Cosy whiteboard
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Sometimes the fastest way to explain a word is to draw it badly. Share your screen, open the board, and draw — six colours, three thicknesses, an eraser, and twelve stickers a child can put anywhere. Undo takes back the last fifty things, so a wobbly line is never a disaster, and the board redraws itself cleanly when you resize the window or move it to a second screen. Nothing is saved: when you close the tab the board is blank again, which is the whole idea.
- Age
- Ages 3–11
- Format
- Online tool
Draw with a mouse, a finger or a pen. Pick a sticker, then tap where it goes.
How teachers use it
- Draw the word you have no picture for, while the child guesses what it is.
- Play hangman, noughts and crosses or a quick word race straight on the board.
- Hand the child the sticker tray and let them decorate their own answer.
Questions teachers ask
Is my drawing saved?
No, and that is on purpose. The board lives in the tab and nowhere else: no account, no upload, no file left behind on a server. Close the lesson and the board is blank for the next one.
Can a child draw on it from a tablet?
Yes — a finger, a stylus and a mouse all work the same way, and the page does not scroll away while a finger is drawing. Only one pointer draws at a time, so a palm resting on the screen does not leave a second line.
What happens if I resize the window?
The drawing is redrawn at the new size rather than stretched, because the board remembers the strokes themselves and not a picture of them. The same is true full screen and on a high-resolution screen, where the lines stay sharp instead of going soft.
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