Apps on BCPS Devices

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Showing posts with label drawing. Show all posts
StoryLines For Schools is a drawing game app with an educational component, creating appeal for kids, parents, and teachers. It is reminiscent of the old school “Telephone” game, and is sure to cause fits of giggles during play.
The game allows for 3, 5, 7, or 9 players. It begins with a player typing in a phrase or choosing an option from four different categories: elementary vocabulary, intermediate vocabulary, SAT words, or quotes. This allows the game to have an educational purpose, as players then have to visualize and draw out the phrase for the next player. The next player types in what they think the phrase is, based on the picture. Then the next player draws a picture of the new phrase, and so on until all players have taken a turn.

StoryLines has two different versions to choose from. The benefits of For Schools are that it has no outside play, so kids can only play with people who are physically sharing an iPad with them, there are no social media links, and educational vocabulary and phrases are built in to the app. It also only requires a WiFi connection on the first use after that, it is not required. The other version allows for random play with strangers and media sharing.

Google Drawing

Google Drawing

Google has a product in Google Docs called Drawing.  You can use Google Drawing to make charts, diagrams, designs, and more.  You can create everything from timelines to detailed images.  With Drawing, you can insert text, shapes, arrows, scribbles or add images from your hard drive or from the Web. 
This tool is a great way to work together with a class where images and drawings help with learning.  Drawings can be shared with others as you draw.  You can simultaneously edit drawings with others.  There is a revision history so you go back and see all the edits that were made to the drawing.  The drawing can be copied and pasted into another document.
Here is an example: