Chrome Extensions for Your Classroom

I learned and relearned about some useful Google Chrome Extensions last week at NCTIES Conference. Here are a few of my favorites.

Use the Crafty Cursor Extension to highlight the cursor to point out specific information on a website when projecting your screen.

Crafty Text Extension adds a text box on a website to point our a vocabulary word, share a class code or URL, etc. You can enlarge the text so your students can easily see the info. 

ScreenShade Extension lets you quickly and easily cover your screen, or a portion of it.

Here is a short demo video for these extensions. 


Sir Links-a-Lot is great for when you want to change up a Google product URL (for a force copy, preview, or template).

Having many Google Extensions enabled can slow your computer. If you're not using it regularly, disable it or get Extensity to help manage your extensions.

Happy Googling!

Photos and Lists- Get organized!

Here are a couple of digital organization tools that help save time

 and eliminate some stress in my personal and professional life.

I hope you find them as useful as I do.

Are you getting the dreaded “no more storage” message on your phone? If you back-up those photos you can delete them from your camera roll.   If your phone should “bite the dust” you might lose your treasured photos. It’s a good idea to backup your photos so this won’t happen. I using the Google Photos app on my phone to store my photos.  This app allows me to automatically backup photos and free up space on my device. I can still view photos on my phone through the app to share an awesome landscape or waterfall pic with a friend. If something should happen to my device while I’m adventuring, my photos will be safe “in the cloud”.  I can also easily search my photos and create collages and slideshows. If you love using another tool to backup your photos, please take a minute and share on this Padlet so other folks can check it out.

Need some help organizing your lists? Google Keep is an awesome tool to help you stay organized and it works across all of your devices. You can add to-do lists, reminder notes, add images, and even create voice memos. Lists can be shared. This is a great feature when a family member is going by the store. I love that you can schedule a reminder to be sent when you're near a location. No more driving by the store and forgetting to stop. Does this happen to anyone else? If you love another organizational tool, please share on this Linoit so other folks can check it out.