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Avoid online distractions in Google Chrome with these Chrome extensions

Byryan January 3, 2019January 2, 2019

The presence of an endless stream of content on the internet is a double-edged sword. You’re never bored, but the online distractions can severely affect your productivity without you even realizing it.

Therefore, here are some of the best Chrome extensions you should install for combating every kind of online distraction. You will just need some willpower to keep these extensions installed in the browser.

Source: The 10 Best Chrome Extensions for Avoiding Online Distractions

Some of these extensions could help your students who have trouble focusing on the task at hand. I especially like Grayscale the Web.

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Send the current page in Chrome with email by using the Send from Gmail Chrome Extension

Byryan October 23, 2017October 25, 2017

Source: Send from Gmail (by Google) – Chrome Web Store Once installed, the Send from Gmail Chrome Extension lets you quickly send a link to the current page with Gmail. Simply click on the button in the toolbar and a new email window will pop up allowing you to customize the email message before sending. There…

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Mash up emojis with Emoji kitchen

Byryan July 6, 2021June 29, 2021

— Read on emoji.kitchen Mash up two emojis to create your own emoji with emoji.kitchen. There is a random button to randomly pick two emojis, or you can click on each emoji to select one. Once your mashup is complete, you can download the graphic or share it directly from the website.

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Design a street with Streetmix

Byryan June 7, 2018June 7, 2018

Design a street with Streetmix. Streetmix is an website that allows you to design your own street. You can place various roads, sidewalks, public transportation, etc. in your street. I could see students using this to redesign streets in their home town and try to answer problems such as the lack of sidewalks or places to…

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Power through that first draft with Write

Byryan April 25, 2019April 24, 2019

I’ve mentioned the world’s Most Dangerous Writing App, and to join it, I bring you Write. You select a time limit and start writing. Don’t stop, or you will lose everything you’ve written. When done, it will save your document to your local machine. Students will want to copy/paste their document into their word processor…

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Sketch Nation allows you to create and play online games

Byryan January 4, 2018January 10, 2018

Source: Sketch Nation This is a fun little site that allows you or students to create a few types of games. Sketch Nation offers three templates for games: action, adventure, and puzzle. The site also offers three modes of game creation, simple, advanced, or expert to allow students of different skill levels the ability to create games. Sketch…

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The Pudding’s data visualizations are amazing

Byryan January 25, 2019January 25, 2019

The Pudding’s data visualizations are amazing. Source: The Pudding Oh my goodness, the Pudding’s visualizations and research are amazing. I could spend all day reading through their data and seeing the data visualized. If The Pudding has covered a topic you are covering in class, their visualizations and information would be well worth sharing!

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