BONUS POST
So, first of all my mind is blown after a class with Katia Hildebrandt! But on the other hand, I don’t know much about technology and the amazing benefits! I learned so many things in just an hour and a half! She told us about many chrome extinctions that can make a person’s life so much easier! In my future career, many of these extinctions will be useful. One of them is Read Aloud, which is an extension that will read anything that is on your screen! I think this would be great for in the classroom when there is a child that needs help reading instructions or an article. The second one she showed us was Distraction Free For YouTube, which blocks YouTube from showing all the suggested videos that may distract the viewer. I think this will be fantastic to use in the classroom so all the students aren’t yelling what they see on the screen because we all know that happens! Another extension Katia introduced us to was One Tab, which I thought was amazing because I always have a million tabs open. This extension makes it so all your tabs are in one place and easy to access, but not open killing your battery. I also learned about Screencastify, which is an easy way to make videos of your screen or yourself. I think this would be fantastic in the classroom to make short instructional videos or to help students working from home when they are away. She also showed us Grammerly, but I have used that one for many years because I am awful with grammar and spelling. Katia introduced us to uBlock Origin a couple weeks ago, and I downloaded it right away because I had no idea this type of thing existed and it is life changing! UBlock Origin is an extension that blocks all adds when using the chrome browser. Everyone hates adds popping up all over the place, so this is beneficial to everyone! As soon as class was over I downloaded most of the extensions that Katia suggested. What I have discovered is the is basically an extension for everything if you just look for them! You should check some of these out if you have never heard of them because they may make your life easier!
6 Comments
5/20/2021 09:10:32 pm
This blog post honestly spoke what was going on in my head... Mind Blown! As soon as Katia showed/explained OneTab I was done. There are so many things in this technological world that I never knew about! So luckily to finally be learning about some!
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Karlee Andres
5/20/2021 09:26:12 pm
Mind Blown is right! Like I can't believe I am just finding out about these amazing technology features now! SO thankful for the great teacher we have who knows so much about technology!
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Rosalie Krengnektak
5/21/2021 12:56:42 am
Hello Andres, I found your post very interesting and just reading your blog post of Chrome extensions is as others say "mind blowning" and these extensions caught my eye. I am not much of a social media or good at technology and hearing about these extensions for the first time through our teacher was cool. These are and would be great for future educators in the classroom. I am happy that we as students are being introduced to new resources, tools and technology from a teacher who knows a lot about social media and technology.
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Karlee Andres
5/24/2021 03:06:11 pm
Yes, I am so excited about these new resources and knowledge I gained! I also think they will be useful in a classroom! Thanks for your input!
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Tina
5/21/2021 04:27:38 pm
Amazing, you wrapped up the class in very short post and was really helpful to review , Extensions are also exciting for me as I have not used them before!
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Karlee Andres
5/24/2021 03:07:57 pm
I am so glad you enjoyed my conclusion! I am new to extensions as well, so I found it very interesting to learn about!
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