Technology plays an important role in education and academia. Gone are the days that you need to physically go to schools and centers for learning. Teachers and students can use the latest technology to get tasks done online from anywhere. For example, students can find sheer number of paid and free online courses created by qualified teachers and learn stuffs from home.
Google Chrome being the popular browser offers countless extensions for general audience. There are also large number of browser extensions specially designed for teacher and students. Following are the top 5 Chrome extensions for teacher and students we recommend you to try out.
1. Grammarly
Whether you are a student or teacher writing skills is one of the most important parts of education. Students have to write essays, letters, research papers and similar material. It takes time to proofread a piece of content and sometimes a human eye can miss a few errors. It can ultimately damage the academic performance of a student. This is the reason why Grammarly is such a widely used extension. Students and even teachers can use it correct their errors and write error free content.
Grammarly is quite easy to use. It can pinpoint your grammatical and spelling mistakes on sites like Facebook, Twitter and Gmail. The extension will underline the mistakes in red, similar to checking errors in Microsoft Word document. Pointing your mouse on them will provide you with the correction option.
If you want to check your essay, just click on the extension and then click on a new document. Once on that webpage, copy paste your text and provide the required details. Grammarly will point spelling and grammar mistakes out and you can simply correct them yourself.
2. Screencastify
Explanations and tutorials through texts or audio are sometimes not the most efficient way to convey your thoughts. Nowadays, instructional videos are major source of information more than text content. These videos can provide students with a practical approach by providing an experience of classroom environment in a remote way.
Screencastify extension for Chrome allows you to record your Chrome’s screen and share it with others.
Teachers can use this extension when they have to demonstrate or give instructions. They can easily resolve student’s query in much better way. You can also use webcam and an on-screen pen simultaneously to make better instructional videos.
3. Free Math Solver for Chrome
Have you ever encountered a complex math problem online and wished you could get step-by-step guidance to solve it? Here comes the AI powered Free Math Solver for Chrome extension. Whether you are a student or a teacher, all you need to do is to take a screenshot of the problem, and the extension will handle the rest.
Math Solver is simple to use. Download and install the extension in your browser, then open a webpage that contains a math problem. Click the extension icon and choose whether you want a “Step-by-Step” solution or a “Short Answer”. Next, click the “Take Screenshot” button and capture the portion of the webpage that shows the problem. You can also use “Alt + Shift + S” shortcut keys to quickly take the screenshot without clicking the extension icon.
The extension will display the captured image. Click the Solve This Problem button to proceed.
Within seconds, you will receive either a detailed solution or a short answer, powered by AI. This is an efficient way to understand how complex mathematical problems are solved with just a few clicks.
4. EasyBib Toolbar
Every student and teacher is aware that citations and bibliography is an important part of academia. It is a good practice to write research papers with citations from credible sources. However, Citing a source can be difficult at times especially for the students. EasyBib is the largest and most efficient citation machine in the world and their extension for Chrome is equally good.
The extension is fairly easy to use and quick in performance. Just install the extension, click on its icon and click on ‘Cite in EasyBib’. A new window will open and you can add details of the source in it. Finally, click on ‘Create Citation’ and EasyBib will generate the citation for you. All the common citation styles are available and it is up to your choice to choose the best style.
5. Read&Write for Google Chrome
The best way to teach children is reading them passages and letting them repeat it. This is an orthodox method that teachers still use commonly. It helps students to grasp words more properly and improve drastically. Read&Write use this method; it provides a toolbar having multiple options to assist teachers.
The extension works on Google docs, PDF files and all webpages. You can highlight a certain sentence or phrase to hear through the speaker. From student’s perspective, they need to repeat that phrase, ultimately improving his or her vocal skills. In addition, the extension offers Word prediction, text highlighting and proofreading features from the toolbar.
Conclusion
Teachers can students can make use of the Chrome extensions to improve their skills. It will also help in learning stuff in interesting way instead of traditional methods. Note that most of the extensions offer limited free features or offer full features for limited time. You can try out them and upgrade when you like the features.
