This document provides an overview of drawing and coloring tools and apps that can be used for learning. It begins with background on how drawing promotes skills like visualization, creativity and motor skills. It then lists and describes a variety of free web tools and apps for drawing, coloring, creating comics, storytelling and more. These include tools for visual mapping, animation, collaborative drawing and adding voice recordings. The document emphasizes that drawing can be used across subjects and provides activity ideas and links to featured digital tools.

1. Learning with Drawing &
Coloring Tools & Apps
ShellyTerrell.com
Bit.ly/ELTLINKs
List.ly/ShellTerrell

2. What’s the Story?
Cave Painting by Ryan Somma, Flickr

3. Ar#sts
are
just
children
who
refuse
to
put
down
their
crayons.
-­‐
Al
Hirschfeld
More Drawing by Juhan Sonin, Flickr, flickr.com/photos/38869431@N00/3956357694

4. Visualization
Patterns
Symmetry
& Shapes
Imagination
Motor
Skills
Creativity

6. Play music while they
color & draw

7. Prepare
Aprons
Washable tools
Timer

8. Assessment
Color the banana yellow

9. Assessment
Color the banana yellow
Create their
own flashcards

10. Circle
around
the
room
and
ask
students
about
the
characters
&
objects
they
are
drawing

11. Set-up a drawing & coloring
learning station

12. Make a card
deck of
drawing
challenges!
Flickr.com/photos/tgifreytag/5772847315

13. Pair or group
them!
Pictionary
Drawing directions
Pictionary 1 by Anna M, Flickr.com/photos/35427145@N00/111913023

14. Activities
Storyboarding
Scenes in videos
Animation
Digital Storytelling
Blueprints

15. Visual Mapping
Mindmapping of Musicophila by Oliver Sacks by Austin Kleon, Flickr

16. Create a rebus
Cool Rebus by Stefan Malmesjö, Flickr

17. Colorful
Web Tools

18. Animate with Blabberize

19. Create drawing tasks with InfusedLearning.Com

20. Create an Animated Gif with abcya.com/animate.htm

21. Sketchpad works on any device
https://sketch.io/sketchpad/

22. Draw word problems, storyboard, &
brainstorm with Educreations

23. Kidblog.org/MrsWideensClass2/annalyseec/bus-math-problem

24. Educreations screen/voice capturing app
http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/big-green-monster/804064/

25. www2.shidonni.com- Virtual Drawing World for Kids

26. Create a story with Kerpoof.com

27. Character Texts
LittleBirdTales.Com
• tudents can upload
S
their pics or choose
from a variety of
characters &
backgrounds or draw
on the pages
• an narrate with text
C
& audio
• mbeddable
E
• aid app
P
http://mail.littlebirdtales.com/tales/view/story_id/95599/

28. Draw a Habitat
http://pbskids.org/fetch/games/habitats/

29. Draw a
mindmap
with
Popplet.com
& the free
IOS app!

30. Draw collaboratively with Scootdoodle.com

31. Design a presentation with Buncee.com

32. Buncee Web Tool & IOS App

33. Draw a comic with Chogger.com
http://digitalstorytellingevo2013.posthaven.com/trying-out-chogger

34. Alessi's turn on the iPad by Marcus Kwan, Flickr
Colorific
Apps

35. Tip: Use a Stylus
'Fellowes Multi-Stylus’ Flickr.com/photos/64149699@N00/10046028. Found on
flickrcc.net

36. Comics Head IOS/Android
• hoose
from
many
C
frames,
templates,
cap2ons,
characters,
backgrounds,
etc.
• rite text
W
• rawing tools
D
• pload
images
U
• reate a comic
C
book

37. Play a drawing adventure game
Free
IOS/
Android
App
at
Epic.drawas#ckman.com

38. Let’s Learn How to Draw App
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lets-learn-how-to-draw-lite/id470978981?mt=8

39. Activity: Draw My Monster
• ll students draw a
A
monster but don’t show
the drawing
• air students
P
• tudent A describes the
S
monster for student B to
draw
Vocabulary: Numbers,
parts of the body

40. Icebreaker: What’s your favorite cartoon?
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lets-learn-how-to-draw-lite/id470978981?mt=8

41. Share Board IOS App- Up to 32 can
draw, sketch & discuss

42. Create a movie
of your art with
Drawing Pad
HD IOS App

43. Bring coloring
pages to life
with ColAR
augmented
reality app

44. Drawp for Schools IOS Free App
• Drawing + photo + voice
• Collaborative assignments

45. ChatterPix IOS
Free App
• ake a photo
T
• dd a line for a
A
mouth & record
your voice
• dd stickers, text,
A
frames, & filters

46. Drawing Torch iPad App

47. Drawing Torch App

48. Drawing Challenges

49. StoryKit

50. StoryKit

51. Draw Your Story Free iPad App
• rompts,
P
settings &
more to get
kids to draw &
fill out a story

52. list.ly/list/EGG-drawing-andcoloring-webtools-and-apps

53. ShellyTerrell.com/
resources/webinars
Bit.ly/ELTLINKs
List.ly/shellterrell