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Google knows that its Google Doodlers aren't the only ones who love to doodle; we do too. As a result, Google on Thursday introduced a new feature called "Doodle Mode," which lets you draw with a virtual crayon on a select group of Google ebooks.To get started, you'll need to purchase one of the Doodle Mode compatible ebooks from "The Everything Kids" series, which include puzzles, mazes, hidden pictures, and various activities.
After opening up your ebook of choice in the Google eBooks Web Reader and selecting "Doodle Mode" from the upper-right hand menu, you can start drawing.Google notes that although the Web Reader works in all modern browsers and lets you read Google ebooks without having to download them, Doodle Mode does not yet work with Internet Explorer.After clicking in the box with your mouse, you can start drawing with your virtual crayon. You can draw whatever picture you want or follow along with activities, completing puzzles and mazes.Basically, Doodle Mode turns ebooks into the coloring and activity books that we all grew to love during childhood. However, you don't have worry about making a mistake or filling up the pages too quickly; doodles aren't saved, so you can doodle and re-doodle again and again. If you do create a masterpiece that you'd like to keep, though, you can take screenshot or photo to preserve it.
To encourage kids to be creative and imaginative, Google also holds a yearly Doodle 4 Google competition, in which kids submit their very own Google Doodles. This year's winner, California second grader Matteo Lopez, had his space-themed doodle featured on the Google homepage on May 20. Google has produced some particularly fantastic and innovative doodles lately. In fact, Google announced that the playable Les Paul Google Doodle that graced its homepage yesterday will remain on Google.com in the U.S. for another day, by popular demand. We here at the PCMag offices loved playing with the doodle so much that Chris Phillips, our creative director and an actual musician, decided to create directions so readers could use the doodle to play the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun."
Google knows that its Google Doodlers aren't the only ones who love to doodle; we do too. As a result, Google on Thursday introduced a new feature called "Doodle Mode," which lets you draw with a virtual crayon on a select group of Google ebooks.To get started, you'll need to purchase one of the Doodle Mode compatible ebooks from "The Everything Kids" series, which include puzzles, mazes, hidden pictures, and various activities.
After opening up your ebook of choice in the Google eBooks Web Reader and selecting "Doodle Mode" from the upper-right hand menu, you can start drawing.Google notes that although the Web Reader works in all modern browsers and lets you read Google ebooks without having to download them, Doodle Mode does not yet work with Internet Explorer.After clicking in the box with your mouse, you can start drawing with your virtual crayon. You can draw whatever picture you want or follow along with activities, completing puzzles and mazes.Basically, Doodle Mode turns ebooks into the coloring and activity books that we all grew to love during childhood. However, you don't have worry about making a mistake or filling up the pages too quickly; doodles aren't saved, so you can doodle and re-doodle again and again. If you do create a masterpiece that you'd like to keep, though, you can take screenshot or photo to preserve it.
To encourage kids to be creative and imaginative, Google also holds a yearly Doodle 4 Google competition, in which kids submit their very own Google Doodles. This year's winner, California second grader Matteo Lopez, had his space-themed doodle featured on the Google homepage on May 20. Google has produced some particularly fantastic and innovative doodles lately. In fact, Google announced that the playable Les Paul Google Doodle that graced its homepage yesterday will remain on Google.com in the U.S. for another day, by popular demand. We here at the PCMag offices loved playing with the doodle so much that Chris Phillips, our creative director and an actual musician, decided to create directions so readers could use the doodle to play the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun."
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