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Store Your Chormebooks Safely and Securely With New Tech Tubs
Store Your Chormebooks Safely and Securely With New Tech Tubs
  • GAFE/ Chromebook
November 7, 2016

Store Your Chormebooks Safely and Securely With New Tech Tubs

We’re all familiar with the growing popularity of Chromebooks in education (see our previous blog...
November is Chromebook Month!
November is Chromebook Month!
  • Access
November 1, 2016

November is Chromebook Month!

For the month of November, Bridges join us to look at Chromebooks from an assistive technology...
NEW: Kurzweil 3000 Chrome App and Extension
NEW: Kurzweil 3000 Chrome App and Extension
  • Colleges/ Universities
September 28, 2016

NEW: Kurzweil 3000 Chrome App and Extension

Kurzweil has totally redesigned its web reading tools and released a Chrome app, too: Read...
NEW: Extract highlights, Write and more in K3000+FIREFLY!
NEW: Extract highlights, Write and more in K3000+FIREFLY!
  • Colleges/ Universities
September 21, 2016

NEW: Extract highlights, Write and more in K3000+FIREFLY!

The web version of FIREFLY  serves up new reading and writing features, including extraction of...
CoWriter.com and SnapandRead.com go live
CoWriter.com and SnapandRead.com go live
  • GAFE/ Chromebook
June 27, 2016

CoWriter.com and SnapandRead.com go live

SnapandRead.com and Cowriter.com, delivers new ways to access and manage your universal license for school...
Quick and Easy Worksheet accessibility on Chromebook/GAFE
Quick and Easy Worksheet accessibility on Chromebook/GAFE
  • GAFE/ Chromebook
June 8, 2016

Quick and Easy Worksheet accessibility on Chromebook/GAFE

DJI just posted 3 minute videos that show how you can read and write on...
Cloud Privacy: When the Extension’s Servers are Breached
  • cloud
April 29, 2016

Cloud Privacy: When the Extension’s Servers are Breached

It’s not enough to say your server in the Cloud is secure. When a company...
Cloud Privacy: Can you turn your Extensions Off?
Cloud Privacy: Can you turn your Extensions Off?
  • cloud
April 29, 2016

Cloud Privacy: Can you turn your Extensions Off?

For most extensions, it is a safe bet that they are always working. Even though...
Extensions — What work is done in the Cloud vs. the local computer
Extensions — What work is done in the Cloud vs. the local computer
  • cloud
April 29, 2016

Extensions — What work is done in the Cloud vs. the local computer

Most extensions take data from your computer and send it to their server in the...
New accessibility supports in Chrome OS include Screen Reader & Dwell Click
  • Access
December 15, 2015

New accessibility supports in Chrome OS include Screen Reader & Dwell Click

On December 10th, Google dramatically improved the accessibility options in the Chromebook operating system, (Chrome...
In Flanders Fields – Symbolized! Tips, tricks and discoveries for using symbols for teaching a poem
In Flanders Fields – Symbolized! Tips, tricks and discoveries for using symbols for teaching a poem
  • GAFE/ Chromebook
November 9, 2015

In Flanders Fields – Symbolized! Tips, tricks and discoveries for using symbols for teaching a poem

To mark Remembrance Day we’re sharing a symbolized version of the classic poem “In Flanders...
PROBLEM: Accessibility in Chrome. SOLUTION: Windows?
  • Access
October 6, 2015

PROBLEM: Accessibility in Chrome. SOLUTION: Windows?

We’ve already reviewed how to connect a switch to a Chromebook. But if you need...