Mrs. Lorenson wanted to get her students writing or journalling more regularly, so she asked me to suggest a digital tool that would provide her students with an easy way to write about their books. She had several requests for this routine writing activity. She wanted student to be able to use an image of the book cover in addition to writing a summary. Finally, she wanted the final products to be shared on ClassDojo so all of the students and parents could read the book hooks! Because our students are used to logging into their district provided Google account, I thought using something from the Google suite might be easiest. This would also give students much needed practice with word processing. We decided to use Google Drawing with a text box for the summary/book hook. This web app should provide Mrs. Lorenson's class with some good writing opportunities, while creating a nice finished product. I also taught students how to take a screenshot on their Chromebooks (control+shift+the window switch key). Once they had their book hook saved as an image, they were able to easily upload it to their ClassDojo account. This allowed them to read each other's book hook and share with parents.
Mrs. Lorenson's students will be doing these frequently, so that will give me the opportunity to suggest improvements. I didn't have students add color to the background. As a result, you can see the checkerboard background of Google Drawing. This is easily fixed moving forward by simply adding color.
Mrs. Lorenson's students will be doing these frequently, so that will give me the opportunity to suggest improvements. I didn't have students add color to the background. As a result, you can see the checkerboard background of Google Drawing. This is easily fixed moving forward by simply adding color.
