Google Chrome is so much more than a browser. Check out the apps and extensions you can use with your students to streamline your internet and aid struggling learners.
4. Apps and Extensions
Web apps: websites accessible
from your browser. Do not require
downloads
Extensions: affects browser globally.
An example: ability to perform text
to speech functions
6. Chrome Toolbar
Manage your bookmarks
Open ‘Incognito’ window’
‘Tools’: manage your extensions
Chrome settings
7. Chrome Web Store
Click link at bottom right
Search ‘Apps’ or ‘Extensions’
8. Apps
Speech Recognizer: speech to text, also
offline access
VoiceNote: speech to text in word proc
Magic Scroll: use to read ePub files on
desktop or laptop, no internet needed
Remote Desktop App: allows your
computer to be accessed by another
with app-generated code from you
Study Stack: generate flashcards or
choose from those already created
9. Apps (cont’d)
Blackboard: use your monitor as you
would an actual blackboard
Periodic Table of the Elements: Handy
reference guide for students
VoiceThread: Recorded cloud
conversations include voice, text and
video.
Planetarium: Check out the night sky in
any location in the world
Typing Test – Key Hero: online typing tests
and skill builder
10. Extensions
Evernote Web Clipper: allows you to take
a screenshot – all or portion - and add it
to your Evernote files
Evernote Clearly: removes sidebars and
other data from a webpage. Allows you
to highlight, add text, print, and add to
your Evernote docs
EasyBib: evaluate websites for credibility,
add citations to EasyBib acct. To use:
type ‘easybib’ then TAB, then search
Select and Speak: Highlight text, click
icon and listen
11. Extensions (cont’d)
Announcify: text to speech. Click on
icon, page is read to you. Removes
sidebars and enlarges text
Dualless: allows you to split your screen.
Students can see two websites at once, or
a doc and a website, etc.
Google Dictionary: select text on any
webpage, click to get definition.
ImTranslate-Google Translator: select text
on page, choose language and receive
text and speech translation.
12. Extensions (cont’d)
Awesome Screenshot: screen capture,
annotate, save
A Cleaner Internet: Allows your students
to view YouTube videos without all the
side content, comments, etc. Not
available in Chrome store, do search.
Oweb Voice Input: allows voice input on
any web pages with textbox