Best App Ever: Doodle Buddy
Doodle Buddy Draw for iPad is my favorite app because of its flexibility, user-friendly interface, and multipurpose use across all content areas. From being creative to simply writing prompts, every user can have fun, get engaged, and learn.
**Teachers need to know that Doodle Buddy is a free drawing app, but it comes with a lot of ads. You can disable the ads by making a $5.99 in-app purchase. The app also entices kids to download other apps so as to earn "Doodle Bucks" to use within the game. Teachers can turn off the ability to download other apps from within the "Settings" section of your iPad.
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doodle-buddy-for-ipad-paint/id364201083?mt=8
Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/doodle-buddy/9wzdncrfhzq4
Any ideas for Android tablet users? I use to suggest Sketch - Draw & Paint (no longer available)
If you have an iPhone, you can download the following app from iTunes:
The Doodle Buddy tools are located on the bottom dock.
Undo Arrow: Last action will be erased
Trash Bin - Clear canvas completely
Tip: You can shake the iPad to clear your canvas
Piece of Chalk: After tapping on it, a menu will pop up with drawing choices: Brush, Chalk, Glitter, Smudge, and Eraser. You can change the ink or paint color, in addition to the thickness of the brush stroke or point.
Stamp: Collection of clip art which includes: smiley faces, animals, plants, bugs, holiday items and more. Each sound comes with a delightful sound effect. Two size choices to select from: small and large. To use the clip art, tap on your selection then tap again onto the canvas. Tap repeatedly to paste the same item.
Stencil: Create perfect shapes in Doodle Buddy.
Tip: To remove the stencil, tap on the background once.
Stencils how-to: http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Stencils-in-Doodle-Buddy
Tt = Text tool: 4 different fonts, right corner dots = increase or decrease font size, middle gray button = move the text box.
Tip: To remove the text box, tap on the background once. Caution: once you tap off the text box, you can not change the text.
Tic Tac Toe = Backgrounds and Photos: Choose a variety of backgrounds: solid colors, dots and boxes (my fav.) and scenery. Tap on the Photos to access your camera roll.
Shopping Bag: access extra options and get more doodle bucks
Wrench = Options: Save to Photo Album, Send your drawing in Email, Help Page and turn Sounds on or off.
Elementary Activities
Activity: Area and Perimeter
Content: area and perimeter
Skills: problem solving, critical thinking
Launch the DoodleBuddy app and select the dots and boxes background.
Students draw the shapes given by the teacher. Students mark the sides to determine the perimeter.
Students can also draw shapes to determine area.
Activity: Classifying
Use the Doodle Buddy stamp tool to classify various pictures into categories.
Example: Sort animals into various groups: birds, insects, ocean animals and jungle animals.
Fun activity to explore the stamp tool
Use the Doodle Buddy stamp tool to discuss and display emotions. Use an emotion stamp and write one word that describes how you are feeling right now or at a certain time during the school day. Great way to reflect non verbally.
Take a Snapshot
Take a picture of something, import the picture into Doodle Buddy. Use the Text Box to write a sentence about the picture or write a description sentence.
Tree, leaf or a plant
Person - label articles of clothing
Face and a hand- 5 senses
Animal or a pet
Oreo Graphs
Directions: Give each student an Oreo. Did you….
•Whole thing at once
•One bite at a time
•In little nibbles
•Want to Dunk it
•Twisted apart, eat inside, then eat cookie
1.T ally the votes
2. Use Doodle Buddy to create your classroom graph.
3. Design your graph using the Dots & Boxes background or a background of your choice to represent the data.
Solid, Liquid, Gas
Objective: To understand and distinguish between the states of matter.
Watch the video: Solid, Liquid, Gas
Section Doodle Buddy into three parts
Place the appropriate icons in their state of matter section.
