Google Student Blog: Chrome Extensions

Google Chrome Extensions at School: Get more done!

September 23, 2010

writing a term papercollaborating with your lab group over IM, we will highlight a few Chrome extensions to help you stay on task while in school.

Suppose it’s late at night and you have a big exam in the morning, but you’re still watching random videos or playing games on the web. StayFocusd lets you control where you spend your time online by limiting the amount of time you spend on specific web sites. You can also customize your settings to block or allow specific sites or pages.

If you’re like many students who are juggling academics, athletics, a part-time job and social lives, there are so many ways to lose track of your busy schedule. DayHiker is a great extension to help you keep track of upcoming deadlines and meetings. It lets you check your schedule or tasks, preview upcoming events and even check out the weather forecast at the same time.

RemindMe is another useful extension that allows you to set up reminders, so you don’t forget to email those lecture notes to your study group or miss your next class.

We hope these extensions help students like you make the most of your time during the school year. You can find more useful Chrome extensions in the gallery, and if you don’t have Google Chrome yet, you can get the browser here.

Posted by Koh Kim and Meredith Papp, Google Chrome Team

Google Chrome Extensions at School: Research and write papers

September 16, 2010

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If you’re reading various articles online for your next research paper and want to find out more about a particular person (or anything else), Apture Highlights allows you to highlight any word or phrase on a web page and instantly bring up search results in a window. The extension uses over 60 sources like YouTube, Twitter, Wikipedia and Google.

With Diigo Web Highlighter and Bookmark, you can highlight web pages with multiple colors as you read online. You can also add tags and sticky notes on web pages you visit. This is very useful when you want to highlight and save key information in your class notes or assignments and view them later.

After the Deadline helps check your spelling, grammar and style in your Google Chrome browser. By clicking on the ABC icon in the lower-right corner of the editable area, you can proofread anything you write on the web. If you are learning a foreign language or studying abroad, you can also check French, German, Portuguese and Spanish text as well.

These are just a few extensions to help you write research and write papers more efficiently, and you can find many more extensions in the gallery. And if you don’t have Google Chrome yet, what are you waiting for? You can get the browser here.

Posted by Koh Kim and Meredith Papp, Google Chrome Team

Google Chrome Extensions at School: Staying Connected

September 9, 2010

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Instant Messaging Notifier lets you chat and receive alerts on many instant messaging services including MSN, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, Skype, ICQ and Facebook all in one place. It’s great when you’re studying abroad or away at college and want to keep in touch with friends and family back home. It’s free, and no separate registration is required.

For U.S. students, the Google Voice extension lets you make calls, send SMS, preview your inbox and get notified of new messages in your Google Chrome browser. You can also click on a phone number on any website or in any email to dial right from Gmail or any of your other Google Voice forwarding phones. All you need is a Google Voice account which is available free for anyone in the US.

These are just a few extensions to help you stay connected, and you can find many more by visiting the social networking page in the gallery. If you don’t use Google Chrome, check it out and stay tuned for more posts to learn about other helpful Chrome extensions as you’re getting back into the swing of school.

Posted by Koh Kim and Meredith Papp, Google Chrome Team

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