Working on my shortcuts

Alice Keeler has great suggestions for keyboard shortcuts- please see her post here on Ctrl A.  I think #3 is my favorite.

Clean up your bookmark bar

This short article from Alice Keeler will help you organize and clean up your bookmark bar.  She walks you through the steps from creation to cleanup!

Seeking something on a page?

The best tool to find something on a web page (doesn’t matter if it is a Google file or a website) is the use the find feature,  Just select Ctrl + F- you will get a pop-up where you can enter your search term.  It will then be highlighted on the page.  Here’s a quick video from Kasey Bell ( Shake Up Learning) as an illustration.

Chrome shortcuts

I can always count on Alice Keeler with short-cut ideas.  While I’ve used the resize feature- I can see how CTRL + L and Ctrl + R can be very useful (how many times have I copied a link?).  Please see her brief blog post here.

Mute that tab (in Chrome)

It is easy to silence a tab (in case you are on a call and don’t want your email notification to be disruptive).  Here is a quick video from Kasey Bell (from ShakeUpLearning) that you can use or share with your students.

A Wakelet for all shortcuts

Somewhere in my travels, I came across this Chrome Shortcut collection from Sarah Kiefer.  My goal is to learn one new one each week- maybe this is something that would work for your students.  Think how much time it could save!