5 #GR8Finds #ThisWeek 04.10.15: Google Field Trips to Science Museums, LinkedIn to buy Lynda.com, 25 Google Search Shortcuts, Kids Summer Reading List 0-YA

[I blog every Friday about my #GR8Finds #ThisWeek. My list is very v-e-r-r-r-y selective
--my own crème de la crème curation. Generally, three to five #GR8Finds.

April 10, 2015

Five solid keepers this week!

1. Google Field Trips to Science Museums!

h/t +Kyle Pace 

2. LinkedIn to buy Lynda.com. Interesting!

3. 25 Google Search Shortcuts You Need to Know h/t @kleinerin

25 Google Search Shortcuts You Need to Know http://t.co/kdiEW7UXzj
— Erin Klein (@KleinErin) April 9, 2015

Great list! I consider myself advanced, and I didn't know a couple of these.

4. Summer Reading List for Kids 0 to YA, from Scholastic

FB Parents: Nifty SUMMER READING guide for kids 0 - Young Adult from Scholastic http://www.scholastic.com/readingcampaign/downloads/src-book-list-all-ages.pdf?linkId=13399449
Posted by Linda J. Lindsay on Friday, April 10, 2015

Summer's just around the corner.☺

5. The power of Google Maps and Social Media #WeAreMaunaKea

How powerful is this? #WeAreMaunaKea "This is a growing map of locations across the world where groups of people and...
Posted by Linda J. Lindsay on Friday, April 10, 2015

Using technology for good. ...


Ahh, yes, the weekend. ...  Hope yours is relaxing and refreshing.

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Customize Your Chrome Omnibox to Search Your Google Bookmarks, Drive, Gmail, and More

Three of my all-time favorite Chrome extensions allow me to search my bookmarks, my Google drive, and my Gmail, right from my Omnibox (in Chrome). 

S-o-o-o-o much time saved!

Check them out:

Bookmark Search (Shortcut I created: bm)

Google Drive Quick Search (my shortcut: dr)

Gmail Search (my shortcut: gm)

I discovered this Gmail bonus: 

Enable Apps Search in Labs to search Docs and Sites in addition to emails. Boom!

[Go to Gmail Settings --  Labs]

Once you've installed these extensions, right-click (pc) / control-click (Mac) in the Omnibox to Edit Search Engines.

And this editing box will pop up.

You can now choose your own keyboard shortcut.

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You can also create your own search engines and shortcuts for often-used sites. See Google support's Manage your search engines.

Here's a visual how-to that you might find helpful:

Here are the codes for three other sites I search frequently. Feel free to copy and paste if they're your favorites too.

Chrome Web Store

https:chrome.google.com/webstore/search?q=%s

Google Calendar Search 

https://www.google.com/calendar/render?q=%s

Google Scholar

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=%s&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp=

Here's where the code goes:

I see only two drawbacks to staying in the Omnibox for searches. 

(1) I don't see the Google Doodle of the Day.

(2) As far as I can tell, the shortcuts don't work across my other open accounts, just with the account I used to sign in to Chrome.

Does anyone else customize their Omnibox? What did I miss?

Happy searching!

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The Google Image Ripper -- Just Because You Can Doesn't Mean You Should

Just read about a new, faster, easier way to search images, in this article: Google: Handy Systems Makes Google Image Search Easier to Use.

The site described is Google Image Ripper, and it is not affiliated with Google in any way.

I must take issue with this API!

Why would you want to download an image without first visiting the website?

What about copyright and proper attribution? Why would you not want to know who the owner of an image is in order to give due credit?

Fast and easy do not equal desirable in this case. Just because you can doesn't necessarily mean you should.

We want our students to carefully select the images they use in their presentations and projects.

Here are two screencasts I created for our students that show a couple of ways to find creative commons images quite easily.

How to Find Free-to-Use Images using Creative Commons and Google Image Search

Finding Reusable Images in Google Presentations
Yes, it's that important to take the time to find free-to-use images!
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08/25/13 Update: Here's a solution I would be happy with, as mentioned in a Google+ conversation with Phil Bradley:
A statement on the Google Image Ripper landing page:
"Note: remember that images may be subject to copyright. "
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http://search.creativecommons.org