Chrome Extensions for Teachers & Students

January 22, 2017

https://www.bitmoji.com/

Bitmoji

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Get from Web Store & create account at https://www.bitmoji.com/

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iOS & Android apps also available

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(Not recommended for students)

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Customizable avatar - can insert into Google Docs, Slides, email, some webpages

Update: you can no longer sign up with an email address, only a Snapchat account; or download the app to your smartphone

CT Public Act 189: An Act Concerning Student Data Privacy

Requires BOEs to enter into written contracts with entities with which they share student data.

Deadline has been extended to July 1, 2018

Simple Audio Recorder� (requires mic)

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Get from Chrome Web Store

The extension records your voice and saves the recordings as an audio file ( .wav):

Install the extension and allow access to mic and then click the "Turn on" button on the Welcome page

Click on the mic icon to the right of address bar, click it again: recording will stop and there will be a prompt to save your recording as an audio file

Don’t Forget to Click “Turn On!”

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Uses for Simple Audio Recorder

• ELA speaking & Listening
• Book Review
• Poem
• Summarize today’s learning
• Reflections on marking period
• Practice Oral Fluency
• Record a musical performance

PLEASE NOTE:�No editing in Simple Audio Recorder - students should practice ahead of time if making a recording for a summative performance

Word Cloud Generator Add-On for G Docs

Get from Add-ons Pull-Down Menu

“Use this add-on to quickly assess what your emerging theme is, how to best categorize your document, or if it is someone's else's document - find out the theme of the document without reading it.”

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Word Cloud Generator Add-On for G Docs

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Can download or “append” to the G Doc

Other Uses for Word Cloud:

• Generate a vocabulary list for research / classwork:
• Copy & Paste an article into a G Doc & Generate a cloud - the bigger a word is, the more important it is to know
• Generate a word cloud for an essay - can help illustrate if student uses the same word too often
• Can also see chart of word frequency

Read & Write for Google Chrome

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Get from Chrome Web Store

Can read web pages or Google Document aloud to student (there are also premium tools we do not have access to)

Click the Puzzle Piece icon in browser to toggle on/off, use play/pause icons

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Uses:

• Have students listen to their essays
• Read web pages aloud
• ELL
• Struggling readers

CheckMark

-a Comments “shortcut” for teachers with generic comments to insert

• Cannot customize - yet (you can still use G Docs Comments as well)
• “Simply highlight text and the CheckMark popup shows up right above your cursor. Select any one of the convenient abbreviations and a comment is inserted automatically.”
• You may have to wait a few minutes for CheckMark to load after installing

Get from:

�http://www.checkmarkclass.com/