Showing posts with label Chrome extensions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chrome extensions. Show all posts

Print Friendly: A Handy Chrome Extension for Teachers

3:49 PM    

November, 2014
Print Friendly is a handy Chrome extension that allows you to print your webpages in a print-friendly format. It also removes all the distractive elements in the page including ads and navigation so the page is optimized for the ultimate reading experience. I have been using this extension on my browser for awhile and I am really content with how it works.



The "edit before printing" is one of the best features I like the most about this extension. Before you print any webpage, you can delete any content you don't want and remove images from it. You can even change the text size and make it smaller or bigger as needs be. Besides printing pages in an optimized format, Print Friendly enables you to generate PDFs for archiving, sharing or saving. PDFs you create embed clickable links and source URL so you can always keep track of your web sources.

Watch the video below to learn more about Print Friendly & PDF





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Powerful Chromebook Apps for Teachers

10:08 PM  ,  

November, 2014
Google's Chromebooks are growing in popularity, especially since teachers and students can use their Google accounts like a single sign-on. Here are some notable Chromebook apps to check out. They all have a website as well, so anyone can use these resources.


123ContactForm
Create quizzes, polls, and forms using this app's visual drag-and-drop editor.
 Work on the same diagrams and mind maps with colleagues in real-time with this app.
 Annotate, record, and track various sentences and passages from multiple websites into one place.
 Record any sound from your laptop's microphone with this very simple app.


Want more? Check out these collections .

Teacher Chrome Extensions 
This is curated by library media specialist Krista Welz.

This one is curated by instructional technology specialist Rafranz Davis.

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3 Good Chrome Extensions to Convert Web Pages to PDFs

9:30 PM    

August 7, 2014
Below are three of my favourite Chrome extensions which you can use to convert web pages to PDF documents. I particularly use these extensions to convert long articles ( for instance articles from Scientific magazine) into PDFs which I would usually download into my computer. In this way I have a PDF format of the article which I can access and read without the need for Internet connection.

1- Save As PDF

This extension lets you easily save web pages to pdf. It uses https://pdfcrowd.com html to pdf online service. The extension works right out of the box using the default settings. If you want to customize the pdf you can sign up for a paid account at Pdfcrowd. The available options include page size, page orientation, margins, password protection, initial view, etc.
2- FromDocToPDF

FromDocToPDF is an extension that allows you to :
  • Quickly convert between many file formats for FREE. 
  • FREE conversions to .DOC, .TIFF, .JPG files and more! 
  •  Easily translate into multiple languages for FREE.
3- Web2PDF

Webto PDF Converter is a good Chrome extension that allows you to easily turn any webpage into a a downloadable PDF document.

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A Must Have Chrome Extension for Teachers

6:08 PM    

August 4, 2014
Extensity is definitely a must have Google Chrome extension for anyone using Chrome browser.As a chrome user, you probably have installed several extensions on your toolbar and chances are some of these extensions are not even used anymore. Having multiple extensions on your toolbar might cause loading issues for your browser and sometimes even result in critical  issues with the security of your computer.

To keep my Chrome working sleekly, I always do a general check up of the extensions I have  been installing. I check for those add-ons that I have no used for sometime and I manually delete them. Now  Extensity does this job for you and pretty accurately. Extensity basically helps you instantly enable or disable extensions on your Chrome. It does three main things:
  • Keep your browser fast - disable extensions that you won't use right away.
  • Keep your toolbar clean
  • Ideal companion for extensions collectors.
Here is how Extensify works:

First  install Extensity from the Chrome app store.


Once installed, Extensity icon will be displayed on your Chrome toolbar. Clicking on it will pull up a list of all the extensions you have installed on your Chrome. To disable any one of these extensions, you simply click on it. Click again to enable it. Yes it is that simple.



Courtesy of Cool Cat Teacher.


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Padlet Mini A New Tool to Easily Bookmark and Share Resources with Students

4:27 PM    

July12, 2014
As a follow-up to "teachers' guide to the use of Padlet in class" in which I featured a variety of tips and ideas on how teachers can create a classroom padlet and how to use it with their students to enhance their learning, today I am sharing with you this excellent Chrome extension called " Padlet Mini".

Padlet Mini is easy and simple to use. Once you install it on your browser you can then easily bookmark websites with one click.  Padlet Mini allows to either add the bookmarked website to an existing Padlet from your account or you can add it to a new padlet that you can create right from the extension as seen below.



If you have already created a Padlet for your class then students can use Padlet Mini in their browsers to instantly add links and resources they find online to the class wall. Just remind them to select the name of the class padlet when they want to add a resource through Padlet Mini.

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A Handy Chrome Search Tip for Teachers

12:35 AM    

July 1 , 2014
Here is a quick and handy search tip I learned today from Ana Hoffman's post on Google Plus. For those of you who are using Chrome browser this nifty tip will allow you to search for content on any website right from Chrome address bar. This means that you do not need to access the website to use its search engine to look for content hosted on it.

Here is an example of how this tip works. Imagine that you want to search for some screen sharing tools on this blog. Instead of going to www.educatorstechnology.com and then use the search engine on the left hand side, you can just type the address of this blog in your Chrome bar and once you see the  suggested URL of the website, press the tab button on your keyboard to activate the search.




The URL of the address bar will then be converted automatically to a search engine saying "search educators technology.com:".



 For this trick to work, you need to make sure that you tap the tab button on your keyboard only when you see the root URL (eg. site.com) on the address bar. Try out it now.

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