Category: Google/Chrome

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Get on the Same Page With Google Tone

What if you could get your students on a website at the same time without them having to type in a URL?

Introducing Google Tone!  With Google Tone you simply share a series of beeps with nearby computers, laptops, or mobile devices.  For this feature to work properly all devices must be ready to receive a URL by:

  • having the Google Tone extension installed to their Chrome web browser and turned on,
  • being logged into their Google account; and
  • having audio (speakers and microphones) enabled on each device.

Sure, you could just bookmark your sites after typing in the URL or you could broadcast a series of beeps to your most favorable sites and have everyone on the same site at the same time.  So many avenues and they all take you to the same place.  It just boils down to preference.

Google Tone may not work in loud spaces, over a distance, with a poor Internet connection, or on computers without a microphone or with a microphone incapable of detecting sound broadcasts.

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Insert Learning

Insert Learning is a Chrome extension that lets you turn any webpage into an interactive lesson.  Think about blog sites like Quora, Tween Tribune or Medium where you can take a post and highlight key points, quotes or phrases; or make comments, ask questions, or even start a discussion if you’d like.  Check out my sample below or better yet, go to the demo page and test it out for yourself.  I think you’ll find this tool to be a ‘must have’ with your Chrome web browser.  This extension can be shared and assigned to classes in google classroom.  Amazing find!  Got to have it!Insert Learning

 

 

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Screenshots on a Chromebook

If you are familiar with the Snipping Tool in Windows and move to a Chromebook, then you’ll want to know about these handy dandy keyboard commands.

To take a screenshot of your entire screen –
Press the ‘Ctrl’ and ‘Window Switcher’ keys at the same time.

To take a screenshot of a specific area of your screen –
Press the ‘Shift’, ‘Ctrl’, and ‘Window Switcher’ keys at the same time, then use your mouse to crop the area.  Image capture is saved to your

 

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Chromebooks Are Coming

So what’s a Chromebook and why all the hype?

lenovo-n22-chromebookChromebooks are small light weight laptops that operate through Google Cloud.  The start up time occurs in less than 10 seconds compared to Windows which says, ‘this won’t take long’ and actually takes several minutes.

Apps and extensions can be added from the Google Play Store. There is no local hard drive meaning all data is stored in the cloud and data is never lost.  As long as you have a google account and internet access, you can access your data from any internet accessible device through a web browser. All settings made under your sign-on become your personalized profile.

They are affordable, effective, and durable mobile devices for the one-to-one schools love chromeinitiative in a secure learning environment.

Schools love Chromebooks and Chromebooks love Google for Education!