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Friday, June 5, 2015

Chrome Apps/Extensions to Improve Workflow and Make Your Life Better


Have you ever found yourself completing a task on your computer thinking 
"There has got to be a better way!"
Well...There Probably Is
This list of Chrome Extensions and Apps have made my life better and I hope they can help improve yours. If you know of something that is missing from this list, post it in the comments.

Extensions: Shortcuts that perform a function, located at the top right of your browser.
Application: Stored in your Apps, shortcuts for programs with more developed user interfaces.
Add-Ons: Scripts designed to complete some function in Google Docs, Sheets, Forms
All will help you bit.ly/Workbetter
Shortened URLS
Customize and shorten your URL - bit.ly/Workbetter
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Shorten URLs and create QR Codes to Scan
Tab Management
Open a window listing tabs when you have too many open
Create sets of tabs to open together
Images
Take Screenshots and Annotate on them

Edit Photos and Images
Makes Life Better
Remove Ads and junk on text
Block ads on web pages
Makes Life Even Better
Create Docs in one click!
Save an entire webpage as a PDF
Video’s

Screencasting Made Easy



Import Slides and create a video presentation
Text To Speech &
Speech To Text
Convert Text To Speech


This App opens a notepad that will transcribe your voice. The notes can be copied and pasted over on a google doc
Literacy Tools
Create a citation for a site
Annotate Text, annotations can be copied to a notepad
Literacy Tools

Annotate Text, and Save notes and links.
Students can create graphic organizers, and Charts in Google Docs.
Form Add-Ons
Mail Merge Form Responses to a Doc
Create Automated E-mails from a spreadsheet list.
Not Chrome But Super Useful

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