Drawing Tools

Today in class we went to a different number of free to use drawing websites.

One of the first ones that i went to is Sketchpad. On Sketchpad you can use a number of different tools to draw like Calligraphy, stamps, pencils, etc. You can also put patterns on it too.

I used Calligraphy to draw this which
translates to "Kingdom Hearts" in
Japanese.

Another website that we went to was Pencil Madness. On Pencil Madness you can use a pencil that they provide you in many different ways like you can use it to sketch something then you could darken the sketch and if you wanted to you could also share it but you need to have a account to share/save your drawing.

Pencil Madness logo.

Another website that i went to was Slimber. On Slimber you can actually VIEW the people drawing what they drew after they are done so you can watch a video of them drawing it. You can do drawings but to post them for people to see you have to make an account but you can do everything else without having to make an account.

Slimber's logo. 

Poll Everywhere

Poll Everywhere is a free to use website that you can use to create your own poll for your website, blog etc. You can access it and make polls then it would give you the link that you can add to your blog but it also gives you the option to have people vote using their phones too. It is a live poll feed so you can look at your poll while people are voting and you can see them voting.

Poll Everywhere's logo.

Google Voice

Google Voice is a free product offered by Google that you can use to call people from your computer. To use Google Voice you have to go to your G-Mail account and look at middle right hand corner and look for the telephone icon and you click it then you have to register your computer and then it gives it a number of its own then you can use it to call other peoples phone numbers.

This is what you look for to call people. 

Avatar's

A avatar is...well it can be anything that you want to. It can be a look-alike of yourself or something totally different like an animal.

One of the avatar creator websites is Build Yourself Wild. On Build Yourself Wild you can make a person then you can add animal parts like elephants ears or maybe even Zebra arms if you want that on your avatar.

This is the avatar i made using
Build Yourself Wild.

Another website is South Park Studios. It is what it sounds like you can make a avatar that would be in South Park. 

I made Roxas from KH using
South Park Studios. 

One i made using South Park Studios.

Another avatar creating website is at Zui.com. You can add different stuff like the clothing on it, head, eyes, etc. the only "problem" is that if you make one it always have the same pose and you can do nothing to change it. 

Something very random. 

Poll

Here is a poll that i made so visit and put your response.

Google Hangouts

Google plus offers a product call Google Hangouts. Google Hangouts is basically like a Skype but you can have up to 9 people in one call so you could call up to 9 people on there and talk to them at the same time. The only "problem" is that you have to install a plugin on your laptop/computer to make the calls but other than that your all good to call your friends, family, etc. You can also add effects on your face so you can add like a dog mask to put on your face or a mustache and other stuff that it provides. You can also change your background so when someone views your face you can be in like Venice and see the effects that you added on yourself.

If you want to call people you first have to go to Google Plus and click on "Start a video Hangout" and if this is your first time using it then it will ask you to install a plugin and then it will give you instructions to do so and after you have done those steps then you shall be able to call anyone that has a  Google Plus account.

This is what you would click to start a video
Hangout. 

Google Products

There are many things that Google provides other than the Google search. You can see all the products that Google provides here

One of the products that they provide is Google Offers. Google Offers can help you find online coupons that you can redeem in stores that are near you so say like that you like in Kansas City, Kansas and you wanted a coupon for something in the Legends so you would go to Google Offers and search up the category that is in and it possibly might have that store so then you would click on "Get Offer" and it would save that coupon and then you could go to that store and you could redeem it at it for that discount or whatever the coupon says.

Another product that they provide is Google Shopping. Google shopping is like any other online shopping website BUT if you search something that you want like since im a Kingdom Hearts fan and i want a necklace from it i could type in "Kingdom Hearts Necklace" and it would actually look at other websites like eBay and many other types of websites so you could actually see the different sites prices so you can get the best price on the item that you want to buy.

Another product that Google provides is Google News. Google News provides stories from all around the world and you can actually personalize it so say that you like Sports news but not Science news so you would click the cog in the top right hand corner you can set it to where you can always see the Sports news but never the Science News. You can also personalize it even more by setting what news you actually want to read so say that you like The New York Times but not CNN so you could actually set it to that you wont get any news reports from CNN.

My Presentation

My Presentation

I made this random presentation using Google Presentation on Google Drive.