Chrome Cheat Sheet and Extension Favs

What a find this morning while browsing my Google+ feed. This was posted by +Miquel Guhlin but I see that kbell6 from ShakeUpLearning.com  actually created this. Love the visuals on the anatomy of Chrome. Many die hard IE folks are determined NOT to give Chrome a try. In my opinion, THEY are missing out on some really awesome features that can save time, help struggling learners, tap in on your own learning style, and so much more. Some of my "can't live without" apps and/or extensions are:

• Diigo capture, save,  annotate
• Pinterest pin it button
• Add This button (customize to your preference)
• One Tab- save many tabs, name the session and have it ready to open for a presentation, or class
• Clip to Evernote
• Go to Feedly (my aggregator)
• Goo shortener (provides a QR code also)
• TLDR (too long, didn't read) summarizes long articles
• Google Dictionary
• Sound Gecko - text to speech or another one is: iSpeech

Google Chrome Cheat Sheet by kbell6

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Posted in cheat sheet, Chrome, diigo, extensions, google, kbell6, miquel guhlin, Pinterest, shake up learning

Sleet, Ice, & Snow = Time Off to Play

Enjoying some extra time off from work thanks to the ice, sleet, and snow. Well, not sure that it is actually snow, but many are managing to make super mini-snowmen. Here's a picture of a post my neighbors put on Facebook. Glad someone nearby is creating some memories in this cold weather. I actually did get to play around with a Chrome app that you can add called Loupe. It lets you make collages out of pictures. What I like is that you can use pictures from your computer, Facebook, Google Drive, Dropbox, Flickr, Instagram, and Google + That just about covers everywhere I have stored pictures. You can choose to make them into different shapes or place them into a rectangle and add your own choice of background and borders. Here are two I made with my grandkids' pictures, and one with some of my Facebook pictures I had. Hope this inspires you to do one of your own.

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Posted in Chrome, collage, Dropbox, Facebook, flickr, Google Drive, Google+, instagram, Loupe

One Tab for Chrome Users

My new best friend is the One Tab extension for Chrome. You can find it in Chrome's Web Store. If you're like me, while working or just searching the web, you tend to have many tabs opened at once. I've been told that it eats up memory and makes your computer run S-L-O-W !  Well, now you can see from the description in the image, One Tab saves 95% of your memory.  Read this and see for yourself. I have already made two different tabs: one to start my day with all the programs that I have to access each and every day while working. The other one I made was for sites that allow you to download FREE photos. I have 30+ links for that tab!Thanks to +Lisa Monthie  for sharing this with me. I absolutely love it and feel more productive.

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Posted in Chrome, Memory, One Tab, Productivity