TECH TALK 2014

Tech Talk 2014: Me and My Chromies

Presenter: Vicky Andrews

@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: http://students.northsideprep.org/tech/index.php/googlecps-chrome/

Omnibox:

It’s an address bar: www.cps.edu

It’s a search box: where can I buy meat pies?

It gives suggestions: president of…

It takes direction: define irony, map dakar

It does calculations… 15789964/2579

...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

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!

Tech Talk 2014: G³: Getting Googley with Google

Presenter: Vicky Andrews

@edtechandrews