Comments on: 10 engaging Google Drawings activities for classes

By: Emmanuel

Emmanuel — Sun, 16 May 2021 20:22:39 +0000

I’m interested in learning a lot about art and tech skills to develop my talents.

By: Emmanuel

Emmanuel — Sun, 16 May 2021 20:21:38 +0000

That’s nice.

By: Matthew Brown

Matthew Brown — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:31:20 +0000

These look very useful, and I’m particularly interested in using #3 and #6. I’ve recently begun teaching 8th grade world history and geography. The most successful outcomes in geography I’ve ever had in the classroom came from using Google Drawing to create maps and then have students practice and memorize locations. I copy a blank map that corresponds to either a map in our world history atlas or one online, which I will project on the board. Then I have students work on specific types of geographical labels (regions, capitals, rivers, etc), inserting text, and then sorting out the types of labels by color and shape (water = dark blue, capitals are stars, etc).
Combining this with practice using Quizlet, I’ve had students find much more success, and the level of engagement is quite high at first because of the novelty. Students can see how they master this, unless they have a specific learning disability that affects their ability to do this particular activity.

It’s easy to evaluate the results — you copy one of the maps the more able students have done, and move all the labels to the side, eliminating some, and have students use it as a quiz. I plan to elaborate this activity by having students create itineraries using Google Drawing and maps, with callouts describing what they’ll sight-see that’s of historical interest.

I’ve also used Google Drawing for concept maps and timelines. Interestingly, students were very engaged by making outlines in Google Docs, which I thought would be deathly dull! But then they were new to Chromebooks and the apps…

By: Patricia

Patricia — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 17:10:39 +0000

I have never used this technique. But it looks like fun.

By: Deborah Havnen

Deborah Havnen — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 14:50:54 +0000

I will definitely use graphic organizer for Science Notes and Info Graphics for Social Studies.

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By: Judi Elliott

Judi Elliott — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 01:17:15 +0000

This format would be an excellent way to have the students in my Science Lab demonstrate investigations. With the proper permissions, their demonstrations could be posted on my web page for all the grade levels to visit.

By: T. Perk

T. Perk — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 23:26:34 +0000

My Music classes can create a Comic Strip to a Song/Music!