Annotate PDF's Together in Google Meet with Kami. When in a Google Meet video conference with a student, a colleague, or any other participant, sometimes you may need to work on a PDF together. For example, I have heard from teachers wanting to do tele-therapy sessions with a student where the child needs to practice tracing letters or shapes on exiting PDF worksheets. There are many tools for annotating a PDF, but what would be great would be something that is free, easy to use, and allows for real time collaboration between people.
Well thankfully there is an excellent option with Kami. Kami is a website for PDF annotation found at kamiapp.com. It is a great match for this need for many reasons: To help demonstrate all the details of this process, I have recorded a short 5-minute video, which you can view below. Tutorial Video (5 minutes) Here is my quick 5-minute video on how to collaboratively annotate a PDF with someone else in a Google Meet using the Kami website. Note: See all of my Google Meet help videos here: Chrome Extensions to Enhance Your Online Reading Experience. How to Control Google Chrome's Memory Usage and Free Up RAM. The web has changed in recent years. Applications that would only run on desktop computers now run in the browser, but this comes at a cost.
Modern browsers use a lot of RAM, and Chrome is among the worst offenders. With just a little bit of effort, there’s a lot you can do limit Chrome’s memory usage. If your browser seems to be always chugging along, this article will help you reduce Chrome’s memory usage and free up RAM. There are two methods for figuring out how much RAM Chrome is using. 10 Windows Task Manager Tricks You Didn't Know 10 Windows Task Manager Tricks You Didn't Know If the only time you open the Task Manager is when an application is frozen and needs to be killed, you're overlooking some of its more powerful features.
If you want to drill down further and understand exactly how much RAM each site, extension, or plugin is using, you can opt instead for Chrome’s own Task Manager. How to Reduce Chrome Memory Usage 1. Download: TooManyTabs (Free) 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Use a Rubric with Google Classroom. Enhance Google Classroom with the "Talk and Comment" Chrome Extension. How to Check Spelling and Grammar in Google Docs! Take a Snapshot Alternative for Docs, Slides, and Drawings. Recently Google announced that they would be rolling out an update to how we currently insert images in Google Docs, Slides, and Drawings. The new version looks to be simpler, which is a good thing, but unfortunately something got lost in the update. According to Google, the new option allows you to insert an image in five ways: "Upload from computer", "Search the web", "Drive", "Photos", and "By URL".
However this is missing an awesome option we have had for years, which is "Take a Snapshot". That feature allowed you to take a picture with your webcam, and then easily insert it into the document, presentation, or drawing you were working on. This is a much used and loved feature for teachers and students to allow users to add real-life pictures quickly and easily.
I have referenced it in many of my activities including "Stop Motion Animation with Google Slides" and "Learn Math with your Face". So what are we to do if "Take a Snapshot" is really going away? The New Option The Alternative. Chrome App and Extension Database | Shake Up Learning. There are now 150+ Chrome Apps and Extensions in this database. I have put together a Google Chrome App and Extension Database for Teachers (also at the bottom of this post) that is loaded with apps and extensions for productivity and classroom integration. If you have followed this blog for any length of time, you probably know that I love the Google Chrome web browser! Google Chrome is the learning environment for all things Google and allows you to customize your browser to fit your needs. Better yet, Google Chrome can be customized to fit the needs of our student learners.
Check out some of my previous Chrome posts: The magic of that customization comes from the Chrome Apps and Chrome Extensions available in the Chrome Web Store. What are Chrome Apps? Apps are often enhanced shortcuts that optimize the website or app within the browser. What are Chrome Extensions? Extensions are installed in the browser and give you added features and abilities to customize your browser. Warning! Author. Full Page Screen Capture. G(Math) G(Math) - Google Docs add-on. Welcoming Synergyse to Google. Posted by Peter Scocimara, Senior Director, Google Apps Operations When learning a new skill, it’s helpful and comforting to have a coach by your side, every step of the way.
Whether it’s a golf instructor giving tips on your swing, or a parent sitting (calmly!) In the passenger seat while you learn to drive. The same is true when learning a new technology. That’s why we — and thousands of Google Apps customers — have been so excited about Synergyse. Google Apps was built to provide powerful cloud-based productivity and communications, in an easy-to-use set of applications. GAFE: Automate The Grading Process With Flubaroo. Chrome App and Extension Database | Shake Up Learning. Office Editing for Docs, Sheets & Slides. GreatGoogleDriveAdd-onsforTeachers.pdf. 10 Chrome Extensions That Make Your Life Easier. The Chrome browser is a blank canvas and Chrome Extensions are the paint that can make it into a work of art.
Much like shades of paint, there are tens of thousands Chrome Extensions to choose from, making it hard to find the essentials you need to improve your web browsing experience. We have put together a list of our 10 favorite Chrome Extensions and the real life problems they solve. From security to grammar correction, these Extensions cover it all. Let us know in the comments section if you use a Chrome Extension that you think should have made the list!
1. Check Gmail From Anywhere On The Web Check your email and even compose emails without ever visiting the Gmail interface. 2. Usually if someone sends you a Excel file or a Powerpoint you have to download it, re-upload it to Google Drive, then choose the app you would like to use to edit it. 3. Having over 10 tabs open at a given time can seriously slow down your computer. 4. 5. 6. 7. Grammarly is spell check on steroids. 8. 9.