This document discusses Chrome apps and extensions that can empower a Google classroom. It begins with an introduction and agenda for the presentation. It then differentiates between apps and extensions, and how to manage extensions. The bulk of the document lists and describes various education-focused Chrome apps and extensions, providing links for each. It focuses on apps and extensions that can enhance Google Classroom functionality, such as for providing feedback, converting videos and webpages, and organizing browser tabs. The document aims to introduce educators to useful tools to build on top of Google services for their classrooms.

1. Empowering Your Google World
Chrome Apps & Extensions for Your Google Classroom
Martin Cisneros @TheTechProfe

2. Empowering Your Google World
Chrome Apps & Extensions for Your Google Classroom
Martin Cisneros @TheTechProfe
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3. Empowering Your Google World: Chrome Apps & Extensions for Your Google Classroom @TheTechProfe
How do you
Build on Top
of the Google
Awesomesauce?

4. Empowering Your Google World: Chrome Apps & Extensions for Your Google Classroom @TheTechProfe
Why would you?

5. Because of all this
Goodness!!

6. Empowering Your Google World: Chrome Apps & Extensions for Your Google Classroom @TheTechProfe
Let us BEGIN!

7. Agenda
Learn the difference between Apps and
Extensions
Learn how to add either/both to
your Google Chrome account
Discover, and then share out, your favorites
apps/extensions for education!

8. Apps Extensions
Applications you can run
inside your browser with a
dedicated user interface (Ex.
games, photo editors, video
players, etc.)
Think “bookmark” -- links to
the website.
Extensions are usually in
effect across all websites
(though some are site-
specific). You can get a better
idea of what extensions can
do by browsing the
Extensions Gallery.

9. Apps: Browser or Desktop
Access from your bookmarks
bar
Or from your desktop with
Chrome App Launcher (“For
Your Desktop” collection):

10. Managing Extensions
Extensions can be “turned on or off” and customized or
deleted in the Extensions window:
1

11. Managing Extensions
Extensions can be “turned on or off” and customized or
deleted in the Extensions window:
2

12. Let’s Go Shopping!
“Hover”
your mouse over the tile to
reveal info about the app or
extension -- click for full
info

13. Kaizena (Voice Comments)
Kaizena makes it easy for
teachers to give high
quality feedback on
student work - simply
highlight and speak to give
verbal feedback, or attach
reusable resources for
common problems.
goo.gl/6y7QGy

14. EdPuzzle
EDpuzzle empowers
teachers to make any
video your lesson. Crop a
video, explain it with your
own voice and embed
quizzes at any time!
goo.gl/hDI2ch
http://goo.gl/hDI2ch

15. Apps for Common Core
Overwhelmed by all the Common
Core Standards? Apps For
Common Core gives you quick
access to all Common Core
Standards by grade level while
saving you time by suggesting
apps that solve those standards!
Teachers and parents will no
longer have to search for apps
that help their children learn a
particular standard.
goo.gl/CX0qlf
goo.gl/CX0qlf

16. Let’s Go Shopping!
“Hover”
your mouse over the tile to
reveal info about the app or
extension -- click for full
info

17. dotEPUB
Convert any webpage into an e-
book
dotEPUB allows you to convert
any webpage into an EPUB or
Kindle e-book.
Download webpages to any
device: e-readers, tablets,
smartphones, netbooks, desktop
computers...
goo.gl/xccZYN
goo.gl/xccZYN

18. Save as PDF
Lets you download web pages as
PDF in one click.
This extension lets you easily save
web pages to pdf. It uses https://
pdfcrowd.com html to pdf online
service.
goo.gl/s2EEiY
goo.gl/s2EEiY

19. World Data Finder
Discover data and charts relevant to
the pages you visit. Works like
magic!
World Data Finder extension is your
"always on" companion helping you
to find data and charts relevant to
the pages you visit. It can be used
for fact checking, data discovery
and analysis by pretty much anyone
like analysts, journalists, students
and teachers.
goo.gl/4cnvAl
goo.gl/4cnvAl

