annotate with arrows, lines, and text

Pop Out for YouTube

• Takes the YouTube video and pops it out into its own window
• Similar to full-screen mode
• No ads!

Turn Off the Lights

• Dims the screen around any video player for better focus

AdBlock for YouTube

• Disable ads from popping up in YouTube Videos
• Icon appears in the omnibox when you are on YouTube
• Click on the icon to disable the extension if you want

I AM Studying

• Set personal message for 'studying mode'
• Answer a question in order to unlock blocking
• Block sites that prevent you from focusing
• Snooze (10 min of fun!)
• Analytics--overview about your browsing

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Time Warp

• Keeps track of how long you’ve spent on websites
• Great for adults setting time limits to stay on track or setting goals
• Great to keep students on track, too!

Time Stats

• Monitors time spent on specific websites
• Great for adults who are trying to stay task-oriented or monitor their work timeframes
• Awesome to see what kids have been doing...and to teach kids to be self-monitors, too!

Strict Workflow

• Timer
• Limits certain websites and doesn’t allow you to go to them until the time is up
• Focuses adults and students on work and allows breaks

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GIF Video Capture

• Create an animated GIF from still images
• Images Loop

Eye Dropper

• Use this extension to grab the color out of any part of a web page.

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Fotor & PicMonkey

• Photo editing programs
• Quickly and easily get an image from a web page into editing program
• Click on extension button and all of the images on the page will be collected & displayed

Google Voice

• Extension lets you search Google without clicking on anything
• Go to Google.com and say, “OK, Google…”

Highlight Keywords for Google

• Similar to the Google Search feature that highlights your key search words
• Continues to highlight those words once you’ve selected your site & are on the webpage
• Great for finding information on a page

Speak It!

• Highlight words on a webpage
• Voice reads it to you
• Great for kids or adults

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Clearly

• Clears the page of all superfluous “stuff”
• Leaves just the text and pertinent images
• Links with Evernote for annotation

Spreed

• Speed Read the Internet!
• Text becomes white on a black background
• Pressing play makes text fly at you
• Helps with focus!

Too Long Didn’t Read

• Takes a long page of text and summarizes it!

Google Calendar Checker

• Check calendar without leaving the webpage you are on!

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Save to Pocket

• Save any web page
• Add tags for information
• Sync across all devices

Diigo Web Collector

• Save any web page
• Annotate with highlights or “stickies”
• Sync across all devices
• Share!

Evernote Web Clipper

• Save from the Web by Clipping
• Clip:
• Article--entire article
• Simplified Article--cleaner view
• Entire page
• Bookmark--main image & brief excerpt
• Selections--text or images from the page
• PDFs
• Gmail: Gmail conversations & attached files
• Screenshots: screenshots & annotations
• Annotate articles
• Share
• Sync across devices�

Extensions Manager

• Quickly and easily enable, disable, uninstall extensions, applications and themes
• Switching the necessary extension on the fly

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Clean Print

• Text on a webpage is cleaned up with one click
• Makes printing physically or to PDF a much CLEANER experience!

Movenote for Gmail

• Movenote is a video program
• So fun & simple to use
• The extension allows you to create a “Movenote” within your Gmail

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Movenote

Allie’s Movenote

Keep Awake

• Chromebook Extension
• Keeps the Chromebook from sleeping, hibernating, or shutting down
• Great for presentations

Presentation Remote for Google Drive

• Change slides of a Google Presentation from around the room using your mobile device

1-Click Timer

• Quick and easy timer that appears with one click!

Black Menu for Google

• The black menu of Google is back with this simple extension!

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Word Count

• Counts selected words on a web page
• Simply select, right click, and choose “count words” in the context menu

Permanent Clipboard

• Similar to canned responses in Gmail
• Allows you to have words, sentences, or paragraphs stored as permanent entries in the clipboard
• Great for giving students feedback on digital work
• Your blog post is written very well. You made your points well, and your grammar and punctuation are perfect!

Shorten Me

• Quickly & easily create a shortened URL or QR Code for a website

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Bitly

• URL shortener
• Can customize URL

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dotEPUB

• Convert any webpage into an EPUB or Kindle e-book.
• Download webpages to any device: e-readers, tablets, smartphones, netbooks, desktop computers…
• Save now and immersively read later (even offline) those long and deep articles you didn't have time to read while browsing.
• Build a personal library of your favorite blog posts, news articles, etc.�

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Google Dictionary

• Double-click any word to view its definition in a small pop-up bubble
• View the complete definition of any word or phrase using the toolbar dictionary
• Store a history of words you've looked up, so you can practice them later

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Google Translate

• Adds a button to browser toolbar
• Click translate icon to translate the page
• Also automatically detects if the language of a page is different from the language of Google Chrome interface
• Banner appears at the top of the page
• Click Translate button in the banner to have all the text on the page appear in the new language

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