Create a Chrome web app of your favorite site with Applicationize

Create a Chrome web app of your favorite site with Applicationize

Applicationize – Convert Web Apps to Desktop Apps Google is deprecating Chrome apps for Mac, X, And windows. But, Applicationize can still be used to create apps for Chrome OS and chrome books. What this means, is that if there is a website you want to use with your students, you can use Applicationize to…

Here is a list by Jake Miller of 7 tips for using the browser’s bookmarks bar + a bonus

Here is a list by Jake Miller of 7 tips for using the browser’s bookmarks bar + a bonus

Jake Miller lays out 7 fantastic ways to make the most of your Chrome bookmarks bar, and it’s quite a list. None of the hints are specific to Chrome, and will work in any browser. I would add an 8th to the list: 8. Bookmark Gmail searches Any search you perform in Gmail is bookmarkable (if…

RSS is dead, long live RSS!

RSS is dead, long live RSS!

I have included a module on RSS to allow my students to create their own research teams on topics of interest. Because I’m old, I still have my students set up Feedly accounts and plug in the RSS feeds of their classmates and hopefully add other blogs to their feeds as well. And like blogging, I…