This Chrome Extension Helps You Tune Out Negativity on Social Media
I have long said (half jokingly) that YouTube comments are a lot like the graffiti you find on the walls of dive bar bathrooms. In other words, nothing good is found in them. There are some exceptions to that rule but they are few and far between. It seems that Google agrees with me because […]
How to Manage Chrome Extensions & Google Docs Add-ons
Earlier this week during the Practical Ed Tech Live Q&A I addressed a topic that I have received a lot of questions about during the last few weeks. That topic is the vetting or trustworthiness of add-ons for G Suite tools (Docs, Slides, Sheets, and Forms) and Chrome extensions. One of my recommendations on that […]
Three Chrome Extensions That Help Students Stay on Task
If you or your students need a little help staying on task when working online, try one of these Chrome extensions to help limit distractions whenever a new tab is opened. A video overview of these three extensions is included below. StayFocusd is a Chrome extension that lets you specify the sites that you want […]
Turn Text to Speech With the Voicepods Chrome Extension
A couple of months ago I discovered a new text to speech tool called Voicepods. When I first tried it and wrote about it Voicepods would only create voice recordings based on text that you wrote. This week Voicepods launched a free Chrome extension that will let you have the text of any webpage read […]
Scrible Helps Students Organize and Use Research
Scrible is a service that helps students organize their online and offline research findings. That is done through the Scrible’s website and Chrome extension. Scrible’s Google Docs add-on helps students use their research in their papers. Scrible’s Chrome extension includes tools for highlighting and creating notes any webpage that students view. Those highlights and notes […]