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Chrome extensions for students and teachers...what are they, what do they do, how do you use them, who would benefit from using them?

What it is:

- A Chrome extension will normally sit in your browser toolbar next to the URL box and normally allows you to do something with the web page you are currently viewing. To get these you need to learn how to install them.

- Number of extensions that help make the life of students and teachers easier and more productive.

Some examples:

- Ever-note extension: May send web page or part of web page to Ever-note account

-Screenshot tool: lets you take a screenshot of all or part of the current webpage you are in

What do they do: 

- They make working on Google chrome wit other applications much easier than ever. They are like short cuts to some applications that can work with Google to use on the web page you are using.

How to get these extensions:

- You need to go to the Chrome web store and into the extensions section to find them. 

Then can see them by filter or popularity. If you want to do a more accurate search just go to the search bar in the web store and look for it and if a jigsaw piece appears on the bottom right corner it's an extension. After that you press the "add to chrome" button. It will be added to your Google Chrome.

How do you use them:

- When you have them installed on to your Google Chrome then it depends on the extension you got, but click on it and you will get what you can do with it.

- I will show you how to use some like:

> IP-Address: press on the icon and Shows your IP address with some additional Information and adds easy copy and paste functionality. Features:   

- shows country and DNS details

                   - copies your IP adress to clipboard automatically or with a simple click
                   - paste your IP via the rightclick context menu

> Categorizer: Right click the mouse on something that's not an image, canvas or the like. Then choose the "Categorizer" menu and the options are right there. Features:

- Categorizer lets you manage and categorize the websites you visit regularly         and the ones you only visit on certain days of the week. 

And there is Hundreds more to download and use. There are games, help tabs, dictionary's, and many other's. 

Benefit: 

This can help teachers and students to share web pages or parts of web pages on to other sites like blogs, also there are reminder applications that can be used for homework or work. 

It can make everything faster and more efficient for every one. There are other ways to use this like mini games, Shopping, News, sports and others.