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Here are some ideas I found that would be great uses for Doodle Buddy in the classroom:
Language Arts:
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Practice writing
spelling words
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Illustrate
vocabulary words and use in a sentence
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Retell the
beginning/middle/end of a story
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Show your
favorite part of the story
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Choose a
DoodleBuddy character and create a poem about it
Art:
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Recreate
artists’ work
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Illustrate lines
to a song (for example, What a Wonderful World). Each student gets a different line and then
put them together (have kids save and email to you) in an iMovie.
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Self portrait: take a picture of yourself and open in
DoodleBuddy. Use the brush or chalk to
trace your features. After you have
traced yourself, change the background to white and save to use with other
projects or just as a picture of yourself!
Math:
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Create
multiplication and division families using the stamp feature (5 groups of 10
frogs, then write the problems 5x10=50; 10x5=50; 50/5=10; 50/10=5)
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Make addition
and subtraction stories using the stamps (3 ladybugs + 4 snowflakes: 3+4=7)
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Creating
patterns (1 bird, 3 birds, 5 birds, 7 birds) show +2
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Fast facts: call out math facts and the students write
out the problem on their board with the correct answer. For those that can’t do mental math, use the
stamps to show the problem graphically.
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Take a picture
of a measuring cup and use that to quiz students on measurement. You give the measurement and they shade in
the amount that should be filled. You
could do the same thing with a ruler or thermometer.
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Create a
counting template with numbers down one side and stamps on the other for kids
to match the correct number to the right number of stamps. Save it to have kids be able to use it
repeatedly.
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Use the dot
board in the backgrounds to help kids correctly form shapes (like an electronic
geoboard).
Science:
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Take a picture
of a plant and label the parts in DoodleBuddy
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Draw today’s
weather and write the word that describes it
Social Studies:
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Illustrate the
Native American clothing, shelter, symbols, etc.
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Draw the symbols
of our state
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Take a picture
of or import a United States map and fill in the state names/capitals.
Other ideas:
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Letter/number
formation: practice writing on the
screen
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Singular and
plural nouns: divide the screen into two
columns, one for singular and one for plural.
Choose stamps to show the difference (such as 1 dog stamp in the
singular column and 4 dog stamps in the plural column). Then write the word dog and dogs.
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Sight
words: read a sight word and have kids
write it
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Create bingo
cards—different ones on each iPad: http://eiplayground.blogspot.com/2012/04/doodle-buddy-bingo.html
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Create
backgrounds or pictures for other projects, like iMovie.
Need kids
to turn it in? Have them save and email
their finished project to you.
Feeling
brave? Kids can work with each other,
each drawing on their own iPad with the connect feature. Think tic-tac-toe! Then graduate to collaboratively creating stories
and illustrations!
