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This article is very interesting because it talks about the top 10 free Google Chrome Extensions for Teachers. It give a brief explanation of what Google Chrome Extensions are which is very helpful for someone who has never heard of this before. Also, each of the top 10 free extensions are listed along with a description. The description explains how it will help the student or teacher as well as a brief explanation of how it works. 

The extension about keeping students organized seems really cool, its something that I would even use on my own computer!

I liked this site. I even downloaded the MYSTUDYLIFE app because I thought it may be helpful in the final stretch of the semester.

Technology can be integrated into language courses to help students with their listening and comprehension skills.Teachers can use Audio and VideoPrograms to have students differentiate between accents and slow down speech if it is not their native language to help break it down. Online Activities and ebooks allow for programs to be interactive with student and is a great resource for reinforcement and remediation. The internet has so much to offer wit tons of variety and different teaching methods. Overall, technology allows for higher order thinking, contributes to student motivation, mastery of basic skills. 

This article talks about Google Expeditions, which is a new technological tool being used in the classroom. Google has created this for students to be able to take virtual field trips. Many schools cannot afford to take their students on field trips but now they can without leaving the classroom. Teachers are able to pause throughout the tour and discuss with students what is happening or what they are seeing. As of right now this has been given to some schools free of charge. Overall, we can think of this as something like Google maps but ten times better! 

I enjoyed reading this article because it provides some great information on how students can use mobile devices to enhance their own learning. With mobile devices, students can find their own answers and learn at their own pace. The classroom can become more student-centered. The students are no longer tied to desks while the teacher stands in the front lecturing. The students can work closely in groups throughout the classroom collaborating on projects. The teacher can walk around the classroom to answer questions, assist students, and remediate, if needed. The students are more engaged and, therefore, retain more information. The teacher will simply draft a technology blueprint that follows the school's lesson plan directive. The concept seems freeing for everyone.

I found this article perfect because it relates to what we are presently doing in class. Basically, it is describing how popular iPads are becoming in classrooms and how younger students are using them as well. It gives a list of the to six apps for creative writing. This is useful information because some student have a hard time writing down ideas on paper, or even writing at all. These apps could help students think of ideas, strategies, and give them useful tips for writing. This article shows technology integration in classrooms through the use of iPads.

I found a great article about using iPad Apps to enhance creative writing for students. Some students struggle with writing. Often, they have difficulty formulating their ideas and putting the pen to paper. For these students, writing is daunting task. However, this article highlights 6 useful Apps that can help to promote and inspire students to create their own narratives. These Apps may be a fun way to enhance student learning and many of the Apps are free in the App store.

There are certain aspects when integrating technology and how teachers do not use it correctly. Technology should not be used to take away from the teachers lesson, but to help it. It also should not be used for students during their free time as entertainment. It should not be used as a subject of its own, but should be able to correlate with all subjects. Some teachers use it as a pencil, which is extremely expensive. It definitely should not be used as the answer to getting students involved in the lesson. Teachers need to form the correct habit when using technology.

Google Earth Pro is now free! After reading the comments it was a little confusing. It appears there is a licensing key which is GEPFREE (google earth pro) is my guess for the acronym. A facet acquired by obtaining the Pro version is also being able to record and share journeys which could be very useful for field trips or even if a teacher wanted to show what life looked like in another country to students. The videos Google Earth Pro is able to produce are mindboggling clear and vivid. The image is nearly flawless and all of it can be recorded and uploaded to Youtube if a teacher needed to pull it up quickly to show to the class. In the Pro version, you are also able to find out the voter turnout rate, where there are more Fair Trade farms, and if the population is higher in one city to the next. If you are having students conduct data gatherings, they can also import their results to Google Earth Pro to show them how the findings they obtain can be put to real world use. There is also traffic maps incorporated into this version which is a convenience to anyone I would like to say. If there was a property dispute in an old time non-fiction story, the students could look up to see who was right with the app. You can also look at how states looked thirty or forty years ago. And of course, you can still look at the universe. This was a very informative article written by Matthew Hughes.

