As digital learning is becoming more and more popular, photocopiers are becoming less common or copy limits are drastically reduced. I love using current articles as part of my teaching units, but I do not find that they are always able to be printed in a school-friendly format. I cannot photocopy 5 pages for my 60 students. I needed a more economical way to print internet articles. I found this Google Chrome Extension named Print Friendly and PDF and it works very well.
Support Digital Learning with Print Friendly and PDF
Instructions:
- Use the Chrome browser.
- In your Chrome browser, search for “Chrome Web Store” in your toolbar or at Google.com.
- When you get to the Chrome Web Store, look up “PrintFriendly – Print and PDF Web Pages.”
- All you need to do to install this Google Extension is find “PrintFriendly – Print and PDF Web Pages” and then click the “Add to Chrome” button.
- It will show up as a printer icon in your toolbar at the top right side of your Chrome browser.
- This allows you to save paper when you find something on the internet that you want to print. You can edit the website and then save it as a PDF.
- The PDF can be printed or uploaded to your school’s LMS system, e.g. Google Classroom.
- If you use other internet browsers look for this extension where you download extensions for those browsers.
- This tool can also be used as a web version on the PrintFriendly website.
You can find more strategies to reduce paper usage in the classroom in this blog post: 14 Useful Paper Saving Strategies For Teachers.
Join the Teaching Middle School With 2 Peas and a Dog Facebook group, a community of like-minded educators, and share how you support digital learning, as well as your paper saving strategies.
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