Now here’s something I just learned. After highlighting words on a web page, you can drag the highlighted words to the tab bar and Chrome will perform a Google search. The same thing happens when you drag the highlighted words to the url bar.
This requires a little more effort than right-clicking on the highlighted words and selecting Search Google for … but options are always good!
Source: Add Reminders – Google Sheets add-on I wish I had this a couple of years ago. It would have made it a lot easier to remind students when they had presentations or projects coming up.
Google’s new app, available in the Chrome Web Store, lets you easily access files on a network server from within Chrome OS. Source: Chromebooks can now seamlessly access Windows network file shares | PCWorld Although the article focusses on Windows file sharing, macOS computer can use the same networking protocol, SMB. This means that the…
Create interactive picture books and stories with Elementari. Source: Elementari: Write, share, read interactive stories Via: “Elementari” Might Have Potential As A Story-Creating Tool For Students | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… What a cool site! They supply the tools, which include graphics, sounds, and music, and you supply the story. The stories can be like…
Source: Free online timeline maker Timegraphics is an online tool that can be used to create timelines. It is free to use to create public timelines, and accepts Google log-ins. If you upgrade to premium, then you can have collaborators working on a timeline and make timelines private. The timelines can be exported in various formats…
Yesterday I mentioned using Protopage.com as a way to share links with your class or to replace bookmarks. I don’t know what I was searching, but I came across Start.me. It works pretty much like Protopage, with a couple of differences. It has a more visual flair, with the ability to change the icons of the…
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…