How to set your Google Chrome to English - forever!

Many of you had/have problems (Chrome popping up in Korean, no matter what you try)

Here is how to set your Google Chrome to English (once and for all!)

It involves 5 steps:

1.

In your Browser, paste the following URL:     chrome://settings/searchEngines

That will open the preferences for search engines

2.

You will see a window that looks like this:

3.

You will need to ADD the English Google option in the lower Box ("Other search Engines")

You can do so in the very last line:

Copy paste (in this order) the following (exactly!) in the 3 boxes:

    Google in English         Google.com                https://www.google.com/webhp?source=ig&hl=en

4.

Now you will have to make this newly added Search Engine your DEFAULT one (so it sticks!)

Scroll in the list, and find the one you just added (look for Google English!)

And then make that the default by clicking the light blue setting when you have your mouse over the last part.

5.

When all went well, the top line in the Window should now look similar to this:

That would do the trick! Close your Browser windows, close Chrome and re-open.

Test it, and be happy!

Of course (!) you need to check the general language settings as well:

Click the advanced settings to see the options:

Check the Language settings, and make sure that English is the top

(and maybe only) choice:

That should do the trick! Make sure that you add the Google browser as

https://www.google.com/webhp?source=ig&hl=en

Only then you will be able to make it the default!

Happy surfing again!

SketchFab - show your 3D model in real 3D on-line

Using Sketch? Want to show your design in 3D? Stunning 3D view? Rotate, zoom, the whole lot? Head over to https://sketchfab.com/ upload your object and try it out! The service has a free option (small ads, no big deal) and would be great to use for showing some objects, the results of a class project etc. They made a Video explaining the features. Here is an example of an embedded 3D model (uploaded and hosted on Sketchfab)   

Maison d'artiste from Klaas Nienhuis on Sketchfab.

Newsela: a promising new startup -> supporting ESOL readers

Newsela is a new kid on the block (in Beta). It's free (so far). It allows teachers to create classes (upon signing up as a teacher one will get a "classcode"), and students can join the classes created.

Lessons are based on news articles and one can select different reading levels (lexile based).

Quizzes can be attached to news articles, and there is a "gradebook" management tool available (linked to Common Core standards)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="525"] Class/Student management[/caption]

Best is to try this out, and see if you like it. This startup company has hit the press a lot already, and funding is secured. Free for now, that might change later (you know that pattern)