Review of Draw for iPad by Kathy Burdick
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 8:33AM 
Free or Fee: Free!
Rating: 5/5 stars
Why I like it: Draw for iPad offers more than just a medium for creating masterpieces (however, even my artwork looks decent and I am no Van Gogh!) There are also options for playing a basic game of Tic-Tac-Toe or a word game. The word game gives a word in the upper left hand corner leaving space for students to draw the given word or to write a sentence using that word. There is a dots option, which fills the page with rows of dots making it a perfect replacement for the geo board and all its rubber bands. The straightening toggle makes this a great app to use in a geometry class. When the toggle is turned on any line that is created is straightened making it easy to draw perfect shapes while still leaving room to write in equations and angles. Images on the screen can be emailed, added to a photo album (which I have yet to figure out how to access) or tweeted. I always appreciate when developers add the email feature so that students can email their end product to the teacher or in some cases vice versa. Draw for iPad offers many color options as well as an eraser (or a clear button to delete the whole page) for students to let their creativity run wild. Draw for iPad is loaded with uses for the classroom- elementary, middle school or high school!
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