This post is going to be different from my others. I will NOT be reviewing a website, extension, or app. In fact, while going through my research for extensions for teachers to use, I have come across some things I believe teachers should know. Being a teacher who uses technology daily in my classroom, I work to make sure my students are using the technology properly. This has brought me to this post about extensions. Most extensions out there are amazing and great for work, classroom, blogging, social media, etc. However, there are extensions out there that not only teachers should be aware of, but parents as well. I have caught a couple of my students trying to install some of these onto their Chromebooks at school. With our students being so techy I am not surprised they have found these already; especially when I have students who have already changed the layout and theme of the Chromebook within the first week of using them! (Gotta give it to my students for figuring that out when I wasn't planning on telling them.) Anyway, here are the extensions I have found and ones I have found my students trying to install.
I have gone through and categorized the extensions to allow you to know what the extension does. Feel free to share this information with parents as well! Please note all listed extensions are rate 4 stars or higher.
Extensions which allow you to BYPASS firewalls, unblock websites, etc:
- Free Proxy to Unblock any sites
- Gom VPN aka Go away MDA
- Unblock embedded Youtube videos
- Stealthy
- Incognito-Filter
- ProxyList
- FastStunnel VPN unblack sites & Proxy
- Privacy Manager
- Veil Duck
- Auto Proxy
- aProxy
- Privatix
- Hotspot Shield Free VPN
- ZenMate VPN
- Unblock Now
- FlexiPrivacy
Extensions which BLOCKS content:
- Adult Blocker
- Simple Porn Blocker
- Parental Control & Porn Blocker
- TinyFilter Pro
- Simple Blocker (allows user to create a list of restricted websites only accessible by password.)
- See No Evil (youtube block only)
Extensions which ERASE/ Leave NO history:
- No History
- Forget that Page
- Incognito for Chrome
- Recent History & Clear
- History Cleaner
Safety Extensions:
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