Notre Dame GOOGLE Newsletter
February 2016 - Special Chromebook Edition
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Getting to Know the Chromebook Part 1
A Chromebook is a laptop of a different breed. Instead of Windows or Mac OS, Chromebooks run Google's Chrome OS
Getting to Know the Chromebook Part 2
The design of the Chromebook is little different from traditional notebooks. The first difference that you will notice is the keyboard.
Instead of function keys, you have dedicated keys for managing your Chrome browser.
Chromebooks do not have a caps lock key. Chromebooks come with a Search key instead of caps-lock. The search key opens the Chrome OS apps menu.
Getting to Know the Chromebook Part 3
Once you open a Chromebook, you are quickly able to start utilizing the power of Google.
What is a Google App? What is a Google Extension? What is a Google Add-On?
Google Apps + Extensions + Add-Ons can be found at the Google Chrome web Store - (click on the picture below to go the Chrome store)
Google Apps are a free set of communication and collaboration tools that are both general and content specific. More than 30 million students, educators, and administrators in schools around the world are now using them. Many students will use these tools in college and the workplace – seven out of eight Ivy League universities and five million businesses use Google Apps.
Extensions are mini-programs that modify and enhance the functionality of the Google Chrome browser. They extend Google Chrome’s abilities by adding a button next to the address bar, which applies to the current website being viewed. Add-ons are extra features within Google Drive that enhance its functions.--
Annotate Directly on a PDF (There are lots of options)
Kami is a Google Chrome App that allows you to view, annotate, share and collaborate your files on Chrome.
Kami (formerly Notable PDF) is your cloud-based all-in-one office productivity tool.
Students can annotate online textbooks as well as collaborate with other students
With Kami, you can do more with your files and it is FREE to use.
Watch an excellent video demonstrating how Kami can be used with Google Classroom
Watch another great demonstration using Kami to annotate online textbooks
Socrative
Socrative empowers you to engage and assess your students as learning happens. Through the use of real-time questioning, result aggregation, and visualization, you have instant insight into levels of understanding so you can use class time to better collaborate and grow as a community of learners.
Instant Feedback
Visualize student and whole class understanding in the moment. Student results populate the teacher’s screen as they submit answers to multiple choice, true/false, graded short answer, or open-response questions.
AdBlock
Blocks YouTube, Facebook and ads everywhere else on the web.
The original AdBlock for Chrome works automatically. Choose to continue seeing unobtrusive ads, whitelist your favorite sites, or block all ads by default. Just click "Add to Chrome," then visit your favorite website and see the ads disappear!
Watch a video showing you how to install AdBlock on your Chrome browser