4 things you didnt know about google earth pro Go on a tour and show all your friends Find out more about the world Find out how bad the traffic is in your neighborhood Solve property disputes For 11 years, Google Earth has allowed anyone with a fast Internet connection to explore the world from their desk. Without having to step foot on a plane, you can see the dizzying skyscrapers of Manhattan, marvel at the reddish splendor of Uluru, or even take a trip to space, all for free.

This article highlights some great Chrome extensions that might be useful in the classroom. The author discusses everything from the Duam Equation Editor -which allows you to write and save equations - to Printliminator - which allows you to "highlight a webpage and select only the elements you wish to print".

This article provides very useful tips for students in regards to education. Google Chrome provides multiple applications which often go untapped because people are unaware of the options they have. Another convenient factor about this article is that all of the options they've listed are affordable if not free. This article contributes to its readers by delivering lists of apps to cover every aspect of a student's needs.

I thought that this article would be very useful. There are so many new apps coming out each day it can be hard to know what is the best. I really like when I can go to one spot and see which app has the best reviews for a students different learning needs.

The ability to customize Google Chrome to suit one's needs can be overwhelming due to the amount of extensions available. This article makes the job a little easier by listing ten free extensions that add functionality to a student or teacher's browser.

This had a lot of good resources for teachers. The grammarly site would be useful to me in particular as a student and teacher.

Tired of repeating old lessons and feeling like a broken record? Create screencasts of lessons from earlier in the year to help students recall the past! This article provides a list of easy to use, and some free, websites to create screencasts.

One main concern with integrating technology into the classroom is who is going to teach the current teachers how to use this technology if they don't know .. well here is a great article for teachers who are struggling with technology. Learn It In 5 is a relatively new site that features short how-to videos for teachers. The videos are intended to help teachers quickly learn how to use some of the the web tools are essential to being a successful user of classroom technology. The videos cover tools like Skype, Diigo, VoiceThread, and more.

Not every school has the resources necessary to take their students on an airplane . . . or spaceship tour. Having the iPad app can help these students and show them how things are inside and out. Fun app for the students. They have virtual sites for many historic places.

I think bringing ipads into the classroom and giving students a chance to see a virtual version of a famous museum or historical place is an amazing teaching too! Most students may never get to the actual place but that doesn't mean they should not get the chance to experience it, whether it be virtual world or not. It makes the information to students more interactive and they can connect history to the places they see online.

"Big History Project" is an online course that embraces a multi-disciplinary approach to learning. It is a great resource for teachers. The website includes text, videos, photo galleries and assessments for five main topics: 1)The universe 2)Our solar system and earth 3)Life 4)Humans 5). The future. Teachers can have their students use the site as part of their curriculum.

"Big History Project" is a free course designed to target the common core standards we are trying to teach students today. The five main topics are broken down into 'thresholds' where students can enter, learn via text, videos, photoss, and assessments, and even earn badges as they complete tasks.

This article is about the 27 of the best Chrome extensions that we should check out today. It is an interesting read because it is a good way to really see whats out there. There are also instructions on how to use each one provided in the article. 

I found this article to be very interesting as well as informative. I really liked the fact that it tells you the instructions on how to use each of the extensions mentioned. The instructions are very detailed and specific for each extension and I consider that this would come in handy for not only future teachers but everyone. In addition, it also tells you if its free or if there is a cost to have it.

This relates to our class because its connecting students with technology while saving them money As we all know, Graphing Calculators were also around the same price as a college textbook. But in this innovative age of technology that we are living in, why are we still paying well over $100 for the same piece of equipment? Desmos is a free Google extension that can replace the graphing calculator all together. It preforms all of the same functions while giving a way better look to your graphs. Your curved graphs will actually look curvy!

Searchtube is a chrome extension that allows viewers to search a word and instantly jump to that second in the video. I can think of plenty of times during this course where I would hear a specific word that caught my attention and I would have to constantly go back on the video to find what I was looking for. Searchtube is designed to gain knowledge while saving time. If you are watching the video for a specific reason you can just jump to the topic that you are interested in learning about by using key words in the searchtube bar. The downside is that the first half of the video is free and to unlock the second half of any video it is 2.99 a month subscription.

I like this idea, it saves time and energy.