TL;DR version: In this post I share the extensions I use with Google Chrome on the Mac & PC. I also provide some troubleshooting advice. In issue #9 of the TL;DR newsletter, I shared a link that indicated the “must have Chrome apps” as you start the new school year. This list was important…
TL;DR Version: In this series of posts I’ll discuss digital texts or tools that I use in my personal or academic life. It’ll partially cover tips, tricks, and tools that I use…and hopefully help you out as well. Chromecast Chromecast is a $35.00 HDMI dongle that plugs into the back of your TV or monitor…
TL;DR version: I recently tested using my Samsung Chromebook as the only computing device at an institute I helped facilitate over the summer. This blog post is about what I learned during this “acid test” and my thoughts about using the Chromebook as my sole computer. A little over two months ago I received my…
TL;DR version: The Google Chromecast offers tremendous potential for use as a presentation device in the classroom. As a natural extension of Google Apps for Educators environment using Chromebooks with students, it allows for easy projection. There are several hurdles that will interfere with initial use of the Chromecast. I anticipate brisk innovations and development…
TL;DR version: Chromebooks provide a great opportunity to use the power of the cloud to communicate, collaborate, teach, and learn using a variety of free digital texts and tools. This blog post provides an initial primer to get you started. We just rolled out a fleet of Chromebooks for our IT&DML program. As a result,…
As some of you know, I’ve been hard at work this past year on a number of initiatives. One of the major ones has been the development and start-up of the Instructional Technology and Digital Media Literacy (IT&DML) program. The IT&DML program is specifically tailored to build the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to authentically…
When Google Drive was officially launched, I wrote up a basic overview of how you potentially could be backing up your computer to gDrive…and integrating this into collaboration with students and colleagues. By now you hopefully have taken me up on installing gDrive to your computer and have synced your docs to the cloud. Let’s take a…