Chrome Apps & Extensions
MY FAVORITE APPS
App: Links to websites where you go to accomplish a particular task. Some work online while others will work offline. Most just link directly to websites so bookmarks are not needed.
FLAT - Teachers can create music notation and composition assignments in Google Classroom using Flat Education, the online music notation software. Teachers can synchronize existing Classroom rosters and design new music activities accessible to students from Classroom.
GEOGEBRA - GeoGebra’s K-12+ STEM curriculum materials can be inserted into Google Classroom as tasks with just a few clicks. More than 700,000 materials (plus more added daily!) are available to meet the STEM needs of students and teachers.
LISTENWISE - Listenwise is an award-winning listening skills platform. We harness the power of listening to advance literacy and learning in all students. Our collection of podcasts and public radio keeps teaching connected to the real world and builds student listening skills at the same time.
LUCIDPRESS - Lucidpress is a web-based drag and drop publishing app, enabling anyone to create stunning content for print and digital. This also links up with Google Drive.
PEAR DECK - With Pear Deck and Google Classroom, it’s easy for teachers to connect all of the devices in the room together in an interactive lesson. There’s no need for codes or URLs that take students so long to type! Create interactive lessons and have instant response from students to check engagement and understanding.
WEVIDEO - WeVideo is the complete, feature-packed video editing and digital storytelling platform for today’s classrooms. You can easily share your finished videos to Google Classroom with a click of a button. All work saves within individuals Google Drive.
MY FAVORITE EXTENSIONS
Extension: Tools you can use within the website you are on. Shown with a button to the left of the web address. Activate with a click of a button.
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- Takes screen shots of entire page or selected section.
- Can write on and annotate.
- Saves to clipboard or Drive.
Adds a button to the top of your task bar to search scholarly material in any tab available.
- Use this extension to have students get text read to them, define words, translate highlight important topics or remove the extra "fluff" on the web page.
- Click on the puzzle piece in the address bar to open the link on the page you want.
- Click back on the puzzle piece to remove the Read&Write Bar.
Record your screen to discuss an article. Students can demonstrate knowledge of concepts. Record multiple tabs. Have students read aloud for submission...the possibilities are endless. All files are stored in each individuals Google Drive in a Screencastify folder.
- Splits screens into 2, 3 and 4 sections so you can work side by side rather than clicking back and forth between tabs.
