Very likely you project websites occasionally to demonstrate things to the class or do screencasts of using the internet. Having small font can be a hinderance for students understanding clearly what you are doing. Zooming into the webpage makes for clearer presentations and also screencasts. Note: If you are on a PC you use the…
Category: Chrome
5 Chrome Extensions for Teachers – Part 4
Continuing my series on helpful Chrome extensions for teachers here are 5 additional extensions you might want to try out. Copy All URL’s When finding resources for students you may be like me and end up with multiple tabs open. Using the Copy All URL’s extension will copy all of those tabs to your clipboard,…
5 Chrome Extensions for Teachers – Part 2
If you are using the Google Chrome browser here are 5 more extensions that may be useful to you as a teacher. Adblock for YouTube If you are fortunate enough to not have YouTube blocked in your school district you may want to try this chrome extension. When you watch videos on YouTube an ad…
5 Chrome Extensions for Teachers – Part 1
If you are a user of Google Chrome here are some extensions you may want to check out: Save to Google Drive This Google Chrome extension saves images or whole screen screenshots to your Google Drive. A Google Drive icon will be added after the Omnibox. Clicking on this extension will take a screenshot…
Creating a Short URL and a QR Code using the ShortenMe Chrome Web Extension
I love to use Google Docs, however, sharing a Google Doc can be a bit of a challenge. The URL on a Google Document can be quite long. https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1WV_5CGA_0oV7dtCKRJA_yXuIYeApbmcbgHUdn22ylaw/edit If I asked my students to type in that URL to access my document I would spend the entire class period trying to get students to…
Use an Incognito Window to Allow Students to Present from Your Computer
Problem: Your teacher computer is connected to the VGA cable to the projector. Students are doing presentations and need to log into their Google account to get to their presentation they are going to do in front of the class. You have to log out of your Google account to let them log in. Solution:…
Color Picker in Google Presentation
Matching colors in a Google Slides presentation can make all the difference. Use this tool to help create the perfect color themes in Google Slides. google slides color dropper. Color picker in Google Slides
QR Code and the Google Chrome Extension
Yesterday morning Jason Seliskar and I met up at the CUE 2012 conference (thank you for the Starbucks) to chat up QR codes. Usually I use http://goo.gl to create a shortened URL as well as a QR code. Jason showed me a cool trick for making QR codes even faster. If you are using the…
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