Where I’d Like to Go – An Icebreaker With Google Drawings

As I mention in the video above, you can customize this activity to be completed with Google Slides or Google Jamboard. And, as is likewise demonstrated in the video above, you can use Google Classroom to distribute a design template for the assignment.

As the new academic year starts many you may discover yourself searching for some originalities to get and break the ice to understand your new trainees while they likewise learn more about each other. One thing that Ive always asked my trainees is “where in the world would you go if you could go anywhere today?” Just recently, Ive begun thinking of turning that question into the prompt for an activity in which trainees discover a bit about
Google Drawings..

The idea is to have students essentially position themselves anywhere in the world through using Google Drawings. To do this students initially need to find an image of themselves and eliminate the background from it. Photoscissors makes it simple and quick to get rid of the background then download a new background-free image. Once they have a picture of themselves then trainees open Google Drawings where they place a photo of location that they want to review or visit. They then insert their profile photo over the background image in Google Drawings. Those actions may sound complex, however theyre not. In this short video I reveal the entire process..

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