Making the Most Out of the Most LEGIT Google Doc Feature
Inserting a picture directly from the webcam of your computer into a Google Document is a, IMO, freaking powerfully simple strategy in the classroom. It was gone, but NOW IT'S BACK! YES! This feature embodies the kind of classroom technology I love: simple, efficient, and purposeful. Below are just a few of the many ways I have used this technique in my classroom:
- Insert images of question artifacts or answer choices into a Google Form.
- Insert images of questions or diagrams on a whiteboard or piece of paper in a Google Slide.
- Insert images of prototypes during a design cycle into a Google Doc.
- insert images from a lab a Google Sheet that is collecting quantitive data about the lab.
- Insert images of evidence of learning during a project.
- Insert images of problems solved in a shared Google Doc with the teacher as exist ticket.
- Insert image of you or your group during an activity.
- Insert a picture of scavenger hunt artifacts into a shared Google Dci with your the teacher.
Below is a video that quickly shows how to insert an image as as snapshot in four different mediums: Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets and Google Forms.
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