The Trophy Zipper challenge is a golden opportunity to practice skills learned from #Shapegrams Lessons.
The template comes with step-by-step instructions (and teachers can download them as a PDF). #EdTech
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When you want to draw an icon at an angle, first draw it upright. Then you can group the shapes and rotate. This is easier than drawing with individually rotated shapes. #Shapegrams #EdTech
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You've got to wreath-pect a good pun!
P.S. Step-by-step directions for drawing a festive wreath is in the Wreath Zipper graphic art challenge: https://shapegrams.com/wreath
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There are two flavors of Shapegrams: Lessons and Zippers. While both are delicious, this chart might help you decide what to offer students. #Shapegrams #EdTech #GoogleEdu
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Check out Wes Hall's aDOORable space outside his classroom.
The display was inspired by Paula Frank's bulletin board:
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The Shapes menu in Google Drawings and Google Slides has four sections. One of those sections is Callouts. Under this section are explosions, stars, ribbons, speech bubbles, and a thought bubble. #EdTech #Google #Shapegrams
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The next new Zipper digital drawing challenge has been swirled! 🙀
What might this be?
Stretch yourself and make a guess. The picture will be revealed next week. #Shapegrams #EdTech
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🆓 Beginning Blue #Shapegrams zipper challenges can be copied and used for free.
🍿 The popcorn zipper is Beginning Blue, and is a POPportunity to use shapes to draw a bucket of fluffy popcorn. #EdTech #GoogleEDu
shapegrams.com/popcorn
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If you are so incLINEd to draw a straight horizontal or vertical line, then hold down Shift when using the Line tool.
Holding down Shift while drawing a line creates a straight line that snaps to the nearest 15 degrees.
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Overlap shapes to draw a hand. Apply a fill color and transparent border to all the shapes to make it look like a single object.
Get firstHAND experience drawing a hand in the Keyboarding Diagram #Shapegrams Lesson: http://shapegrams.com/keyboard
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See these sensational self-portraits by super students!
#Shapegrams #EdTech #EduSky #GoogleEdu #DigitalDrawing
https://shapegrams.com/second-grade-self-portraits-with-shapes/
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Learn to...
🥧 Use the Pie shape
🖱 Group shapes
🔄 Rotate 15° with a keyboard shortcut...in the Watermelon #Shapegrams Lesson!
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Give yourself more space to work in Google Slides by hiding the filmstrip and speaker notes.
Download a free PDF poster from the House Lesson: http://shapegrams.com/house
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Drawing a 3D spool of thread is easier than it SEAMS when you use the shape labeled "Can" in the Shapes menu.
shapegrams.com/thread
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Skills students learn from #Shapegrams can be applied to future projects—helping them reach #ISTE standards for students.
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It's World Chocolate Day!
The drawing in the Chocolate Bar Shapegrams lesson is made with 31 shapes: http://shapegrams.com/bar
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Read Marc Hodgkinson's blog. He's got great insights and examples for infusing Shapegrams with literacy! #EdTech #Teaching #Shapegrams
https://the50-20.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-cross-curriculum-power-of-shapegram.html
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Yes, there are ribbons in the Callout section of the Shapes menu in Google Slides and Google Drawings. But, you might like to construct your own banner ribbon so that you can have complete control over its appearance.
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Want a fun looping slideshow to display on your classroom's screen? Click the "Play and Loop Slides" button on our Growth Mindset Posters page.
P.S. Bookmark it for easy access. #EdTech #Shapegrams
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🦄 It's Friday! No matter who you are, be confident in your potential. That's the MANE thing to TAIL yourself.
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If you want to contain a pattern, gradient, or picture within something you are drawing, the solution could be to create a hole for the design to show through from behind. Think of it as a stencil—drawing shapes around an object, leaving an opening. #EdTech #Shapegrams
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Prevent stretching and squashing when resizing your drawing or word art by holding down Shift as you drag a blue corner square.
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The newest Shapegram is an apple! The rotating, duplicating, and layering skills used to recreate the picture are certainly APPLE-licable to future projects.
Pick the Apple Zipper in Google Slides or Drawings: https://shapegrams.com/apple
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When you fill a shape with a semi-transparent custom color, the shape becomes partly see-through.
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🪵 Wooden ya know it?!? It's Friday! Take time to TREEt yourself to something nice.
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Right click or two-finger click a shape to change the shape into another shape in Google Slides or Drawings. This is often done after duplicating so that the new shape has the same size, color, and border as the original shape.
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See 7 versions of a cupcake that Tony drew. Read about the improvements he made with each iteration:
https://shapegrams.com/cupcake-iteration/
Bonus! Read a rhyming summation about iteration.
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Holding down Shift is KEY to drawing circles and squares.
P.S. Hold down Shift as you drag a corner to resize so that the shape stays a circle or square.
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The Shapegrams Shirt Shop is open for business! You can buy a shirt with a fun #Shapegrams design.
Check out what designs are available. And, let Tony know if there is a specific Shapegram you’d like to see on a shirt.
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The next new zipper challenge is no lemon! Here's a black and white swirly preview of what's debuting later this week. #Shapegrams