Google Chrome Extensions
Benton Technology Tips for Teachers Vol. 2
Awesome Screenshot
Awesome Screenshot is one of my favorite Google Chrome extensions and Apps. It allows you to take snapshots of your internet browser and annotate straight on it. It is also an easy way to blur out sensitive information on websites. Once you are finished, you can save it to Google Drive or to your local computer. Awesome Screenshot is located in the Google Chrome Web Store. Go to Apps in your browser and click on the Web Store. Search for Awesome Screenshot. Make sure to get both the extension and the App. The extension does some minor annotating , by opening your screenshot in the App you can go much further with it. Try it today! You are sure to love it! Go to http://awesomescreenshot.com/ to find out more.
The Chrome Web Store
Chrome has an extensive array of different Apps and extension that work great in the classroom. You can locate the Web App store under the Apps icon in the upper left hand corner of your Google Chrome browser. If you are on a Chromebook, you will find the Web App store in the Apps icon located in the lower left hand corner of your Chromebook. Search through the Webstore today to find great Apps for your classroom. Once you are connected to an App, you will find it under your Apps icon. Your extensions will show up on your Chrome browser. It's that simple.
Great Extensions for the Classroom
Save to Google Drive
Save to Google Drive allows teachers and students to save web content directly to their Google Drive account. It allows you to right click on any web page or picture and save it straight to your Google Drive. Follow this link to get started. Save to Google Drive.
Noteable PDF
Ever wanted to annotate a PDF and save it, now you can with Noteable. You can get a free basic account which allows you access to a PDF viewer, collaboration, printing, and exporting to your local computer. The basic annotation tools that are included are annotation, underlining, highlighting, adding text, and strikethrough. Follow this link to get started. Noteable PDF
Read & Write
This is a great extension for Google Chrome. It gives our students with learning disabilities, the option to have the text read out loud and see picture and text dictionaries. It gives our ESL students the option to have the text translated to another language. Read&Write also turns speech to text, highlight and collect text, and much more. Google offers a 30-day free trial. After the free trial is up, your students still have access to text-to-speech, and translator on the web and in Google Docs. Teachers there is good news for you. After your trial is up, you can sign up to get a Free premium teacher account. Follow this link to get started. Read&Write.
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