Krimmel Connection
March 18, 2019
Tech Tips for Your 1:1 Chromebook Classroom
SAMR Challenge
Time-Saving Tips and Tools
Keyboard Shortcuts
Learning a few keyboard shortcuts can save you valuable time! Here are a few of my favorites:
- Ctrl + T = opens a new tab
- Ctrl + Shift + T = reopens the last closed tab
- Ctrl + (any number 1-9) = jumps to that tab in your window.
- Ctrl + F = opens a search to find words on a page
HERE is a complete list of Google Chrome keyboard shortcuts.
Classroom Screen
Classroom Screen is a web-based tool that gives teachers the ability to customize the webpage with their most-needed tools. Quickly get a timer, text area, drawing tool, name picker, work symbols and more. Completely free.
Chrome Bookmarks Bar
Chrome makes it easy to add bookmarks to the bookmarks bar, the bar directly below your search box. The bookmarks bar is a great place for your most frequently used websites and applications. If you do not see your bookmarks bar, you can show it by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + B. Not only can you easily add bookmarks to this bar by clicking and dragging from the icon at the front of the URL, but you can also create folders right there in the bar. To add a folder, right-click on some blank space in your bookmarks bar and select “add folder.” You will then be prompted to name your folder. Tip: Keep it short and sweet!
Real estate in the bookmarks bar is very valuable, and sometimes you may want to edit the default names of your bookmarks to shorten or take it down to just an icon. To edit a bookmark in your bar, right-click on the bookmark and select “edit.” Here you can abbreviate your title, or just delete it if the icon is enough for you to identify your bookmark.
Google Keep
Google Keep uses a virtual sticky note user interface that everyone is familiar with to store any important information. Each virtual sticky note has a variety of options to customize your note. Some awesome and practical features include:
- check boxes
- add pictures
- add recordings
- add drawings
- share notes with collaborators
- color coding
- send your notes to Google Docs and many other apps
- organize your notes by color, category, and tag
- pin most important notes to keep them at the top
Everyone has used a sticky note at one point in their life, so using the app is easy.
Learn to Search Google Drive
My Google Drive is not always the most organized, but that’s okay. I can find ANYTHING using the search inside of Google Drive. Be sure you click on that drop-down arrow in the search box to learn all the advanced searching fields.
Use Chrome Extensions to Manage Your Tabs
I always have a ton of tabs open in Google Chrome. Running too many windows and tabs can slow down your computer. Tab Cloud is a Chrome extension that allows me to quickly close all of my open tabs and save them in a new window. It also gives me an easy way to re-open all the tabs at once, open individually, or even share all the links as a web page or QR code. Perfect for saving a group of links for students! So when I am in a hurry and need to close my computer, I just click on the Tab Cloud extension to save all my tabs.
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