The OmniBox: My Year on Chrome

So Jennie Magiera’s post on how she reflected on her year on social media struck me as pretty cool. I particularly dug the part about the autocompleted website that shows up for each letter of the alphabet in a Chrome browser's OmniBox. Since I use Chrome all the time, I thought it would be cool to give it a try. Here goes nothing…

A = aesoponline.com: How I put in for subs in my district. Not sure that this says about me…

B = blogger.com: Makes sense - I blogged a lot more this year than I did last year, particularly at the end of the year.

C = cnnsi.com: Where I head first to read about sports.

D = drive.google.com: Yes.

E = edcamphome.org: Made me smile.

F = fall2013a.sched.org: Fall CUE’s online schedule.

G = gmail.com: Nuff said

H = hhs.schoolloop.com: Grade recording and parent emailing for HIllsdale High School where I teach.

I = integratedsf.oetc.org: The website for Darren Hudgins and OETC’s interatED San Francisco conference. Darren and his team put on a great conference. Check one out if you haven’t.

J = nothing suggested in the autocomplete - the OmniBox recommended playdate San Jose’s website, a letter of rec I wrote for a student whose name starts with J, and John Stevens’s Twitter page.

K = kaizena.com: Love Kaizena - it’s a great way to leave verbal feedback on a Google doc your students have submitted. I leave more and better feedback more quickly with Kaizena. That’s a win in my book.

L = livephish.com: Yes, I love tha band Phish. A lot.

M = maps.google.com: Nuff said.

N = naviance.com: My school coordinates a bunch of student information - and college applications - through Naviance.

O = nothing suggested in autocomplete.

P = plus.google.com: See G and M.

Q = nothing suggested in autocomplete.;

R = remind101.com: Love Remind101 - one way texting reminders to my students? Done.

S = sites.google.com/site/worldhistorywithls: My class website. Everything for my world history classes goes up here.

T = tweetdeck.com: Nuff said (for a fourth time).

U = usbank.com: Where I pay my credit card. That’s a thing.

V = nothing suggested in autocomplete.

W = wellfargo.com: My bank.

X = nothing suggested in autocomplete.

Y = youtube.com: In an upset...

Z = nothing suggested in autocomplete.

There you have it: my year on Chrome. Here’s to 2014 being every bit as awesome as 2013 was. I’ve got a feeling it will be...