Google Chrome Review
I've been using Google Chrome as my main web browser for over a year now and it is fantastic. It works very well with the Gmail apps, and has a world of apps inside itself. One of the apps I played with during this "thing" was the Desmos Graphing Calculator. This is a lot of fun and very easy to use and check your answers with. In a way, it "gamifies" graphing and makes it more interactive for our students.
I also got to play around with "Typing Club" which is essentially like "Ultrakey" which I grew up with, but free to use. This also "gamifies" the learning of typing, encouraging you to type faster and more efficiently to break records.
Last but not least, I used "Biodigital Human," an interactive health app that allows you to investigate the different parts and conditions of the body. This app is very intuitive and allows for deep analysis of the human anatomy. Very cool!
There are endless amounts of apps inside the Google Chrome App Store, one of my favorites being AdBlock, which protects you and your students from annoying and often inappropriate ads when they are searching on the web.
I am a big fan of Chrome and plan to use it until the next big breakthrough in web browsing.
Thanks!
Thank you for sharing your opinion on Desmos. As I move towards a more digital classroom, I struggle with online vs. software graphing. For example, I loved Excel and have now learned to use Numbers. I feel the push towards extensions and an online graphing app, though. Will definitely give Desmos (another is Plotly) a try next year!
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