Tech Tip Tuesday - Printfriendly

Have you ever wanted to print an article from a blog or a website, but wished you could do it without printing all of the ads and widgets in the side columns? Or perhaps when reading online, you find all of the clutter distracting and wish you could just have a clean, easy-to-read page? PrintFriendly is the tool for you. 

Simply copy and paste the URL of the article or post that you want to print into the PrintFriendly site. You’ll get an editable version of the page that lets you delete images, resize or change fonts, and delete specific pieces of text. This allows you to create the perfect document ready for printing. You can also email the document or download and save it as a PDF file.

PrintFriendly also offers the option to install a browser bookmarklet. Once installed, the bookmarklet allows you to simply click a button on your browser’s task bar whenever you’re on a site you want to print. Very handy!

Want to see it in action? Check out this video demo:

Interested in learning more about how online reading impacts concentration and comprehension? Check out Nicholas Carr's article in Wired magazine: "The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains."

Tech Tip Tuesday - Save & Share Browser Tabs

The newest twist on TTT is "Tech Tip Tuesday", a weekly blog post that includes a quick technology tip that will enhance teaching and learning in your classroom, help you stay organized and ideally, save you time. If you have a Tech Tip suggestion, you can: a) send it to Susan Payne, b) share in the comments, or c) do a guest blog post. Let's pool our collective knowledge and learn from each other!

Today's tech tip comes from SmartBlog on Education:

Tech Tip: How to save and share multiple browser tabs

By Ari Flewelling on January 12th, 2016 | Comments (0)

You’re sitting in your classroom researching websites for an upcoming lesson and you have about ten tabs open in your Google Chrome browser when you realize it’s almost 5pm and you need to leave to go home. One problem, what are you supposed to do with all the tabs? Here are two solutions to help you:

• TabCloud: This Google Chrome extension lets you save and name tabs. For example, say you have 10 tabs open pertaining to “The Great Gatsby.” Simply on Tab Cloud, name the group “Gatsby” and save it for later. You can access the tabs again by clicking on Tab Cloud.
• One Tab: With One Tab you can save your group of tabs and share the list as a web page or via QR code. This is great when working with students because you only have to share one link instead of several. You can also favorite tab groups if there are groups of tabs you use on a regular basis.