First, once the extension is installed, all you have to do is highlight the word (1) on the webpage and click on the Google Dictionary icon on your extension toolbar (2). A popup will show up in the upper corner with the definition including a speaker icon (3) that will pronounce the word for you.
The second way is to simply double click on the word that you want to define. This will highlight the word and display a popup box over the word with a definition as well as the pronunciation speaker.
This tool provides quick and easy access to difficult words as well as their pronunciations. The biggest benefit in the classroom is that students will then be able to get this information without ever leaving the page they are on. This can obviously help as they are reading text on webpages, but of equal importance is to help with focus. When students have to leave their current page to go out and define an unknown word, this changes their focus from their current task and can potentially cause for distraction. Stamina for reading digital texts is a struggle for many students, this helps with one of those barriers.
Here's a video walking through the extension as well as the options that are available to customize the experience.
For a list of all Apps and Extensions that have been whitelisted in Parkway, visithttps://goo.gl/sUpBKk.