Car exhaust and Fire - gas
Ocean and water drop - water
Frog and gift box - solid(solid)
Extension soccer ball (could be both: solid, gas)
What could be all 3? poo
Activity: Drawing Conclusions
Teacher reads scenario:
Scenario #1: One day, I was riding my bike, when suddenly my front tire popped! I fell off and scrapped my knee. I ran home crying. I told my mom what happened and she gave me a _____________?
**Student draws the answer in the Doodle Buddy app and takes a screenshot to save their work. Student then wipes the screen clean and prepares for the next scenario.
Scenario #2: It was a cloudy day, when suddenly I saw lightning. All of the sudden, I heard thunder! Then it started to _____________?
Scenario #3: All day long it had been raining. Suddenly the clouds cleared up and the sun came out, and off into the distance I could see a big beautiful ________________?
Scenario #4. What a great way to celebrate my birthday! After that delicious dinner, I picked up my fork and dove into that tantalizing piece of dessert. Just the right amount of gooey ooeyiness and cold creaminess was pure bliss. Draw what is on the plate.
Scenario #5 Ding Dong! There goes the doorbell again. I once again mute the tv, rise up from my comfy sofa and grab my orange bowl of Snickers and Milky Ways. Hmmm...what shall I find this time when I open the door?
Student draws the answer in the Doodle Buddy app and takes a screenshot to save their work.
In Groups, create patterns.
Here is the TCEA staff with their many devices
ABAB Pattern of blue squares and red circles
ABBA
AABB
ABCABC
ABBC
Do you see what is totally awesome with the image above?
Large Group Activity
Give every student a letter. Write any word. Count off by 1-2-3-4's. Each group organizes themselves into ABC order.
Create a Birthday Card - My Good Feeling Story
I see Anthony, who is vent dependent, bedside for education services. He used a dedicated AAC device with switch access and scanning to communicate background, stamp selections, colors, numbers and text entries to complete this birthday card for his mother. TCEA Webinar Attendee: Nadia, from New York
Activity: Students create Avatar for their Online Presence
1. Use the camera under the backgrounds tool and snap a selfie.
2. Use the chalk tool to sketch the main features of your face.
3. Replace your selfie with the white background.
4. Under the wrench you have several save options.
Resource: http://comfortably20.blogspot.com/2014/01/creating-avatars-with-doodlebuddy-app.html
Self Portraits or Avatars for their Online Presence
1. Take a selfie
2. Exchange characteristics with different chalk marks. replace eyebrows, eyes, cheeks or hair with the stamps and or paintbrush.
Resource: http://mrparkinsonict.blogspot.com/2013/03/doodle-buddy-maths.html
Illustrate the Life Cycle of the Butterfly
TCEA Webinar Attendee:
Michele , Virginia
Other possibilities: plant or tree, frog, star, bee, insect
Design their own life cycle
Fruit Loop Life Cycle
1. Little loops
2. Flying loops
3. Looplings
4. Full Fruit Loop Tree
Let Your Creativity run wild. popcorn - paperclip - ice cube - toothpick - lifesaver - plastic fork
Inferencing
Process of deriving logical conclusions from prior knowledge or information assumed to be true.
Directions:
a. Divide your Doodle Buddy screen into 3 equal parts.
b. Start by giving the first clue
c. Second Clue: Keep your same picture or draw a different one, depending on the clues given
d. Third Clue: Repeat process.
e. Share your findings and reasonings with a partner or group
1. money
2. paper
3. Abraham Lincoln
_______
1. pretty tall
2. New York City
3. Ellis Island
______
1. a fruit
2. green
3. summertime
Use your stencils for Lines of Symmetry.
Take a picture and write a Haiku.
Haiku (俳句 high-koo) are short poems that use sensory language to capture a feeling or image. They are often inspired by an element of nature, a moment of beauty or a poignant experience.
Consist of 17 syllables:
Line 1 -- 5
Line 2 -- 7
Line 3 -- 5
Answers:
five dollar bill
Statue of Liberty
Honeydew melon or watermelon