Using Google Draw to Create Digital Manipulatives, Graphic Organizers and Posters

Using Draw to Create Digital Manipulatives, 

Graphic Organizers & Posters

DIGITAL MANIPULATIVES

This is a great blog article that illustrates how you and your students can create
interactive manipulatives with Draw that each student can complete on their
Chromebooks. Better yet, she shares dozens of them she already created (see folder). 

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And here are some more from CTRL ALT ACHIEVE

Magnetic Poetry

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GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

Seeing this blog reminded me of the dozens of great Graphic Organizers created
by a team of teachers this past spring that are worthy of sharing again!

And it reminded me of the 30 Free Google Drawings Graphic Organizers
shared by CTRL ALT ACHIEVE that are also worth sharing again. 

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INFOGRAPHICS

Having students design with Draw is also a great way for them to demonstrate their
learning. Here's an example of using Draw to create posters & infographics.
To learn more about using Infographics as a creative assessment, see Kathy Schrock's Infographic's as a Creative Assessment site.

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DRAW TUTORIAL

If you haven't used Draw before, here's a quick video tutorial to help you get started.

Digital Classroom Management Tools

Technology can be a big help in managing our classroom. Check out these tools and ideas.

http://classroomscreen.com/

This is a handy website. It allows you to put multiple management tools on one web page. Some highlights include the voice level indicator, the tech stoplight and a timer.

Google Slides Station/Center Guide

This slideshow template is based on one Sara Frater used with her first graders, but it can work with any age students. It is particularly helpful if you have students rotate among learning stations in your classroom. A slideshow like this can quickly direct students to their next station. This example has 5 slides to help you rotate students to all groups. Feel free to make a copy of this and modify it to meet your needs.

http://www.flippity.net/

This tool was highlighted last year, but it's worth seeing again. It allows you to turn a Google spreadsheet into classroom tools like a name picker, badge tracker, learning games, etc.

Embedded YouTube Timers

Simply go to YouTube and search for timer. These timers easily embed into a Google slideshow, or you can run them right off YouTube. It's a great way to help students stay on task and finish a task in time.

Schoology and Seesaw

You may not think of these as classroom management tools, but they can be. Use them to quickly get your students to their digital activities. This reduces time away from learning tasks. These tools also let you engage individual learners at a high level which helps to keep them on task.