Slide deck for workshop during EdTechTeam Capital Region Summit - featuring Google for Education. https://ny.gafesummit.com/capital/2016

1. Extend the Power of Chrome
Chris Casal
Purveyor of Geekery
Scarsdale Public Schools
@mr_casal
#gafesummit

2. Let’s get a few things out of the way...
Stop using Firefox…
Stop using Safari... (even though I’m an unrepentant Apple fanboy)
Chrome is more than just a browser...
Chrome is more than just an OS…
Chrome is a way of life…
(ok, maybe not that extreme, but it’s pretty rad)
Lets fire up Chrome!

3. Chrome Web Store
https://chrome.google.com/webstore

4. Before extensions, People
Stop logging in and out of Google accounts…
… create new People...
A tutorial:
http://goo.gl/TWcUZ4

5. Sync...
It’s not the device…
… it’s the People...

6. Extensions...
Extensions

7. Settings...
Manage extensions

8. Let’s extend...
Let’s see just how much more power we can get out of Chrome

9. My go-to Extensions
One Tab
Tweetdeck (app - extension)
Goo.gl
TechSmith Snagit (support ending 8/31/16)
Alice Keeler
Google Calendar
Chromecast
Google Art Project
Google Mail Checker
Screencastify
Awesome Screenshot
Boomerang for GMail
Dropbox for GMail
Eye Dropper

10. “It’s not about the device or the platform,
it’s about the reason.”

11. Contact
Christopher M. Casal
Technology Teacher
Heathcote School, Scarsdale NY
Twitter: @mr_casal
Graphite: mrcasal
Google+: +ChrisCasal
www.mrcasal.com
slideshare.net/mr_casal
thecasalos.blogspot.com