Illustration was drawn by Brenda McGee in draw.to
I found a free site I will use with the K-6 students in my school and it is a Web 2.0 tool called draw. to.
In Draw.to, you can draw whatever you like and share it. You can create your own drawing or add to existing drawings already posted to the site. You can create diagrams, cards, full color drawings that you can share out to friends and family via Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, blogs, or anywhere you can embed and paste a link. Draw.to also works on your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
This site is very simple to use and would be engaging for the young students as well as the older students. Students will enjoy using draw.to as a drawing tool as well as a collaboration tool for projects. Part of the technology standards includes teaching the students various drawing skills. I normally use the Microsoft Word drawing tools or Kid Pix but draw.to is easier to use and would provide for a web-based alternative. The students will enjoy posting illustrations that they can share with their parents, family and friends.
My third grade students create a field trip book throughout the year where they write stories and add pictures. I am planning to expand this project to creating a blog or a website where the students can share their experiences virtually. I will have the students use draw.to to compliment their writings of the field trip experience.
Great description of a drawing Web 2,0 tool. Having a tool the students can draw and collaborate together will be very useful! Plus, a wonderful way to expose your students to such tools in their assignments. Keep us updated as to how your third graders do!
ReplyDeleteBrenda, thank you for sharing this Web 2.0 tool. I can see Biology students using draw.to to capture some of what they may see under a microscope from a lesson for those that are afraid to draw on paper. I played with this tool a bit after your blog caught my attention and I did not want to stop. I can see wide range applications. I would love to see your 3rd graders field trip books I am sure they are fantastic!
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