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Mar 3/29 - Mar 4/2 Google Extension: Padlet Mini Whether you have been using Padlet with your classes all year or remember hearing about it in August but just have not had the opportunity to try it out, the Padlet Mini Chrome extension might be just the tool to take your classroom discussions to the next level. Padlet is the online bulletin board that gives students a place to interact with videos, websites, audio files, and documents. These can be curated by the teacher and/or uploaded by the students. It gives students a common place to comment on material that has been posted, collaborate and brainstorm ideas. Many of you signed up this summer using your HPS email account. Note: the free version only allows you to have three boards but you can erase and make new ones. Padlet Mini is a Google Chrome extension that allows you to bookmark webpages directly to your padlet board. This way you create your Padlet as you are doing the research and do not have to search for them later. To download the extension:
Google Extension: Checker Plus for Google Calendar Here is a handy way to eliminate one of your tabs! This tool adds a calendar button in your Chrome toolbar which allows you to view and edit your calendar from any tab. To download the extension:
Now you have the extension, what do you do with it?
How to pin an Extension to your toolbar. If you choose to download the Checker Plus for Google Calendar extension you are going to want to pin it to your Google toolbar. First off some of you may be wondering - What does it mean to pin an extension to your toolbar? When you download Google toolbar extensions they are all available through the drop down menu which you access by clicking on the puzzle piece in the upper right hand corner of your browser. When you pin an extension its icon is added to your toolbar and you do not need to use the drop down menu. This makes accessing extensions you use frequently a breeze. To pin an extension to your toolbar:
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AuthorMike Cotto and Heather Fuller are Science teachers and Building Technology Leads at Holyoke High School North Campus Archives
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