20. Send from Gmail
Discover data and charts relevant to
the pages you visit. Works like
magic!
World Data Finder extension is your
"always on" companion helping you
to find data and charts relevant to
the pages you visit. It can be used
for fact checking, data discovery
and analysis by pretty much anyone
like analysts, journalists, students
and teachers.
goo.gl/FBQDdT
goo.gl/FBQDdT

21. Movenote
Add your favorite content from
whatever source you want, and
record video alongside to it with your
computer, tablet or smartphone.
With this extension you can use
movenote directly through your
Gmail™, without ever leaving your
inbox!
goo.gl/ECS5Qu
goo.gl/ECS5Qu

22. Save to Google Drive
Add your favorite content from
whatever source you want, and
record video alongside to it with your
computer, tablet or smartphone.
With this extension you can use
movenote directly through your
Gmail™, without ever leaving your
inbox!
goo.gl/eRBN91
goo.gl/eRBN91

23. One Tab
Whenever you find yourself with too
many tabs, click the OneTab icon to
convert all of your tabs into a list.
When you need to access the tabs
again, you can either restore them
individually or all at once.
goo.gl/BKzzIJ
goo.gl/BKzzIJ

24. SpeakIt!
Tired of reading? Select text you
want to read and listen to it. SpeakIt
converts text into speech so you no
longer need to read.
SpeakIt reads selected text using
Text-to-Speech technology with
language auto-detection. It can read
text in more than 50 languages.
goo.gl/3YbKhX
goo.gl/3YbKhX

25. SpeakIt!
Tired of reading? Select text you
want to read and listen to it. SpeakIt
converts text into speech so you no
longer need to read.
SpeakIt reads selected text using
Text-to-Speech technology with
language auto-detection. It can read
text in more than 50 languages.
goo.gl/3YbKhX
goo.gl/3YbKhX

26. Tab Scissors
This extension splits a window into
two at the selected tab.
If you have at least two tabs in the
selected Chrome window, it will split
that window into two smaller side-
by-side windows. All the tabs on the
left side of the selected tab will stay
in the left window, and the rest will
move to the window on the right.
goo.gl/cblJwt
goo.gl/cblJwt

27. Tab Glue
This simple organization tool puts all
of your Chrome tabs together into
one window with a single click.
The new window has your tabs
arranged in the same order your
windows were, and makes the
selected tab in your current window
be the new selected tab, so you
won't lose track of where your tabs
were or what you were doing.
goo.gl/rZmtRE
goo.gl/rZmtRE

28. PopOut for YouTube
This simple organization tool puts all
of your Chrome tabs together into
one window with a single click.
The new window has your tabs
arranged in the same order your
windows were, and makes the
selected tab in your current window
be the new selected tab, so you
won't lose track of where your tabs
were or what you were doing.
goo.gl/rZmtRE
goo.gl/rZmtRE

29. ShortenMe
Quickly shorten links with goo.gl,
copy them to the clipboard, and
generate QR codes
ShortenMe allows you to shorten
URLs with goo.gl, copy them to the
clipboard, and generate QR codes
of them all in one click.
goo.gl/8TFOwS
goo.gl/8TFOwS

30. CleanPrint
Print or PDF only what you want with
CleanPrint
CleanPrint puts you in control of
saving paper, ink and money when
printing from the web. You can edit
content before saving articles to
Print, PDF, Google Docs, Google
Drive, Dropbox or box.net.
goo.gl/Uzyeff
goo.gl/Uzyeff

31. TechSmith Snagit
PLEASE NOTE: You’ll also need to
download the Snagit for Google
Chrome™ Application (http://goo.gl/
9n5nPg) in order to edit, share, and
manage your captures.
The Snagit for Google Chrome™
Extension makes it possible for you
to capture screenshots within your
Chrome browser.
goo.gl/JkgshV
goo.gl/JkgshV

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