30 in 30: Day 16 - Aw, Snap! Clearing your Browsing Data in Chrome

Day 16 in the 30 in 30 series is going to address a little problem that seems to have a pretty simple solution.  I'm sure that we have all experienced that little message while using Google Chrome, "Aw, Snap!"  And while the message may be slightly funny that Google has presented us with, the problem is less than hilarious....especially when we have 30+ students sitting in seats waiting on us.  Not only has this funny little message presented a technical issue, but also a classroom management issue.  And while the Chromeboxes and Chromebooks have a relatively fast startup time, most of the time this doesn't seem to do the trick.  What I have found that seems to be successful most of the time is clearing your Browsing Data.  Google likes to keep track of stuff.  It makes it easier to find the websites that you need and fill in the forms again.  And while this is convenient at first, over time it creates a system overload.  Given the days, months and years worth of sites, forms, usernames, passwords and other "stuff" that Google likes to keep, it doesn't have a way of clearing up the resources to make our machines run faster.  We must do it manually.  And while I will suggest obliterating Browsing history, Download history, Cookies and Cached images and files, you can check or uncheck any or all of them.  The fastest way to clear your browsing data is a shortcut.  Ctrl + Shift + Delete will bring up the dialog box you see below.  If you are looking for the video on how to clear browsing data, click here.  You can also click here for the Google Help Link.  Hope this little trick helps to get things back to how they were when you first discovered the speed and reliability of Google Chrome.