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"My series on Chrome Extensions for Teachers. The Chrome web store has  apps and it has extensions. Extensions are add on's that that increase your functionality in the Google Chrome browser." This is the search of Alice's blog on Chrome Extensions which contains links to all of her posts on extensions.

Google Chrome is such a great resource for students. First things first, the browser allows users to sign in to Chrome anywhere and bring up bookmarks, history, and settings, an incredible feature for students on-the-go who are using multiple computers. In addition to this useful feature are a wealth of awesome extensions that students can use to save time and concentrate their efforts. We've found 21 time-saving Chrome extensions that students can put to use, from note-taking apps to books, citations, and reminders.

"This app uses the new built in speech feature in chrome 11+ to create a useful powerful tool to use voice to do the normal typing jobs . The app is essentially an in the browser speech recognizer using which you can dictate sentences , edit the output and add them together to form paragraphs. This app is best used along with Voice In chrome extension [ also developed by me ]. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gjkogfbjkfchelfjonefnnenhfgglpnn Please Note : Speech Recognition is a statistical model . You cant expect a 100% accuracy rate . But not to worry recognition is rate is good enough to use :) I'd appreciate if you'd rate it with ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ and tell your friends! :-) "

"Line up your phones and tablets to create a race track across up to five screens. No apps. No downloads. Just start a race, sync up and tap your screens to rev your engines. Multiplayer games for the mobile browser are here. RACER IS A MOBILE CHROME EXPERIMENT. TEST DRIVE IT IN A CHROME MOBILE BROWSER AT G.CO/RACER"

"Anyone who says you can't get real work done on a Web browser-or in a browser-based operating system, for that matter-hasn't seen some of the latest Chrome apps. Rising above glorified bookmarks, the cream of Google's Chrome Web Store can stand toe-to-toe with desktop software. More are offering offline functionality, too. Coming soon: 'packaged apps' that look and act more like traditional software."

Love LEGO bricks? Your favourite coloured bricks are now in Chrome. Check out Build, the world's biggest LEGO set available on your browser. Over the last few months, we've been working with our friends at LEGO Australia on a new project to bring your favourite LEGO bricks to Chrome.  Created downunder and exclusive to Australia and New Zealand, Build is our latest Chrome Experiment and uses the latest in browser technology in Chrome

"Screen recording, the most highly anticipated feature in Snagit for Google Chrome, is finally here! With our latest release of Snagit, you now have the ability to make screencasts from your Chromebook or any Chrome browser!"

"Chrome is not only a browser but the power of extensions enables computers in the same network to share desktops. Adding the extension Remote Desktop, from the Chrome Web Store allows one computer to share its desktop giving the other computer access and control. "

"Lately we've been hearing from more and more folks about how they're using Chromebooks, especially from classroom teachers, where there has been a rapidly growing movement towards using Google Apps for Education. It's no big surprise then that we've received quite a few requests to bring TechSmith's products to the Chrome platform, and it's our pleasure to announce that this is exactly what we're doing, with TechSmith Snagit for Chrome!"

This would be a great start for anyone with Chromebooks or just using the Chrome browser to get the most out of the experience

"Later this week I am going to be a virtual guest in a class at the University of the Philippines, Diliman. The topic I've been invited to speak about is using Google Chrome extensions and apps in education. In preparation for my virtual visit I've created this list of some of my favorite apps and extensions."

A great chrome web app. Easy mind mapping tool that allows you to save to the cloud using google account. Available on Android too. Worth a look if your school has Chrome installed.

"Screencastify is a screencasting extension for Google Chrome. It allows you to record your screen activity for creating tutorials, etc, and runs entirely in Chrome, so opens the possibility of screencasting up to Chromebook owners. Here's how to use it."

Created my first Google Chrome extension which is a productivity tool for the creation of QR Codes. Simply click the button to produce a QR code of the page your on, you can also right click a hyperlink or selected text to produce a downloadable QR Code.

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LEGO bricks shouldn't be limited to plastic bins-which is the idea behind Build with Chrome, a collaboration between Chrome and the LEGO Group that brought these colorful bricks to the web using WebGL, a 3D graphics technology. It was originally built by a team in Australia as an experiment, and now we're opening it up to everybody. So now you can publish your wacky creations to any plot of land in the world.

"Making a Chrome App and an Extension is actually a fairly simple task. All you have to know is a few required fields and the JSON syntax."