Category Archives: Draw

Infographic Technique: Text that Pops

TweetCurrently I am into creating infographics using Google Drawing.  This is an activity that students can do that is fun, forces them to think critically about how to best represent information, is collaborative, is free and does not require an … Continue reading

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Opacity in Google Drawing

Tweet I very much like Google Draw.  It has the benefits that I love about Google Docs in general.  Using it with students is great because it is a simple program to not only let them easily create graphics for … Continue reading

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Have Students Create Infographics Using Google Draw

Tweet For a presentation I am giving at the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention April 26th, I needed to figure out how to do Infographics using Google tools.  I’ve long been a fan and user of Google Draw, … Continue reading

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Have students create their own blog badge

Tweet We want students to publish, having them create a blog is a great way to do this.  They may want to share their blog using their own blog badge.  As a teacher you can create a wall of these … Continue reading

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Creating Geometry Drawings with Google Draw

TweetI like to use Quia a lot for student practice. When I taught Algebra this was very efficient as I mostly had to type the questions.  The problem with Geometry is it has so many darn pictures! Here is how … Continue reading

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Hey, how did you get that degree symbol in your Google?

Tweet Google text docs has an equation editor but no dice for Google Presentation or Google Draw.  (which by the way you can insert Google Draw into text doc, presentation and spreadsheet!) As a Geometry teacher I need my drawings … Continue reading

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Assigning Problems with a QR code

TweetIf you want to assign each student a random question/prompt try this… Open a Google Doc http://docs.google.com Make the document public Make the document public on the web. Back in the document insert a drawing Create the prompt/question in Google … Continue reading

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Creating Graphics

Tweet I like to use www.quia.com for my mastery learning. I have hesitated wanting to teach Geometry because I like to do all my stuff digitally and the thought of making all those graphics was overwhelming…. Well, I am teaching Geometry … Continue reading

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