Chromebook App Hub

Google for Education has put together this awesome resource for educators: Chromebook App Hub. Filter ideas by idea category, age range, subject, and learning goal and filter apps by app category, age range, and language. I recommend you bookmark the site and visit often! 

Chrome Extension: Mercury Reader

The Mercury Reader Chrome Extension for Chrome removes ads and distractions, leaving only text and images for a clean and consistent reading view on every site.

Features: 
- Disable surrounding webpage noise and clutter with one click 
- Send To Kindle functionality 
- Adjust typeface and text size, and toggle between light or dark themes 
- Quick keyboard shortcut to switch to Reader on any article page 
- Printing optimization

150 Chrome Apps & Extensions

Kasey Bell's Shake-Up Learning has compiled 150 of the most useful Chrome apps and extensions for the classroom. Scroll down on the page and use the filters to find what you're looking for!

AnyoneCanView Chrome Extension

Alice Keeler has created a Chrome Extension called AnyoneCanView which makes it super easy (one click) to share Google files so Anyone Can View and also copies the share URL onto your clipboard. Watch the video below for more.

20 Chrome Extensions, Web Apps, & Add-ons for Math

I recently came across this list of 20 Chrome Extensions, Web Apps, & Add-ons for Math. A few are geared toward elementary but there are several that could be helpful at the high school level. Take a look!

21 Chrome Extensions for Struggling Students and Special Needs

Check out this list of 21 Chrome Extensions for Struggling Students and Special Needs. There are several helpful Chrome extensions that you may want to investigate further. The list includes Test-to-Speech extensions, Readability extensions, Reading Comprehension extensions, Focus extensions, & Navigation extensions. 

Alternatives for TechSmith's Snag-it, Knowmia, Screenchomp

Richard Byrne at FreeTech4Teachers has come up with a list of alternatives for TechSmith's discontinued Snag-it's Chrome extension, and Knowmia & Screenchomp iPad apps. Click to read.

Back to School with Google Chrome: The Complete Guide

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Chrome browser can be found here.

Diigo Chrome Extension: bookmark, annotation and notate online

Amy Mayer's video quickly shows you how to add the Diigo Chrome Extension and use it to bookmark, annotate and notate online text.

https://youtu.be/g_hQhXaF7Zk

Chrome Extensions for Teachers

Here are a few handy Chrome extensions:

Time Warp kindly reminds you not to procrastinate when you need to get things done. 

SnagIt is a quick screen capture tool. With TechSmith SnagIt's Chrome App, you can screen capture, screen record, image edit and share. With TechSmith SnagIt's Google Chrome Extension, you can take screenshots or screen recordings of anything on your screen including your browser, desktop and applications you have running.  

For more ideas, check out this list: Chrome Extensions for Teachers

Find apps for your Chromebook

To help support your classroom use of Chromebooks, Google put together this list of "Find apps for your Chromebook". 

It’s a list of “If you want to… On a Chromebook, you could use…” and includes things like making a presentation, organizing notes, edit a video, create music and much more.

Let me know if you would like help exploring any of these!

50 of the Best Google Chrome Extensions for Teachers

If you're looking for ways to make life easier for you and your students, check out te@chthought’s 50 of the Best Google Chrome Extensions for Teachers.

The list includes extensions and apps like Quizlet, Evernote's Web Clipper, Easybib, Lucidchart and more!

A Menagerie of Chrome Extensions

http://www.thinglink.com/scene/614171442354847745

Storing Non-Google Files in Drive

http://youtu.be/bqLQR1E60EQ

Amy Mayer addresses your default upload conversion setting, uploading non-Google compatable files (like Photoshop, images, etc) and a Chrome extension that lets you edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents without converting to the Google format. 

GeoGebra

“GeoGebra is dynamic mathematics software for all levels of education that brings together geometry, algebra, spreadsheets, graphing, statistics and calculus in one easy-to-use package.”

It looks worth investigating more…

Website

Chrome Add-On

iTunes App

Google Play App

Windows Store

From today's Google for Education newsletter:

Rockin' around the Geome-TREE

Educator Tom Rose of Chowchilla High School in California uses Geogebra, a free web app, to bring complicated math concepts to life. “The app’s ability to move things around and dynamically see what changes and what doesn’t goes much further than the most well-written lecture notes,” Rose says. “Students love working with GeoGebra, and have no problem loudly saying ‘YES!’ when I tell them it’s ‘a GeoGebra day’ rather than another slideshow from Mr. Rose.”

TCEA's List of Recommended Chrome Apps and Extensions

Check out TCEA's list of recommended Chrome Apps and Extensions. 

If you would like any of these pushed out to students at our campus, please contact Penney Matos.