Graphic organizers are super easy to create and are a great way to get students thinking visibly about their learning! Teachers across grade levels and disciplines use graphic organizers every day. I like to think of Drawings as one big canvas and Slides as a deck of canvases. Google Drawings and Google Slides are VERY similar tools. This fabulous creation tool can help you and your students tap into the 4 Cs. When you first open Google Drawings, it’s a blank canvas, which can be confusing or intimidating. Learn more about Google tools in this handy supplement: Google from A to Z: The Google Glossary for Teachers. Google Drawings is a free, cloud-based image creation application that allows users to collaborate and work together in real-time to create images, infographics, flowcharts, organizational charts, mind maps, concept maps, timelines, and other types of images. If you have never used Google Drawings, I challenge you to give it a try! What is Google Drawings? Google Drawings is a hidden treasure for teachers and students, but many have yet to discover its benefits. Subscribe to Shake Up Learning on YouTube 20 Ways to Use Google Drawings in the Classroom Watch this quick video to learn how! (video will be posted soon) ( Learn how it works here.) But did you know there’s a shortcut to create new docs with different Google accounts? You’ve probably heard about using the URL shortcut “.new” to create a new Google Doc, etc. Quick Tip (Shortcut to Create New Files with Multiple Accounts) Special thanks to Cam Ross for writing a review of Blended Learning with Google.
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