Common Sense Media Review
By Erin Bell
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Collaborative drawing tool helps distant families play.
Parents Need to Know
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Scoot & Doodle
What's It About?
SCOOT & DOODLE is an app that adds a collaborative drawing tool to the Hangouts feature of Google+. Up to nine Google+ friends can work together on a shared canvas and communicate in real-time through video and voice chat to create a single piece of artwork. Scoot & Doodle comes equipped with standard drawing tools including brushes, stamps, and speech bubbles that kids can fill with their own text. Finished collaborations can be shared via email, Google+, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, or YouTube.
Is It Any Good?
Scoot & Doodle is a very versatile app whose usefulness goes far beyond simply doodling. Kids can play visual games like Tic-Tac-Toe or Hangman, or collaborate on homework and school projects by using the screen as a virtual whiteboard. With a robust community and plenty of ways to share finished collaborations, Scoot & Doodle is a fun, positive, and useful way for kids to engage with social media. And it can be a very powerful tool for communication for families that are distant from one another.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the different ways to use Scoot & Doodle. Do you prefer to draw, play games, do homework, or something else entirely?
What weekly drawing challenges can you come up with for yourself and your friends?
Did this product make you think about using Google+ in different ways?
Game Details
- Platform : Google+
- Subjects : Language & Reading : discussion , presenting to others , Arts : drawing , playing
- Skills : Creativity : brainstorming , imagination , making new creations , Collaboration : cooperation , group projects , teamwork , Tech Skills : digital creation , social media , using and applying technology , Communication : conveying messages effectively , friendship building , multiple forms of expression , Self-Direction : personal growth
- Pricing structure : Free
- Available online? : Available online
- Publisher : Scoot & Doodle
- Release date : March 28, 2012
- Genre : Art
- Topics : Arts
- ESRB rating :
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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