Resources from this session

Picture superiority effect (Cognitive Development via ScienceDirect) — Items studied as pictures are better remembered than items studied as words even when test items are presented as words.

Dual coding theory (Alan Paivio) (InstructionalDesign.org) — The brain processes words and images differently.

1. Graphic organizers

• 15 FREE Google Drawings graphic organizers and how to make your own

2. Interactive posters

• Google Drawings interactive posters (no glue sticks necessary!)

3. Comic strips

• Crash! Bang! Boom! How to add Google Drawings comic strips to your class
• Comics with Google tools and creativity games (by Mike Petty)
• The making of a Google Drawings comic strip (quick YouTube time-lapse video)

4. Caption This!

• Caption This! A fun, deep-thinking Google Drawings activity

5. Infographics

• Create eye-popping infographics with Google Drawings
• Infographics templates with icons, etc. ready to use with students
• Creating infographics with Google Drawings (YouTube tutorial)
• The making of a Google Drawings infographic (quick YouTube time-lapse video)

More Google Drawings resources

• The Google Drawings Manifesto for Teachers
• 10 engaging Google Drawings activities for classes
• 5 Google Drawings features you don’t know about (YouTube)
• Tapping into creativity with Google Drawings (Google Teacher Tribe podcast)
• Creating moveable digital activities with Google Drawings + Slides
• Use Google Drawings for brain-friendly visual notetaking
• Google Drawings blackout poetry (click and scroll down to learn more)