Weekly Tech-y News March 19-23

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Directed Drawing - Tech It Up!

Use this adorable FREE directed drawing activity from First and Kinder Blue Skies and let students draw digitally using an app like Doodle Buddy or PicCollage EDU. Then, they can add to Seesaw and use the text tools to write a poem, tell a story or add a reflection. Super cute and simple St. Patrick's Day idea!

CLICK HERE for a bunny directed drawing that you can use for Easter!

Scarecrow Directed Drawing in Seesaw!

I love using directed drawing activities to introduce the Drawing tool in Seesaw. It allows you to guide students through using the tool the first time, showing them how to change colors, pen thickness, erase, etc. Today in Mrs. Erickson's first grade we used a free scarecrow directed drawing activity from First Grade and Blue Skies.

The drawings turned out absolutely adorable, and it was a lesson in perseverance as they struggled to make it look "just right". :) They then added the sentence "I see a scarecrow." and recorded their voices. They turned out so cute, I had to share a couple examples!

Directed Drawing on Seesaw

When I saw this on Pinterest, I fell in love with the adorable school bus directed drawing activity by Proud to be Primary. 

It occurred to me that a directed drawing activity like this one would be a perfect way to introduce the Seesaw drawing tool to students! By giving them step by step directions, I could ensure they were using all of the features in the drawing tool and seeing how they could create something amazing! We created these little beauties in Mr. Anderson's first grade today. 

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