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Payson Unified School District 2014: Me and My Chromies
Presenter: Vicky Andrews, RGS, an Avnet Business Unit
victoria.andrews@avnet.com
@edtechandrews
Use the Chrome browser to help you and your students be more efficient and effective. This session will cover “tips and tricks” for using Chrome and Chromebooks and will discuss best practices for use in the classroom.
Chrome basics: https://sites.google.com/site/rgstechcamp/rgs-training/pusd
Omnibox:
It’s an address bar: www.asu.edu/
It’s a search box: when is the next meteor shower?
It gives suggestions: president of…
It takes direction: define irony, map payson, az
It does calculations… =15789964/2579 (make sure to put an = sign in front)
...and conversions: 17yds to cm
It searches other sites for you: yt godfather
Customize your omnibox to search other sites
- Right click on the Omnibox
- Choose Edit search engines
- Choose an existing search engine and edit the keyword or add a new entry
You can also right click in the search box on the page you want to add a quick search link to and choose Add as search engine.
For more Omnibox tips and trick checkout 11 Quick Tricks To Become A Chrome Omnibox Power User: http://goo.gl/NuaDyC or 30+ Amazing Features of Google Search Box: http://goo.gl/73tt6W
Bookmarks Bar
Know your icons? Slim down your Bookmarks Bar by editing a Bookmarks Bar link (right click - edit) and remove the name. The icon will remain and you will have more room for more links!
Payson Unified School District 2014: Fantastic 4ms
Presenter: Vicky Andrews, RGS, an Avnet Business Unit
victoria.andrews@avnet.com
@edtechandrews
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