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Here's a video clip about the advantages of Chrome books for education. I use laptops a lot in the classroom and waste a lot of time while they boot up or run out of battery power. Chrome Books with almost instant on and eight hours of battery life seem like an awesome invention! Now if we can just get administrators to put them in our classrooms.
- Google Chrome Split Screen Extension
I am slowly gearing up for having Chromebooks in my classroom this fall and will also be testing (since I haven't felt it was good enough until now) Google Classroom. In that endeavor I found Alice Keeler's Chrome extension (her blog...
- Snag-it For Chrome & Google Drive
This is pretty cool. I have used Snag-it at school for years, but it is almost a pain as I have to go find it most of the time on my tools and I much prefer to have apps added to Chrome. Well now I am all set as Snag-it has a Chrome add on...
- Screencasts For Chrome/chromebooks
I am sitting here enjoying the Olympics (long track is my favorite) and figuring out new things for the classroom/grading student assignments. One thing that has been missing from Chromebooks has been a way to make screencasts. Enter Screencastify!...
- An Rss Feed Reader For Google Chrome
In his technology blog, Digital Inspiration, Amit Agarwal, describes a great Chrome add-on called "Feeder". It is, as Agarwal explains, " like a mini Google Reader embedded in Chrome ? it tracks RSS Feeds and offers instant notifications whenever new...
- Google Chrome On Your Phone
Today when I went to a very HOT swim meet to watch my son swim in a few races. To get there I used the Chrome to Phone app on Google Chrome. Well now that Google Chrome as a phone app I don't even need that as I can just turn on my phone...
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More on Chromebooks
Here's a video clip about the advantages of Chrome books for education. I use laptops a lot in the classroom and waste a lot of time while they boot up or run out of battery power. Chrome Books with almost instant on and eight hours of battery life seem like an awesome invention! Now if we can just get administrators to put them in our classrooms.
- Google Chrome Split Screen Extension
I am slowly gearing up for having Chromebooks in my classroom this fall and will also be testing (since I haven't felt it was good enough until now) Google Classroom. In that endeavor I found Alice Keeler's Chrome extension (her blog...
- Snag-it For Chrome & Google Drive
This is pretty cool. I have used Snag-it at school for years, but it is almost a pain as I have to go find it most of the time on my tools and I much prefer to have apps added to Chrome. Well now I am all set as Snag-it has a Chrome add on...
- Screencasts For Chrome/chromebooks
I am sitting here enjoying the Olympics (long track is my favorite) and figuring out new things for the classroom/grading student assignments. One thing that has been missing from Chromebooks has been a way to make screencasts. Enter Screencastify!...
- An Rss Feed Reader For Google Chrome
In his technology blog, Digital Inspiration, Amit Agarwal, describes a great Chrome add-on called "Feeder". It is, as Agarwal explains, " like a mini Google Reader embedded in Chrome ? it tracks RSS Feeds and offers instant notifications whenever new...
- Google Chrome On Your Phone
Today when I went to a very HOT swim meet to watch my son swim in a few races. To get there I used the Chrome to Phone app on Google Chrome. Well now that Google Chrome as a phone app I don't even need that as I can just turn on my phone...