Some of my favorite Chrome tools from sessions with Jessica Cronk....
Talk and comment- an extension for chrome, you can leave voice messages in google apps. Insert it as you would a comment, but you get a play button for audio instead of a written comment! Quick and easy to use!
Speech Recognition- an add on for google docs. Students can speak into the microphone and this add on will translate it to text. This is a more accurate version of voice to text. Students need to remember to include punctuation when they speak.
Quick create- chrome extension to quickly create a new doc, sheet, slide etc.
Screencastify- (Basic version is Free) Give feedback to student work when grading. You can record yourself grading a document and paste the link into the doc for the student. Highlight sections and talk students through with positive and constructive feedback!
Visor- changes color of screen and gives student a "visor" for tracking as they read on their computer.
Read and Write Toolbar and ATbar - These two extensions help users adjust the way a webpage looks: highlight, change text size and more with these tool bars!
Crafty Cursor- places a translucent colored circle under the mouse to aid in tracking, or to show students where your mouse is in a demonstration or mini lesson.
Speak it- An extension that reads text.
Dogo News- News articles for kids. Focuses on grades K-6.
Flux- An app that changes the color of your computer to match the light outside. For students who get overstimulated by the blue computer screen light.
Noisli- you can remix your own ambient sounds. Great for students who need background noise to concentrate and an alternative to listening to music.
GoNoodle- Mindful movement for the classroom. You can go through different stages to grow your "class champ." It is designed to calm the kids down, great for elementary classrooms. Great transition activity.
Stayfocusd- Blocks out certain websites you don't want students visiting. A great way to avoid distractions.
Orange Slice- and Peer Grade- Two resources that can be used for peer reviews with students. Peer grade randomizes papers and makes assignments anonymous to students.
Goobric and Doctopus- Grade papers with rubrics and then attach feedback and send back to students. I use the rubric tool in Schoology, but if you are using Google Classroom, these are wonderful tools!
Tab Scissors- Efficient way to go between two tabs, when you click on the scissor extension, it will split the page you are on with whatever page is to the left. When you want to put them back together, use Tab Glue.
Drive 20- You can select 20 docs at one time and open up to 20 assignments at one time. Leave comments and close docs- a virtual stack of papers to grade!
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