PE2_Google Docs

After watching some more tutorial and looking at the other applications within Google Docs I found the drawing application. 

I saw templates that could be used to brainstorm.

There were templates for wedding rehearsal plans, inferences, compare and contrast diagrams, logos, and so much more. The possibilities are endless. If you can imagine it you can most likely draw it with this Google Docs application. 

I decided to play around in it for awhile and just see if you could draw a very basic picture using all the different shape tools that were available. Apparently you can. I could see using this to show students who have to draw and may not be very good at it that you can draw a picture just from using shapes. 

I then decided that I would import a picture of a map from Guild Wars to see what I could do with it in this application. As you can see from the image below, I was able to use it to map out missions and where the main bosses were to battle along those missions. I could see this as a very useful tool when teaching students about geography and following directions. The great thing with this being on Google Docs is that they could work together or each of them could be adding a mission to the map at the same time. I think this one is a definite keeper for part of my Action Research project.

 

I am very impressed with the drawing Google Doc application and I am sure that I could find many more ways to use this tool in a classroom. Go try it out and see what you can make. :)