Share Extensions is the last item on this list, and I discovered it this evening when I wanted to find a quick way to generate a linked list of extensions I have activated as well as installed but inactive. Installing now via Google Tone Chrome extension like iOS Chirp app #mobile2015 I haven’t used this in a classroom setting yet, and I can imagine that it could be potentially chaotic, but it also might be extremely useful in the same way QR Codes can be to quickly enable students to directly access web links.
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When someone else has Google Tone installed and activated, it’s possible to play/send a series of computer tones to their computer so they can open up a specific webpage. Google Tone is an extension I learned about a couple weeks ago from Tony Vincent ( which functions like the iOS app Chirp.
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I address both of these in my conference breakout session, “Discovering New Ideas.” I also use a bookmarklet for Flipboard, mainly to share articles in my free Flipboard magazine “iReading by Wes.” When you want to use a suspended tab again, just click on the big blue “refresh” button and it will again become active.īoth Save to Pocket and Buffer are two of my essential extensions for saving web articles I want to read later on my iOS devices, and sharing links via Twitter. I love how it goes into effect automatically, no configuration is required once it’s activated. According to the description, it can save up to 80% of your computer browser memory. It’s absolutely fantastic: If you haven’t used a browser tab in awhile, it automatically suspends or “caches” it so it’s no longer using so much computer memory. Tab Suspender is one of the new extensions Ben introduced me to. So far uBlock Origin seems to be just as effective as the alternatives… and I’m hoping I’ll notice the memory utilization improvements as well. In the past I’ve tried AdBlock, AdBlock Pro, and Adblock Plus. According to that reddit thread, there are big differences in the memory utilization of ad blocker extensions.
I love to use ad blocker browser extensions, especially when sharing YouTube videos with students, since I have no desire to subject them (or myself) to advertisements when we’re trying to watch something together. UBlock Origin is a new extension for me, which I discovered tonight thanks to this reddit thread. Here are my seven current “indispensable” Google extensions, along with a short description of how I use each one / why I think it’s great. This past week at the Inspiring Digital Age Teaching & Learning Conference in Keystone, Colorado, I had an opportunity to hear Ben Wilkoff ( lead a fantastic session titled, “Chromebooks for Learning: The Missing Guidebook.” The way Ben had participants simultaneously contributing to a shared Google Document, captured in this six second Vine video, was just one of the fantastic ingredients of this session.īen shared several new Chrome extensions in the session which I’m absolutely loving, so I’m including them in my current list (linked below) of “indispensable Chrome extensions.” By “indispensable” I mean that I’m keeping these extensions running all the time, while others are toggled off until I actually want to use them.
Unlike mobile apps, if you have many extensions enabled, you can end up slowing down the operating speed of your web browser significantly. Like mobile apps, however, it’s easy to give a large number of extensions a try and end up with many more installed than you actually use or need. Browser extensions extend the functionality of a web browser. One of the main reasons to run Chrome or FireFox on your laptop or desktop computer is support of browser extensions.
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