Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Chromebook Troubleshooting

If you experience a problem loading a website with your Chromebook, there are a few steps you can take to troubleshoot.

Disable Extensions
  1. Click  in the upper-right corner of Chrome.
  2. Click Settings
  3. Select Extensions on the left side of the window.
  4. Uncheck or delete non Google Extensions (games).

Clear Browsing Data
  1. Click  in the upper-right corner of Chrome.
  2. Click Settings
  3. Select History on the left side of the window.
  4. Click the Clear browsing data button.
  5. Check the following:
    • Clear browsing history
    • Clear download history
    • Delete cookies and other site and plug-in data
    • Empty cache
  6. Click the Clear browsing data button.
Update Chromebook
  1. Click in the upper-right corner of Chrome.
  2. Click Settings
  3. Select Help on the left side of the window.
  4. Chrome will check to see if the software is up to date.  If it is not, select the upgrade option.

Monday, October 28, 2013

USD 331 Technology PLC - Feedly & Google+

Feedly is a service that compiles news feeds/articles from various online sources and presents them in one place.  You can share articles that interest you with others and the system keeps track of articles you have looked through and highlights new articles that are found.

Google+ is a social network, similar to Facebook.  Google+ is a great way to share ideas and information with other teachers as well as students.

Feedly

  1. Setup your Feedly account by going to www.feedly.com.
  2. Create a link to Feedly in your bookmarks toolbar.
  3. Add news feeds to Feedly.
  4. Search for a new blog online and add it to Feedly.
  5. Share an article via Google+ with your co-workers.

Google+

  1. Create your Google+ profile.
  2. Create and add co-workers to Circles
  3. Share a Feedly article via Google+ with one of your Circles.
  4. Setting up alerts.


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